US EditionNational Indigenous Peoples Day about celebration, community
CANADA, JUN 21 – Events included traditional dances, ceremonies, and community activities honoring Indigenous culture and the 300th anniversary of the Mascarene Treaty, with about 100 attendees at key gatherings.
- On June 21, 2025, the Nak'azdli Whut'en community celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day with a parade beginning at Kwah Hall and concluding at Cottonwood Park, along with a variety of other activities.
- This event took place amid a broader set of Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations, including the Rankin Inlet Co-op’s annual barbecue and Hope’s activities despite some rain.
- The Upper St:lM Indigenous Day celebration included storytelling, a war cry contest, pie-eating contest, canoe races, traditional drumming, a market, and beadwork demonstrations.
- Glenn Woodford, general manager of the Rankin Inlet Co-op, said the store prepares 400 hot dogs and hamburgers with juice annually and called it 'well worth the extra effort.'
- These celebrations united communities to encourage reflection, respect, pride, and recognition of Indigenous cultures and ongoing presence in their regions.
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The Peterborough ExaminerSeveral hundred community members attended Gihekdagye-BRISC Friendship Centre’s National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Earl Haig Family Fun Park on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
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