New Keyano College jerseys reflect Wood Buffalo region’s Indigenous culture, history – CBC
Feb 28, 2022
‘It is the accumulation of all of my values as an Indigenous person,’ says Emma Voyageur, artist
Keyano College, in Fort McMurray, Alta., revealed the new threads its athletes will sport into competition that pay homage to the Wood Buffalo region’s rich Indigenous culture and history.
Front-to-back, the basketball, volleyball and soccer teams’ jerseys all incorporate landscapes, featuring brilliant colours.
There are three variations that display fire, earth or water tones — colours that are historically powerful in Indigenous culture and are in the medicine wheel, said Emma Voyageur, the Denésoliné artist who designed the jerseys.
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