🎉 Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at Assiniboine Park
🗓 Date: Saturday, June 22
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Assiniboine Park — 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):
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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 – 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
🎨 Workshops & Teachings with Summer Fisher
📍 Tannis M. Richardson Classroom inside The Leaf
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Tobacco Tie Teaching
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12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Dangled Beaded Earrings Teachings
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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
🕐 Tour Times: 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, and 3:00 PM
📍 Meet at the Fire Node in the Indigenous Peoples Garden
👥 Space is limited to 20 people per tour
🎤 Performance Garden Schedule
Hosted by Cassidy Mann and Ray Coco Stevenson
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11:00 AM – 11:15 AM: Opening Welcome with Elder Gayle Pruden
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11:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Buffalo Red Thunder Pow Wow Demonstrations & Drumming
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11:45 AM – 12:30 PM: Métis Prairie Steppers – Square Dance Jig featuring Morgan Grace
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12:30 PM – 1:00 PM: Buffalo Red Thunder Pow Wow Demonstrations & Drumming
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1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Red River Jig Workshop featuring Morgan Grace
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2:00 PM – 2:45 PM: Miranda Currie – Sub-Arctic Family Sing-along
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3:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Miranda Currie – Family Storytime
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4:00 PM – 4:45 PM: Miranda Currie – Music and Folksongs
Pow Wow and Métis programming curated by Joe Thomas.
