Regina teen dances outside hospital to support her kokum
CBC
As a Regina elder battles COVID-19 in hospital, her teenage granddaughter is dancing for her recovery.
Speaking on the lawn outside the hospital, where she had just performed a healing dance, 17-year-old Meadow Musqua said she knew exactly why she had to be there.
"I'm here to dance and heal my grandmother, my kokum, Lorna Standingready," said Musqua.
Standingready is in hospital after being diagnosed with the delta variant of COVID-19.
"I'm here to help heal and do the traditions that I was taught in any which way I can," Musqua said.
"It's important to our culture [and] it's important to me because these are the traditions that were taught to me."
As she prepared to dance, Musqua remembered her mother's advice and lessons on what it meant to care for her loved ones and community in this way.
