As a Regina elder battles COVID-19 in hospital, her teenage granddaughter is dancing for her recovery.
Speaking on the lawn outside the hospital, where she had just performed a healing dance, 17-year-old Meadow Musqua said she knew exactly why she had to be there.
“I’m here to dance and heal my grandmother, my kokum, Lorna Standingready.”
Standingready, of White Bear First Nation, is in hospital after being diagnosed with the delta variant of COVID-19.
“I’m here to help heal and do the traditions that I was taught in any which way I can,” Musqua said.
“It’s important to our culture [and]
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