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Article: Meet the new culture minister
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- November 12, 2009
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Flor Marcelino plans to pick up where her predecessor left off when it comes to aboriginal arts
44Just because their patron saint, Eric Robinson, has vacated the culture portfolio doesn't mean his initiatives will be scaled back.
Robinson's successor, Flor Marcelino, says she believes aboriginal arts are an important plank in provincial tourism. As well, such events as last weekend's Manito-Ahbee Festival instil aboriginal community pride.
"It is now a marquee event in town," says Marcelino, a petite and stylish woman who became the province's first visible-minority cabinet minister after NDP Premier Greg Selinger's inaugural shuffle earlier this month.
"Just to see so many aboriginals in ...