Queen’s Jubilee medals awarded

Chief Wilton Littlechild, presently commissioner on the Indian Residential Schools’ Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was among a number of recent Aboriginal recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Also awarded was Bertha Clark, of Athabasca. Clark is a respected Elder, trailblazer and champion for Indigenous women across Canada. She founded the organization now known as the Native Women’s Association of Canada and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.