How are you celebrating
National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021?
Tsawwassen First Nation has put together a list of options and events where you can celebrate safely and/or virtually – check it out in our NIPD Booklet !
If you can’t access our PDF booklet, feel free to visit our Tsawwassen First Nation Videos page, where we post many of our videos from our YouTube page. We also have a few resources posted on our Facebook page. See below for more links and videos!
Our Language and Culture Team has 2 new videos in celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day this year:
Some events you won’t want to miss!
In the Presence of Ancestors by Port Moody Ecological Society
June 21, 2021 – 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
In partnership with the Port Moody Ecological Society, curated by Coast Salish artist Tasha Faye
Evans.
FIND OUT MORE AND REGISTER HERE
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What are the real solutions to old-growth logging?
June 17, 2021 – 3:00 PM via Zoom
Join The Narwhal’s B.C. investigative reporter Sarah Cox in conversation with Garry Merkel, co-chair
of B.C.’s strategic old-growth review panel. The provincial government promised over a year ago
to implement all 14 recommendations issued by the panel, which called for a “paradigm shift” in
B.C.’s forestry policy, but has yet to do so.
REGISTER HERE
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Indspire Awards: Celebrating Indigenous Achievement
June 22, 2021 – 8:00 PM PDT on APTN, CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One and CBC Listen
The Indspire Awards represents the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own people. After 28 years, the Indspire Awards have honoured 384 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals who demonstrate outstanding achievement. The show is a nationally broadcast celebration of culture showcasing the diversity of Indigenous peoples in Canada including performances by Canada’s biggest names in Indigenous entertainment.
FIND OUT MORE AND REGISTER HERE
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APTN Indigenous Day Live
June 20, 2021 – 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM Eastern Time
This year’s production of APTN Indigenous Day Live (IDL) has been adapted to feature many of Turtle Island’s established and emerging Indigenous artists in a new and creative way. In celebration of the 25th National Indigenous Peoples Day, APTN invites you to tune in to the IDL festivities.
FIND OUT MORE
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A Contribution to a New Way of Thinking
Virtual Indigenous Book Release, June 22, 2021 – 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
We are proud to announce the official release of Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table, by Carol Anne Hilton, CEO and Founder of the Indigenomics Institute Inc. Autographed books are available at the the newly launched website Carol Anne Hilton.
FIND OUT MORE AND JOIN THE GUEST LIST HERE
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Dial-a-Story: Indigenous Storytelling by Squamish Elders
by West Vancouver Public Library
Multiple events – June 16, June 23 and June 30, 2021
Squamish Nation stories are just a phone call away. Call in from your phone and enjoy a story told by a Squamish Elder.
FIND OUT MORE AND REGISTER HERE
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Who We Are Indigenous Film Series
June 21 to July 4 on VIFF Connect
Co-presented by Museum of Vancouver (MOV) and
Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)
The Who We Are film series, co-hosted by MOV and VIFF, is an Indigenous film series featuring works representative of a diversity of voices. Selected by a jury of Indigenous curators, these films portray Indigenous characters with humour, agency and grit. The films in this series challenge pervasive stereotypes of Indigeneity by showcasing a diversity of Indigenous experiences – whether they are framed as traditional or contemporary, speak to gender equality and sexuality, or are based in urban or residential settings, and all showcase Indigeniety in an equally authentic manner.
For more information and ticket/passes, visit https://goviff.org/who-we-are-series.
The Who We Are series pass and tickets are free to Indigenous Peoples.
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You can also follow this link for a Youth Learning and Activity Guide for Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021 from the Government of Canada website.
We hope everyone enjoys their celebrations of National Indigenous Peoples Day. Stay safe and stay kind!
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