Carlton Indigenous Day has become a celebrated event at Carlton Comprehensive High School.

Each year the school holds a design contest for students to create a shirt design for the event.

Grade 12 student Isabella Peters was this year’s winner.

“It was very rewarding considering I do a lot of things with art,” Peters said. “That was definitely something that I was glad to have under my belt and in my portfolio. It was very rewarding. I felt very proud, especially considering my family, I’m Indigenous and so are a lot of the people around me, so it’s very nice to do something like that.”

Peters said the design incorporates two different symbols for respect. It features a bison in the Seven Sacred teachings, with the Cree word for respect written underneath.

“I thought (it) was appropri

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