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曾经是吉新族（Gitxsan）酋长的Ken Harris与克里族（Cree）妻子Margaret将他们的舞蹈团命名为Dancers of Damelahamid背后大有原因。在1960年代的时候，俩人希望团体的名字能够反映吉新族的文化传统。在1951年之前，加拿大政府一直推行《印第安人法》（Indian Act），禁止原住民举办散财宴（potlach），因此他们下定决心，誓要复兴西北海岸的原住民文化。
曾經是吉新族（Gitxsan）酋長的Ken Harris與克里族（Cree）妻子Margaret將他們的舞蹈團命名為Dancers of Damelahamid背後大有原因。在1960年代的時候，倆人希望團體的名字能夠反映吉新族的文化傳統。在1951年之前，加拿大政府一直推行《印第安人法》（Indian Act），禁止原住民舉辦散財宴（potlach），因此他們下定決心，誓要復興西北海岸的原住民文化。
Former Gitxsan Chief Ken Harris and his Cree wife, Margaret, had a good reason for calling their company the Dancers of Damelahamid.
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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
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