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Mcmurray: Fort Mcmurray and Crow Woman

mcmurray: You're going to get out there and do this, she said, according to CBC. Don't be afraid. Standing inside the bustling concourse of Mac Donald Island, she offers words of encouragement and an elder's wisdom to the athletes and chaperones rushing to the competition. Go out there and just play your hardest. She hails from the Piikanii Blackfoot Confederacy in southern Alberta, but has made Fort McMurray her home for decades. Hosting Alberta Winter Games a sign Fort McMurray is back, mayor says Fort McMurray ready to welcome nearly 2,000 athletes for Alberta Winter Games Deranger who prefers to go by her traditional name Issapakii, which means Crow Woman in her language is a respected elder in the community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.