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Canada

Meet the kokum who’s raising 14 grandchildren without batting an eye

It’s dinner time at Faye Robinson’s, and the food and love are flowing. More than a dozen kids of all…

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Canada

Kokum, grandson proud to graduate Grade 12 together in James Smith Cree Nation

Grade 12 student Sage Stonestand-Checkosis walks through the hall of his school with his kokum, or grandmother, Brenda “Connie” Stonestand. But…

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Canada

How this 76-year-old kokum is fighting grief and loss with kettlebell kickboxing

Four years ago, Iva Geddes-McNabb would take walks to pray and cry for those she had lost. Geddes-McNabb’s son Lionel…

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