Retiring stereotypes in Chilliwack a step to reconciliation – Chilliwack Progress

Tue Sep 12th

A mascot wearing a Plains Indian war bonnet in Chilliwack had become “unacceptable” in this day and age of reconciliation.

That’s the take on it from Dave Jimmie, Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribe president and chief of Squiala First Nation, who spoke to The Progress about the recent retirement of Chief Wannawin, the long-standing mascot of the Chilliwack Chiefs hockey team.

The Sept. 15 home opener at Prospera Centre will be Chief Wannawin’s very last game.

The mascot travelled with the Chiefs for more than two decades, appearing at countless events.

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