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Harlan Wade Kingfisher, Smudge the Blades, Wins 2021 Pow Wow Pitch

Harlan Wade Kingfisher, Smudge the Blades, Wins 2021 Pow Wow Pitch

by Victoria Lennox | Oct 20, 2021 | News

The First Place Prize of $25,000 presented by RBC went to Harlan Wade Kingfisher, Founder & CEO of Smudge The Blades, from Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. Smudge The Blades is an Indigenous brand and hockey apparel company that provides hockey scholarships to Indigenous youth. 

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