Wetaskiwin teacher brings Indigenous culture to students

WETASKIWIN — At Sacred Heart Catholic School, some students felt so insecure, they hid behind a curtain of their hair, as if it would make them invisible.
Natalie Bear knows that feeling — demurring through the school day, a lack of pride in her identity weighing her down.
Since she was a child, she believed becoming a teacher would be her pathway to a different life.
“I’m trying to reclaim who I am as a Cree woman,” she said while sitting in her colourful office in