A Lytton First Nations mother has received an apology after she posted a TikTok video about a headdress that her son was asked to craft at a preschool in Coquitlam, B.C.
Samantha Sinclair posted the video last Thursday, a day before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and it has since gone viral, attracting more than half a million views.
Sinclair says she made the video “in shock” in her car after she picked up her son from the French immersion preschool.
In the video, she shows the headdress, which is made of a cardboard base and synthetic feathers. The words “Chaque enfant compte”
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