Event Description

π Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at Assiniboine Park
π Date: Saturday, June 22
π Time: 11:00 AM β 5:00 PM
π 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.
π Activities & Entertainment
All Day (11:00 AM β 5:00 PM):
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Live music, dancing, and performances at the Performance Garden
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Fire and tobacco teachings at the Fire Node in the Indigenous Peoples Garden
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Food trucks on-site: Sol Food Truck, GG Gelati, La Taqueria, Zah Pizza Bistro, and Pubtoba
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Community booths featuring CancerCare Manitoba, Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society, and Manitoba Blue Cross
11:00 AM β 4:00 PM:
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Bouncy castle and face painting with Legends Characters at The Grove
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Teepee Teachings in the Indigenous Peoples Garden
π¨ Workshops & Teachings with Summer Fisher
π Tannis M. Richardson Classroom inside The Leaf
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11:00 AM β 12:00 PM: Tobacco Tie Teaching
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12:30 PM β 2:00 PM: Dangled Beaded Earrings Teachings
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2:30 PM β 4:00 PM: Bannock Making Workshop
Summer Fisher, an Anishinaabe artist from Nipissing First Nation, will share her teachings throughout the day.
πΏ Guided Garden Tours
Led by the Assiniboine Park Education Team
π Tour Times: 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:00 PM
π Meet at the Fire Node in the Indigenous Peoples Garden
π₯ Space is limited to 20 people per tour
π€ Performance Garden Schedule
Hosted by Cassidy Mann and Ray Coco Stevenson
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11:00 AM β 11:15 AM: Opening Welcome with Elder Gayle Pruden
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11:15 AM β 11:45 AM: Buffalo Red Thunder Pow Wow Demonstrations & Drumming
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11:45 AM β 12:30 PM: MΓ©tis Prairie Steppers β Square Dance Jig featuring Morgan Grace
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12:30 PM β 1:00 PM: Buffalo Red Thunder Pow Wow Demonstrations & Drumming
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1:00 PM β 1:30 PM: Red River Jig Workshop featuring Morgan Grace
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2:00 PM β 2:45 PM: Miranda Currie β Sub-Arctic Family Sing-along
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3:00 PM β 3:30 PM: Miranda Currie β Family Storytime
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4:00 PM β 4:45 PM: Miranda Currie β Music and Folksongs
Pow Wow and MΓ©tis programming curated by Joe Thomas.
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