Fort William First Nation closes out 2024 with 3rd annual Ambe Anishinaabeg Round Dance – Anishinabek News
January 10, 2025
FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — Fort William hosted the Ambe Anishinaabeg Round Dance III on New Year’s Eve with Stickman Alex Copenace at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre.
“It’s important to promote sobriety and this is a good way to ring in the New Year in sobriety,” says Fort William Councillor Bess Legarde, one of the organizers of Ambe Anishinaabeg Round Dance III. “We’re bringing this from Cree territory to come into [Anishinabek] territory and hopefully learn the ceremony and the grieving ceremony part. It’s super important with everything that our communities are going through and trying to get away from addiction and promoting more sobriety within the community and helping those that are grieving as well.”
Copenace, from Naotkamegwanning in Treaty #3 territory, says his role was to pick the lead singers during the round dance.
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