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The List: Michelle Thrush and Cikwes kicking off 15th annual Rubaboo Arts Festival July 19-28 – Ottawa Citizen
Jul 18, 2024 Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. The 15th annual Rubaboo Arts Festival kicks off Friday, its name using a Métis-Michif language word meaning a rich stew filled with all good things. From Friday through […]
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Media advisory – Government of Canada to make an important announcement about the CCGS Alexander Henry National Historic Site
From: Parks Canada July 18, 2024 The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay – Superior North, will participate in a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the historic significance of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Alexander Henry. The Alexander Henry […]
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Anishinaabe artist exhibit features Knowledge Keepers from Mnidoo Mnising – Anishinabek News
July 17, 2024 MANITOWANING — An art exhibition featuring Leland Bell’s depiction of healthy aging teachings through the perspectives of Anishinabe culture was held on June 26 at the Debajehmujig Theatre Group in Manitowaning. Hosted by the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team and ICARE Community Advisory Council on Dementia Research, the art exhibition featured copies […]
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Toronto Waterfront Festival Announces 2024 Event
TORONTO, July 16, 2024 — The award winning Toronto Waterfront Festival, which last year brought back the World’s Largest Rubber Duck, announced their 2024 event today. The festival will be held at Sugar Beach from September 14-15, 2024 and will feature the Canine Watersports Canada competition (CWC). CWC is a premiere dog dock jumping competition […]
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Commemorating Courage: MNO Veteran’s Council President attends 80th Anniversary of D-Day
July 15, 2024 The recent 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy was marked by Veteran Affairs Canada and its partners with a series of memorial events in Canada and overseas. Brian Prairie, President of the Métis Nation of Ontario Veterans Council (MNOVC), led the Métis National Council (MNC) delegation to France. Joining […]
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Vanessa Brousseau honoured as a TikTok visionary voice – North Bay Nugget
Jul 11, 2024 “I never had the voice or the platform to reach outside of my community. Now I’m not just reaching people in Canada, but also the US, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland,’ and wherever TikTok reaches” Popular social media platform TikTok recently announced its 2024 Indigenous Visionary Voices list, and North Bay-based Inuk creator […]
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Orillia elder brings Ojibwe voice to big screen for iconic Disney film – Notl Local
Jeff Monague taking on role of Grand Moff Tarkin in Ojibwe version of Star Wars: A New Hope which will make its debut next month A local First Nations elder is playing a role in bringing the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) language to an iconic film. Jeff Monague, a former chief of Beausoleil First Nation on Christian […]
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Upcoming gathering to connect Anishinaabe wild rice harvesters – Anishinabek News
July 10, 2024 BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG — Lakehead University researcher Keira Loukes and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg educator Rhonda Lyons are looking forward to holding the Following Manoomin: Connecting Anishinaabe Harvesters through the Manoomin Harvesters’ Gathering in September at Whitefish Lake. Loukes, principal investigator for the research gathering and assistant professor at Lakehead University’s School of Outdoor Recreation, […]
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This Indigenous film festival on Manitoulin Island will honour ‘residential school warriors’ – CBC
Jul 10, 2024 Weengushk will honour survivors through powerful storytelling, cinematic excellence The Weengushk International Film Festival, an Indigenous festival in northern Ontario, is set to return for its eighth year on Manitoulin Island. It starts Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Manitoulin Hotel and Conference Centre in Little Current. Audio Dr. Shirley Cheechoo, […]
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Meiyah Whiteduck contestant in first Miss Indigenous Canada competition – The Hamilton Spectator
July 10, 2024 Pikwakanagan – Meiyah Whiteduck has long been a proud visible representative of her Anishinaabe culture, dancing at Pow Wows, singing and drumming with the Pikwakanagan Wildflowers and selling her beadwork at Ottawa Senators games, but now she is taking on a new way of showing her pride in her heritage as a […]
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