Post by: susan on June 13, 2026, 08:00:40 PM
Alexander Redhead reflects on the moment his nine-year-old son decided to cut his long braid after years of being mistaken for a girl and corrected by adults in public spaces. Standing behind the barber chair, he found himself thinking about his late father, who was forced to cut his hair when he was taken to residential school.
Source: When my son chose to cut his braid, I saw 3 generations of our family begin to heal (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-hair-healing-9.7224039?cmp=rss)