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August 2011 issue
What is Planet IndigenUs ? “We are all from somewhere, a place on this earth f rom where we trace our
ancestors. Indigenous people trace ancestry back t hrough time immemorial to places of origin; places where they are rooted; and places that brought forth a
unique culture, language, spiritual framework and e nvironment.”
Planet IndigenUs is about Us
Jerry Longboat
After a long and exhaustive search, I am
very pleased to announce that Jerry
Longboat has been appointed as Co-
Artistic Director of Planet IndigenUs
festival . Jerry Longboat is Mohawk-
Cayuga of the Iroquois Confederacy; he
is Turtle clan from Six Nations of the
Grand River in Southern Ontario. Jerry
has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from
the University of Michigan and the Ontario College of Art and Design. He has
extensive professional training and practice in traditional and contemporary forms of
visual art, dance, theatre and storytelling. Jerry creates from the oral traditions of his
people; history, teachings and stories. In 2002, after a 15 year artistic career, Jerry
began work as a Program Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts, working with
Aboriginal dancers and dance organizations across Canada. Then in 2010, Jerry
joined the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health as Cultural Coordinator to deepen his
work with community. He is very excited to bring his passion for nurturing the rich,
cultural and artistic legacies of First Peoples to the Planet Indigenous Festival. Jerry
will be relocating from Ottawa and will join the Harbourfront Centre team on August
22, 2011. He will work with Janis Monture, the amazing Executive Director of the
Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford (our Planet IndigenUs producing partner) who
is Co-Artistic Director for 2012, and served as AD for the 2009 festival. By Melanie
Fernandez, Director, Community & Educational Programmer, Harbourfront Centre.
June 2011 National Aboriginal History Month
Planet IndigenUs festival information booth celebrates with City of Toronto’s National Aboriginal History Month celebration day
On Friday, June 17, 2011, a Planet
IndigenUs festival information booth was
displayed to celebrate National
Aboriginal History Month at Toronto
City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square’s annual
National Aboriginal History month
celebration day. The Planet IndigenUs
festival information booth included our
new Planet IndigenUs banner, brochures,
and seasonal issues of the Planet
IndigenUs newsletters. The outdoor
event was successful and many visitors enjoyed the sunny and warm weather.
Aboriginal arts and craft booths and entertainment were for all to enjoy. Planet
IndigenUs is proud to share and support Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal celebrations
throughout the community and beyond.
Visitors are welcome to sign up for the seasonal Planet IndigenUs newsletters at
http://newsletters.harbourfrontcentre.com/?p=subscribe&id=22. Issues continue to be
shared four times a year in the spring, summer, fall and winter seasons. So sign up
today and keep in the loop!
"Leadership is a call to duty, not an elevation to power".
- Late Gordon Tootoosis, Poundmaker Cree Nation.
South Bay, Manitoulin Island Traditional Pow Wow, J une 18-19, 2011 Flashback
The community of South Bay hosted this
year’s Traditional Pow Wow on behalf of
the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian
Reserve on Manitoulin Island. The
community celebrated their pride on a
beautiful, sunny and warm weekend on
June 18-19, 2011. The celebration saw
seven singing groups and 145 dancers
registered and an estimate of 1,000
visitors from neighbouring communities
as far as Germany and the East Indies.
Special guests for the weekend was
Chippewa Travellers 2010 Canadian
Miss Wawaskinaga Princess, Megan Jackson, dances with her jingle dress at the 2011 South Bay Traditional Pow Wow
Dancers celebrating their Aboriginal culture for all to enjoy
Aboriginal Music Award winners and 2010
Pow Wow Idol winners. Special honouring
was bestowed to two local men who
served in Afghanistan, Ian Trudeau and
Daniel Trudeau. Befitting the theme this
year was, "Passing on the Traditions to
our Youth." Local elders Shirley Williams
Pheasant and Bea Shawanda provided
teaching lodges. Miigwech to all that
made this year’s celebration an
enlightening experience for all. By Chris
Pheasant, South Bay Traditional Pow
Wow 2011 Coordinator.
Chris
Pheasant
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto Celebrates Nation al Aboriginal Day at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto
Crystal Shawanda
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011, the Native
Canadian Centre of Toronto hosted their
annual National Aboriginal Day
Celebration at Yonge-Dundas Square,
downtown Toronto. Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal community members and
visitors gathered together to celebrate this
occasion together. The festival included
Aboriginal arts and craft vendors and live
entertainment. Aboriginal artists included
traditional dancing, Métis Fiddler Quartet,
hand drum singers, Rosary Spence and
Marie Gaudet, rap group, Seven Fires, a fashion show by Native Talent’s Charm City
fashions and more. To top off the evening was a performance by country singer,
Crystal Shawanda and the 9pm lighting of the CN Tower with the traditional Medicine
Wheel colors of red, white, yellow and blue (black).
Cheyney Redsky, Marketing and Advertising professional, Toronto
Metis Fiddler Quartet
“Our first teacher is our own heart.”
- Cheyenne
Artist Spotlight- Carol Melting Tallow
Carol Melting Tallow, fast, fierce and fancy
Carol Melting Tallow, Blackfeet Nation from Standoff, Alberta, is a multi-talented
dancer, designer and entrepreneur. Ms. Melting Tallow graduated from Lethbridge
College with a degree in fashion design and marketing. As a proud graduate and First
Nation designer, she later launched her own online fashion design business called
Native Notions. To further her education in Native American fashion design, she
studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Melting
Tallow has won several Women’s fancy shawl dance championships at Pow Wows
throughout Canada and the United States. She also has been featuring her latest
Native Notion design collections at fashion shows and has been appearing in more
and more magazines. Visit Native Notions on Carol Melting Tallow’s Facebook page!
“Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of so mething.”
- Maricopa
Aboriginal Celebrations Calendar of Events August – September 2011
Male fancy dancer
August 2-9, 2011
21st Annual Montreal First Peoples’
Festival, The Place des Festival. Full
programming available at
www.nativelynx.gc.ca.
Information at IXION Communications
514- 278-4040 or email
August 6-7, 2011
Listuguj 19th Annual Traditional Powwow
Moffat’s Landing, Listuguj, Quebec
418-788-5707 or 506-753-9360 or
email: [email protected]
August 11-14, 2011, 14th Annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest southwest of Saskatoon
on the Pike Lake Hwy (#60) on John & Vicki’s acreage “Windy Acres”. 306-382-0111
Email: [email protected] or www.johnarcandfiddlefest.com
August 12-14, 2011, 28th Annual Big Grassy Traditional Powwow, Big Grassy, Ont.
Info: 800-361-7228 or 807-488-5614
August 13-14, 2011, 42nd Annual Saugeen First Nation Competition Powwow
James Mason Center, Saugeen First Nation, Ont., 1-800-680-0744 or 519-797-2781
or email: [email protected] or [email protected]
August 16 -18, 2011, Cowessess First Nation Traditional Powwow Cowessess,
Saskatchewan, Info: 306-696-3324 or email: [email protected]
August 19-21, 2011 27th Annual Powwow Cape Croker Park, Wiarton, Ont.
Contact Arlene at 519-534-1951 or email: [email protected]
August 19-21, 2011 East Coast First People’s Alliance Annual Powwow and 13th
Annual Meeting Val Comeau, New Brunswick. Info: Alfred Chiasson 1-506-344-8985
August 20-21, 2011 16th Annual Wahnapitae First Nations Traditional Powwow
North Sudbury, Ont. Info: 705-858-0610 or www.wahnapitaefirstnation.com
August 19-24, 2011 Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games Wagmatcook, Nova
Scotia. Email: [email protected] or www.nssummergames.com
August 26-28 , 2011 Three Fires Homecoming Powwow & Traditional Gathering,
Hagersville, Ont. Info: 905-768-5686 or Faith at 519-445-2283 or email
August 27-28, 2011 Chippewas of Rama First Nation Powwow Celebration
Competition Dancing, Black River Wilderness Park, Rama, Ont. Info: 705-325-3611
ext.1288
SEPTEMBER September 2-4, 2011 , Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Traditional Powwow, Wabigoon Lake,
Dryden, Ont. Contact: Anita at 807-938-8022 or Mary Rose at 807-938-6476 or
www.wabigoonlakeon.ca
September 3-4, 2011, 36th Annual Delaware Nation Competition Powwow Highgate
Road, School House Line, Moravian Reserve, Ont. Contact Justin at 519-695-6450
September 5 -11, 2011, Membertou Powwow (September 10 & 11) and Cultural
Awareness Week Membertou First Nation, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Info: 902-564
6466 ext. 200
September 8-11, 2011 , Six Nations Fall Fair Competition Powwow, Oshweken Fair
Grounds, Oshweken, Ont. Info: 1-866-393-3001 or email: [email protected] or
www.sntourism.com
September 10-11, 2011 , Shackan Powwow, Shackan Powwow Arbour, 20 kms East
of Spences Bridge off Hwy #1 or exit 286 off the Coquihala, 46 km West of Merritt,
British Columbia on Hwy #8 Contact Ruby Adams at 250-315-2377
September 10-11, 2011 , 11th Annual Akwesasne Intertribal Competition Powwow
A’nowara’kowa Arena, Cornwall Island, Ont. Info: 613-575-2348 or email:
[email protected] or [email protected]
www.akwesasnepowwow.com
September 17-18, 2011 , Curve Lake Traditional Powwow, Lancewood Park,
Curve Lake First Nations, Ont. Info: 705-657-8045
Female traditional dance
Female fancy shawl dance
Forced to Make a Stand
Forced to Make a Stand is an art exhibition which coincides with From Each Side of
the Grand River – an exhibition looking at the land claims issues along the Grand
River territory relating to the Haldimand Treaty of 1784. Forced to Make a Stand is a
group exhibition featuring works of art that are protest pieces or political in nature
relating to land claims and First Nations rights.
For more information visit www.woodland-centre.on.ca/index.php.
“It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. ”
- Tribe Unknown
Hot & Spicy Food Festival, September 2-5, 2011, Har bourfront Centre, Toronto, Ont.
Saturday, September 3, 2011, Hot & Spicy Food Festival will feature Ten Tastes
To Try Before You Die : Cranberry Bannock by Chef Leonard Abel Jr, FoodShar e,
at Marilyn Brewer Community Space at 5pm, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. Watch this
engaging Cranberry Bannock food demonstration led by Chef Leonard Abel Jr. from
FoodShare featuring the herbs and spices grown as part of the urban agricultural
activity for families, Dig In! Leonard Abel Jr. began his cooking career
at the Toronto Council Fire and Native Cultural Centre and cooked in a variety of
restaurants before joining the FoodShare kitchen in 2009 as a member of the Good
Food Café team. Leonard is currently the Community Education Supervisor, working
as a teacher in FoodShare's Community Kitchen programme. Working with a variety
of community groups, and in particular, with the TDSB Aboriginal Education Centre.
Leonard teaches cooking in a community setting and spreads FoodShare's message
of Good Healthy Food For All to hundreds of people throughout the city of Toronto.
FoodShare Toronto is a non-profit community organization whose vision is Good
Healthy Food for All. FoodShare Toronto is Canada’s largest community food security
organization, recognized as an important innovator of effective programs that have
been reproduced all across Canada.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011 , Hot &
Spicy Food Festival presents, Ten
Tastes To Try Before You Die : Adobo
Marinated Bison Brisket by Chef Aaron
Joseph Bear Robe , Keriwa Café at
Lakeside Terrace at 4pm, Harbourfront
Centre, Toronto.. Keriwa Cafe, located in
Parkdale, Toronto, is a rustic fine dining
restaurant that is committed to serving
local, regional seasonal cuisine and drink
paired with impeccable serve. Keriwa
Café owner
and chef, Aaron Joseph Bear Robe, will prepare Adobo Marinated Bison Brisket with
Spiced Bannock and Grilled Scallion Salsa Verde, hosted by Catherine Jheon, writer
and content producer for foodnetwork.ca.
Aaron Joseph Bear Robe has worked in some of the best fine dining establishments
across Canada and is excited to showcase his unique blend of indigenous Canadian
ingredients and techniques in his just opened Keriwa Cafe located in the Parkdale
neighbourhood of Toronto.
“Before eating, always take time to thank the food. ”
- Arapaho
Buffy Sainte-Marie to be a special guest at the annual
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival , October 19-23, 2011
Photo by Tim Wiest
(Toronto) – The imagineNATIVE Film +
Media Arts Festival is thrilled to announce
that legendary artist Buffy Sainte-Marie
will headline The Beat music night and
participate as a special guest at a panel
discussion as part of its 12th annual
festivities! Ms. Sainte-Marie’s
engagements kick off at the TIFF Bell
Lightbox, Cinema 2 on Friday, October 21
at 7pm for an intimate and free “In
Discussion With Buffy” panel, which will
span her triumphs and achievements.
Celebrated musician, Academy Award
winner, and new media artist, Ms. Sainte-Marie will discuss her incredible journey to
becoming one of the world’s most acclaimed Indigenous musicians, her experiences
as a pioneer of new media art, and what is in store for her future. Continuing on
Saturday, October 23 at 7pm (tickets $15 - $20) Buffy Sainte-Marie headlines The
Beat, presented by Slaight Music, at the Phoenix Concert Hall. imagineNATIVE is
thrilled to have Slaight Music as the new presenter of this event, and a new Gold Level
sponsor of imagineNATIVE. Slaight Music’s mandate is to support the Canadian
music community through various initiatives, and to develop Canadian talent via
strategic partnerships with industry peers. Gary Slaight, CEO of Slaight Music, says of
the new partnership, “We are honoured to play a role in the development of
Indigenous Canadian Artists and excited about this new relationship with
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. ”One of the premier annual Indigenous
music events in Toronto, The Beat will feature a programme of international music
videos and an electrifying performance by Buffy Sainte-Marie. The evening will also
feature the premiere of a youth-made video project inspired by Buffy’s legacy, and an
opening performance by local singer Lena Recollet.
“imagineNATIVE is incredibly pleased to have Buffy Sainte-Marie – a true Indigenous
icon – at this year’s festival,” says Jason Ryle, Executive Director. “As an artist she
continues to create work that inspires and challenges, and which has made a lasting
impact in so many genres of Indigenous arts. As we make our move to the TIFF Bell
Lightbox, we are very pleased to be able to share with our new and loyal audiences
the talent and insight of one of the world’s most recognized and respected Indigenous
artists.”
Tickets are available online, by phone
and in person starting October 3, 2011.
For complete details, visit
www.imagineNATIVE.org or phone
(416)- 585- 2333
The Beat Tickets: $20 ($15
students/seniors/underemployed)
Thank you Harbourfront Centre Sponsors:
