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Daughter keeps promise to mother and cuts braid now that killer is sentenced – APTN News

by ahnationtalk on January 31, 202361 Views

Jan 31, 2023

Gloria Gladue Weesemat left her braid on her mother’s grave in Alberta

The daughter of a Cree woman killed by a former trucker has finally cut off her long, dark braid, marking the end of the criminal phase of the tragedy.

Nicole Gladue Weesemat promised to honour her mother, Gloria Gladue of Bigstone Cree Nation in Alberta, by cutting off her hair when justice was served.

She made the vow in 2015 when her mother went missing, and did not cut her hair through the 2018 arrest, trial and conviction of Grant Sneesby, 72, of Gladstone, Man.

She had no idea it would take seven years to make good on the traditional tribute.

Read More: https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/daughter-keeps-promise-to-mother-and-cuts-braid-now-that-killer-is-sentenced/

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