Indigenous Insights
Friday, November 1, 2019
Indigenous Insights
| 7:00 a.m. | • | Sunrise ceremony & honorific naming of the Traditional Area next to Enwayaang |
| 9:00 a.m. | • | Honouring our Relations keynote address by alumnus Harvey McCue and alumni panel discussion moderated by CBC’s Cross Country Check Up host Duncan in the Ernest and Florence Benedict Gathering Space |
| 12:30 p.m. | • | Installation of Treaty 20 and the Williams Treaty in Bata Library Atrium |
| 1:15 p.m. | • | Official opening of Giizhigaatig Indigenous Learning Space, Bata Library, room 410 |
| 2:15 p.m. | • | Looking Back, Looking Forward: celebrating 50 years by sharing your story along with those of Marlene Brant Castellano, Don McCaskill, Dan Longboat, Louise Garrow, Chief Emily Whetung, James Cullingham and other celebrated alumni and faculty from years past |
| 4:00 p.m. | • | Honouring Our Relations Feast, Robinson Dining Hall, Gzowski College, Enwayaang |
| 6:00 p.m. | • | Grand Opening of the 44th annual Elders Gathering, Enwayaang, room 114 |
Saturday, November 2 – Sunday, November 3, 2019
Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering
- The Chanie Wenjack School and the First Peoples House of Learning present three days of memories from the past 50 years and looking ahead for the next 50
- Keynote address by Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and CBC Massey Lecturer
- Indigenous performances including:
- The Mush Hole, KAHA:WI DANCE THEATRE, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Market Hall, 140 Charlotte Street
- Michele Thrush, Find Your Inner Elder, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 in Nozhem Theatre: First Peoples Performance Space
- Round Dance Social Friday evening in Champlain College’s Great Hall
For more details please visit our website or email indigenousstudies@trentu.ca.
