A Montreal mother is outraged after Grade 3 teachers wore indigenous costumes in an Outremont schoolyard Monday, handing out headdresses to students. “They were handing out little headdresses for the children to wear, with feathers,” she told the Montreal Gazette. If she’s teaching indigenous culture and has a costume on, she’s starting off in a very inappropriate wayDorner’s niece was handed one of the headdresses and “didn’t know what to do. It was heartbreaking.”“We have been teaching our children that costumes like that are inappropriate,” Dorner said. “If she’s teaching indigenous culture and has a costume on, she’s starting off in a very inappropriate way.”For indigenous people, “the headdress is something that’s worn in ceremony and as part of their own cultural traditions,” she added.

Source: National Post August 29, 2016 19:18 UTC