A group of Indigenous leaders recently shaved their heads in support of five-year-old Willem White of Snuneymuxw First Nation and his family.

Willem suffers from leukemia and has received support from many Aboriginal and Nanaimo communities. His parents are Snuneymuxw councillor Doug White III and Anisa.

Pictured from left are: Union of BC Indian Chiefs executive director Don Bain; Lake Babine First Nation Chief Wilf Adam; Robert Phillips of the First Nations Summit; Sumas First Nation councillor Clint Tuttle and Nadleh Whut’en Chief Larry Nooski.

They showed off their freshly shaved heads at the First Nations Summit gathering at Squamish First Nation on June 9.