Program Schedule & Artists
12:00 pm Gates open!
Saturday June 19 & Sunday June 20th — 12 pm to 7 pm
CHILDREN’S TIPI VILLAGE
- Petting zoo
- Pony rides
- Face-painting
- Bouncy Castle
- Rock Climbing Walls
- Games Demonstrations — First Nations, Métis and Inuit
- Children’s craft workshops
- Purchase traditional native foods
ARTIST TENT
- Inuit Art Exhibit — Inuit Art Foundation Exhibit, display and demonstration of Inuit art works. Includes demonstrations of tapestry and soapstone carving.
- Print making workshops with Simon Brascoupe. Create and take home your own original stenciled artwork.
- Métis Art Workshops with Jamie Koebel Contribute your “artistic touch” to a community collaborative art work for display.
- Aboriginal arts and crafts available for sale
STAGE PROGRAMMING
Saturday June 19 —Talent Stage
- 11:45 am Elders Opening Ceremony
- 12 pm Cultural Showcase Inuit Throatsinging, Métis Jigging and First Nations Pow Wow & Hoop dance!
- 12:30 pm — 2:00pm Aboriginal Canada, “WE GOT TALENT!” competition.
- 2 pm Cultural Showcase Inuit Throatsinging, Métis Jigging and First Nations Pow Wow & Hoop dance!
- 3 pm — 5pm Aboriginal Canada, “WE GOT TALENT!” competition
- 5 pm Cultural Showcase Inuit Throatsinging, Métis Jigging and First Nations Pow Wow & Hoop dance!
Saturday June 19 — Mainstage Concerts
- Tumivut (Inuit throat-singing and contemporary music)
- Bitterly Divine (new generation rock band & featuring lead singer, Tewanee Joseph, Executive Director of Four Host First Nation Society, spearheading Aboriginal involvement in the 2010 Games.)
- Hypnotist Scott Ward — Métis hypnotist
5:45 pm to 8 pm.
FEATURING:
STAGE PROGRAMMING
Sunday June 20 —Talent Stage
- 12 pm Cultural Showcase Inuit Throat-singing, Métis Jigging and First Nations Pow Wow & Hoop dance!
- 12:30 pm — 3:00 pm Aboriginal Canada, “WE GOT TALENT!” competition.
- 3 pm — 4:30 pm Cultural Showcase Inuit Throat-singing, Métis Jigging and First Nations Pow Wow & Hoop dance!
- 5 pm Announcement — Aboriginal Canada “WE GOT TALENT!” Winners!!!
Sunday June 20 — Mainstage Concerts presented by APTN Aboriginal Day Live!!
PRE-SHOW @ 7 PM features Aboriginal Canada “WE GOT TALENT!” Winner AIRS LIVE NATIONALLY @7:30 PM
- DJ Mad Eskimo (Inuit Music Meister)
- Digging Roots (Juno Award winning artists)
- Inez (Pop Sensation & Aboriginal Canada We Got Talent 2008 Winner!)
- Plex (hip hop artist, emcee, lyricist and producer)
- Kinnie Starr (Juno Award nominated singer/songwriter)
- Hosted by Don Kelly (star of Fish out of Water) and Jennifer Podemski (from Moose TV)
Other National Aboriginal Day Celebrations in the National Capital Region
Join us for a celebration of the Summer Solstice on June 20 at Strathcona Park in Ottawa.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., we will provide the entertainment (dancers, drummers, fiddler, and face-painter) and if the Creator agrees, great weather too.
You bring your own picnic lunch, family and friends and join us for a traditional gathering where we will simply get to know each other a little better. All are welcome.
Call David Lowe for more details at 613 747 6022 (office hours)
Odawa Native Friendship Centre in partnership with Dovercourt Recreation Centre, Minwaashin Centre, Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, Inuit Children’s Centre invite you to…
Aboriginal Day Celebration
Friday June 18th — 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
At Dovercourt Recreation Centre — 411 Dovercourt Ave. 613-798-8950
Featuring Cultural Teachings, Storytelling, Face-painting, Games and Activities, Drumming and Dancing, Live Entertainment and Sample Aboriginal Food
Welcome to 13th Annual
Noongam Traditional Powwow
Come on Down and enjoy the weekend with us. The general public is encouraged & welcomed to join, participate and celebrate! Free Admission Please join us in celebrating our powwows left behind by our ancestors!
13th Annual Noongam Traditional Powwow
June 18, 19, 20, 2010
Queen Juliana Park, Nearby Dow’s Lake Carling Ave and Preston Street (Prince of Wales Drive) Ottawa, ON
E-mail: noongampowwow.@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.noongam.50megs.com
National Aboriginal Day
Métis Traditional Feast
Entrance Fee, Feast and Entertainment are FREE!!!
When: June 21 — 5:30 pm to 9 pm
Where: Aboriginal Experiences, Victoria Island
What: Métis Traditional Feast, Jigging Lessons, Live Fiddle Music
E-mail: president@ottawametis.ca