NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY | 7
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020
ONLINE CONCERTS SHOWCASE THE TALENT OF MÉTIS MUSICIANS WHILE ALSO CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
Top photo: Dave Lavallee hosts a live-streamed music show on Fridays at 8 p.m. PHOTO BY JASON LAVALLEE. Right photos from top: Manitoba Metis Federation president David Chartrand; Red River Cart Adventures provides online education for kids; The Beat Goes On features Métis musicians in live-streamed performances. PHOTOS COURTESY OF MMF.
celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. CTV will air an hour-long show, and another seven hours will run on the MMF website. “It will feature some of our greatest talent, some of our youngest talent and some of our oldest talent. It’s all being taped in different historical locations for Métis history. We’re having bands, square dancers, jiggers and more,” Chartrand said. “We’ve got a really jam-packed agenda planned and it’s all in line with celebrating Manitoba 150 at the same time. It’s a very historic time, so we want to make sure that
the celebrations are connected.” All listeners can enjoy these performances, regardless of cultural background, he added. ”We’re trying to entice not just Métis citizens to listen. We want all Manitobans to listen to the founding Indigenous people of this province who created it,” he said. “This is our music. You’ll get to understand who we are and connect with us. You’ll know why we’re such a collective and why we’re still so strong today as a people. Our music is one of the champions that connects us so easily.”
LET’S MAKE THIS THE YEAR EVERYONE IS AFFORDED HUMAN RIGHTS! HAPPY NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY!
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LEAH GAZAN Member of Parliament Winnipeg Centre 204-984-1675 Leah.Gazan@parl.gc.ca
DANIEL BLAIKIE Member of Parliament Elmwood–Transcona 204-984-2499 Daniel.Blaikie@parl.gc.ca
NIKI ASHTON Member of Parliament Churchill–Keewatinook Aski 1-866-669-7770 niki.ashton@parl.gc.ca
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