POUNDMAKER — Miyawatama Culture Inc. and the Poundmaker Museum have announced a slate of summer events on Poundmaker First Nation, including the grand opening of a cultural lodge for various community events and this year's upcoming festival,
"We are proud to announce the opening of our culture lodge on June 21 along with an hour of spoken word, poetry and culture teachings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.," reads a release from Miyawatama Culture Inc.
The month of July will bring local artists, both nationally and international to the community and the new culture site with the culmination of a festival from July 18 to 21, and will include the Plains Indian Sign Language workshop, cultural teachings and lectures every afternoon.
"The Plains Indian Sign Language workshop is the only workshop of this nature taking place on Turtle Island and is an excellent medium for language retention and revitalization."
Artists coming to the festival include,
- Maori dancer Charles Koroneho,
- Innu poet Natasha Kanape Fontaine from Montreal,
- Polish Bengali dancer Sabina Sweta Sen,
- and the singer Iskwe.
"Our festival is open to all peoples as we believe that Indigenous performance is an artistic genre open to all people and not one limited by colonial Identities."
The Poundmaker Museum is also a partner in these events and a venue for some as the museum led the efforts of the Exoneration of Chief Poundmaker in 2019, is a leading Indigenous museum in this country and is the only museum located in an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan.
For more information contact them at 306-317-3097 or email [email protected]
