Indigenous

** SUMMER SOLSTICE Indigenous Festival & Competition Pow Wow ** ** June 20 – 25, 2017 ** ** 3 VENUES – 5 DAYS ** * ** National Arts Centre Tuesday June 20 ** * ** Major's Hill Park Wednesday June 21 ** * ** Vincent Massey Park, FRIDAY- Sunday June 23-25 ** Experience and celebrate the diverse Indigenous cultures of the National Capital Region and celebrate National Aboriginal Day with 5 days of cultural workshops, indigenous performances, an International Competition Pow Wow, community celebrations, and unlimited free family fun. ...

The public is invited to Kitchissippi United Church, 630 Island Park Drive, on ** Sunday, February 19 at 7 p.m. ** for a screening of the documentary _ Awakening _ featuring the late Elder William Commanda’s vision for Chaudière Falls and the surrounding islands. ...

The National Arts Centre (NAC) will showcase Indigenous storytelling and reconciliation on its stages in the New Year. In the context of recent news events – from the recent publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s final report, to the Government of Canada’s renewed focus on Indigenous issues – the NAC is presenting a series of multidisciplinary events that will inspire, entertain and inform audiences. ...

_ (Press release via Carleton University) _ Carleton University Journalism Prof. Randy Boswell and Canadian Museum of History Curator, Jean-Luc Pilon, have released groundbreaking research that sheds important new light on the national capital’s archaeological history. Two co-authored studies in the latest issue of the _ Canadian Journal of Archaeology _ (CJA) cite new evidence of an extensive Indigenous burial ground from as early as 4,900 years ago at “Hull Landing,” the present site of the Canadian Museum of History, directly across the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill. ...