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Rinks led by Marshall Bear of Little Pine and Lena Dubray of Beauval ended the four-day National Aboriginal Curling Championships with victories on April 24, outlasting competition from across Canada to claim their respective titles at Saskatoon's Granite Club.
Bear's foursome knocked off the home town Maynard Whitehead rink 8-6 to claim the men's championship. Dubray's team edged a Winnipeg foursome led by skip Loretta Meade 8-7 to earn the women's title.
Brennan Merasty of Ile-a-la-Crosse claimed the junior men's final game win while another Saskatchewanian, Sharise Kadachuk of Cumberland House earned the national junior girl's title.
Curling fans with long memories noted that Bear and Dubray had previously won national titles, both in 1995.
The men's champs - Marshall Bear, lead Marcel Bear (Marshall's son), Mark Kennedy and Earl Nighttraveller - claimed the $4,000 purse as well as trophies and jackets.
Lena Dubray, a Meadow Lake member, and her team - Yvette Gagnon, Andrea Dubray (Lena's daughter) and Dianne Sergeew - took home $2,000 in cash and the trophies and jackets.
Eighty-one rinks competed in the various divisions.
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