{"id":265,"date":"2025-07-20T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T20:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=265"},"modified":"2025-07-20T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T20:53:13","slug":"palus-festus","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/people\/palus-festus\/","title":{"rendered":"Palus Festus"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Palus Festus is a San elder born in Two Rivers in the Kalahari and now residing in Keimoes, Northern Cape, South Africa. 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