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Youth prepare for inaugural First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee






Students at the Chief Poundmaker School on the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan participated in a local spelling bee in December 2015. Photo by Nicole Jordan‎ / Treaty Six Education Council / Facebook

The inaugural First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee takes place April 8 on the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.

About 140 Native students from schools across the province have registered for the event, The Battlefords News-Optimist reported. The top three spellers will advance to the Spelling Bee of Canada in Ontario on May 15.

"This is a first ever for Native people," organizer Pauline Favel told the paper.

The Chief Poundmaker School is hosting the First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee.

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