National Indigenous Peoples Day – Events & Resources Guide
Events
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Saturday, June 18:
• APTN Indigenous Day Live
@ The Forks and Live on TV and YouTube | 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. www.indigenousdaylive.ca/winnipeg
• Morden National Indigenous Peoples Day
@ Lake Minnewasta | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
www.mymorden.ca/community-events/indigenous-peoples-day
Sunday, June 19:
• Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration at The Assiniboine Park
@ Various locations inside the Park | 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. www.assiniboinepark.ca/events/event/56
Tuesday, June 21:
• Wa-Say Healing Centre Presents: Indigenous Day at The Forks
@ The Forks | 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
www.fb.com/wasayhealingcentre/photos/a.6
• Indigenous Peoples Day at the North End Women’s Centre
@ 394 Selkirk Avenue | 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
www.fb.com/northendwomenscentre/photos/a.
• MMF – National Indigenous Peoples Day
@ Selkirk Park | 9:00 a.m. to 7 p.m.
www.mmf.mb.ca/winnipeg-region/national-indigenous-days
• National Indigenous Peoples Day @ WAG-Qaumajuq
@ 300 Memorial Blvd | 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
www.wag.ca/event/national-indigenous-peoples-day/
• Indigenous Music Celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day at The Cube
@ 124 King St | 12:00 p.m.
www.manitobamusic.com/news/read,article/8496/indigenous-music
• Rady Faculty of Health Sciences (U of M) National Indigenous Peoples Day
@ Mashkiki Gitigaan – Medicine Garden | 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
www.eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/healthsciences/event/national-indigenous-peoples
• National Indigenous Peoples Day Brandon
@ Riverbank Discovery Centre | 12:00 p.m.
www.fb.com/NIPDBDN
• WRHA Indigenous Health CEO Grand Rounds
Virtual Event | 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
www.sharedhealthmb.ca/events/wrha-indigenous-health-grand-rounds
Experiences
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• The Whiteshell Petroforms (Currently closed due to flooding in the Whiteshell)
Bannock Point Petroforms, Manitoba 307, MB
www.whiteshellpetroforms.com
• The Brokenhead Wetland Interpretive Trail
1 km south of and 12, 59 Provincial Trunk Hwy 12, Beaconia, MB
www.debwendon.org
• Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq
300 Memorial Blvd, Winnipeg, MB
www.wag.ca/about/qaumajuq
• The Living Prairie Museum
2795 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
www.friendsoflivingprairie.org
• The Canadian Museum for Human Rights
85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, MB
www.humanrights.ca
• “Legends of the Northern Sky” at the Manitoba Museum Planetarium
190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
www.manitobamuseum.ca/visit/planetarium
Movies, Documentaries, and Podcasts
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• Clan Mothers Healing Village Land-Based Healing Video Series – Journey of Piyesis
Available for free on Vimeo.
Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4
• Beans (2021)
Available on Crave and other platforms for rent.
www.filmrise.com/film/beans
• CBC: 12 documentaries on Indigenous life in Canada
Available for free on CBC Gem.
www.cbc.ca/documentaries/12-docs-on-indigenous-life-in-canada-1.5606739
• Gord Downie’s The Secret Path
Available for free on YouTube.
www.secretpath.ca/
• CBC Podcasts: Missing and Murdered | Kuper Island | Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild
Available for free on CBC Listen.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/148-missing-murdered-finding-cleo
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1062-kuper-island
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-105-unreserved
• Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Available for free on YouTube and on the National Film Board of Canada’s website.
www.nfb.ca/film/kanehsatake_270_years_of_resistance
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• Five Little Indians, by Michelle Good (2020)
www.michellegood.ca/published-works.htm
• The Strangers, by Katherena Vermette (2021)
www.katherenavermette.com
• Unreconciled, by Jesse Wente (2021)
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/575553
• Life in the City of Dirty Water, by Clayton Thomas-Muller (2021)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634477
• This Place: 150 Years Retold, a collaboration between 20 authors and illustrators (2019)
www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/T/This-Place
Local Indigenous-Owned Businesses
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• Anishinaabe Girl Designs
Unique jewellery designs with a touch of boujee glam.
www.anishinaabegirl.com
• Boreal Workshop
Handmade fine jewellery and functional art objects.
www.borealworkshop.com
• Brownees Urban Bistro
Offers a catering menu of Canadian family favorites with options that are traditionally Indigenous & Caribbean.
www.browneesurbanbistro.com
• Chantal Daniels
Stationary featuring Cree designs.
www.chantaldaniels.com
• Dene Cree Designs
Bedding, artwork, traditional beaded jewellery and other excellent gift ideas.
www.denecreedesigns.ca
• Farm Dog
Hot dogs, hand pies, and other foods from farm to table.
www.farm-dog.ca
• Feast Café Bistro
Modern dishes rooted in traditional Indigenous foods.
www.feastcafebistro.com
• Indigo Arrows
Offers various housewares and linens.
www.indigoarrows.ca
• Medicine Garden Society
Handmade wellness products infused with Manitoba Prairie Medicines, harvested sustainably with love.
www.fb.com/medicinegardensociety
• Native Love Notes
Native love notes is a brand that focuses on Indigenous humour, uplifting messages and colourful designs.
• Nishiin Designs
Indigenous Accessories brand based in Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba.
www.nishiin.ca
• Rebel Rebel Armour
Indigenous streetwear brand on a social mission.
www.redrebelarmour.ca
• Red Road Clothing
A family-owned company that designs and creates indigenous-inspired clothing.
www.redroadclothing.com
• Sharecuterie
Artisanal charcuterie delivery and catering service
www.sharecuteriewpg.com
• Teekca’s Boutique
Wide range of handcrafted, artist inspired, or manufactured giftware with Indigenous artwork. Showcases over 300 Indigenous artisans and designers from all over turtle island.
www.teekcasboutique.com
