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Indigenous Peoples Day at Assiniboine Park 2025

DATE
June 22, 2025
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11:00 am - 5:00 pm
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πŸŽ‰ Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at Assiniboine Park
πŸ—“ Date: Saturday, June 22
πŸ•š Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
πŸ“ Location: Assiniboine Park β€” Gardens at The Leaf (outdoor) and The Leaf classroom (indoor)

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with a vibrant day of music, cultural teachings, family-friendly fun, and community connection at Assiniboine Park. Activities take place at the outdoor Gardens at The Leaf and inside The Leaf classroom.


🌟 Activities & Entertainment

All Day (11:00 AM – 5:00 PM):

  • Live music, dancing, and performances at the Performance Garden

  • Fire and tobacco teachings at the Fire Node in the Indigenous Peoples Garden

  • Food trucks on-site: Sol Food Truck, GG Gelati, La Taqueria, Zah Pizza Bistro, and Pubtoba

  • Community booths featuring CancerCare Manitoba, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, and Manitoba Blue Cross

11:00 AM – 4:00 PM:

  • Bouncy castle and face painting with Legends Characters at The Grove

  • Teepee Teachings in the Indigenous Peoples Garden

🎨 Workshops & Teachings with Summer Fisher

πŸ“ Tannis M. Richardson Classroom inside The Leaf

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Tobacco Tie Teaching

  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Dangled Beaded Earrings Teachings

  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Bannock Making Workshop

Summer Fisher, an Anishinaabe artist from Nipissing First Nation, will share her teachings throughout the day.


🌿 Guided Garden Tours

Led by the Assiniboine Park Education Team
πŸ• Tour Times: 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:00 PM
πŸ“ Meet at the Fire Node in the Indigenous Peoples Garden
πŸ‘₯ Space is limited to 20 people per tour

🎀 Performance Garden Schedule

Hosted by Cassidy Mann and Ray Coco Stevenson

  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM: Opening Welcome with Elder Gayle Pruden

  • 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Buffalo Red Thunder Pow Wow Demonstrations & Drumming

  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM: MΓ©tis Prairie Steppers – Square Dance Jig featuring Morgan Grace

  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM: Buffalo Red Thunder Pow Wow Demonstrations & Drumming

  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Red River Jig Workshop featuring Morgan Grace

  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Miranda Currie – Sub-Arctic Family Sing-along

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Miranda Currie – Family Storytime

  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM: Miranda Currie – Music and Folksongs

Pow Wow and MΓ©tis programming curated by Joe Thomas.

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