Tuesday, 21 June 2022

National Indigenous People's Day - June 21, 2022

 Trying to think of a way to commemorate National Indigenous People's Day?  There are lots of things going on today.

Here is a list of events in Richmond:

https://www.richmond.ca/discover/events/nationalindigenouspeoplesday.htm

If you're a homebody like me, here's some music by Iskwe -- check out the new EP recorded by Iskwe and Tom Wilson called "Mother Love".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rry4CdrkY8A&list=RDEMiz4_twvDRR3PPeCJzOB0qw&start_radio=1&rv=KYwA5k00p2I

If you want to read something interesting . . .

21 Things You Might Not Know About the Indian Act (by Bob Joseph)

5 Little Indians (by Michelle Good)

Here are some interesting films from the National Film Board of Canada:

Three Thousand ( Inuk filmmaker Asinnajaq explores her world through spectacular imagery) https://www.nfb.ca/playlists/indigenous-cinema-classroom-ages-1214/playback/#4 

Boxed In (a woman tries to fill in a form that asks for her ethnic origin) https://www.nfb.ca/playlists/indigenous-cinema-classroom-ages-1214/playback/#15

In Port Moody, where I live, there is an exciting interactive display about indigenous languages:

https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/visit/exhibitions/our-living-languages-first-peoples-voices-bc

The display will be open for viewing until September at the Port Moody Station Museum.  Take transit to beautiful Port Moody, go for a walk at Rocky Point Park and visit the museum!



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