Prayer flags created

Hayden Kalelest (left) learns how to silkscreen a pattern onto a small prayer flag.

Jun. 16, 2016 1:00 p.m.
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Hayden Kalelest (left) learns how to silkscreen a pattern onto a small prayer flag with workshop instructor Hazel Bell-Koski during the Williams Lake Indian Band Multicultural Gathering at the Chief Will-Yum Powwow Arbour Sunday, June 12.

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