Work on Alderville First Nation Commemoration Project set to begin

Local youth wins Indigenous Arts and Stories contest

Event hopes to help people ‘understand the beauty and diversity of Indigenous culture in Canada’

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Alderville First Nation, Anishnaabeg Nation, City of Kingston, Cree, Danika Lochhead, Dave Mowat, James Marsden, Kingston, Lake Ontario Park, landscape installation, Manidoo Ogitigan, Mississauga Ojibway, public art, Terence Radford, Trophic Design

If you frequent Lake Ontario Park, you may see some activity as work on the Alderville First Nation Commemoration Project begins this fall. The public art piece, which will be a landscape installation, has been in the works for some time now. Planning for the project first began in 2013

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June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Michelle Allan 0 Comments Anishinaabe, Anishinaabemowin, Cree, Elginburg, Historica Canada, Indigenous Arts and Stories contest, Janza Giangrosso, Kingston, Mohawk, Nescia Ginagrosso, Ojibwe, poetry, The Language Nest

Eight-year-old Nescia Giangrosso of Elginburg has won the Emerging Artist (6-9) category of the Indigenous Arts and Stories contest. The contest is organized by Historica Canada and invites First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists aged six to 29 to interpret an aspect of their culture and heritage through literary

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March 19, 2019 Tori Stafford 1 Comment A Taste of Indigenous Canada, Abenaki, Amanda Stolk, Anishnabee, ceremony, crafts, Cree, dance, Elders, Haia, Haudenosaunee, Hockey Cares, Indigenous Canadians, Indigenous communities, Indigenous food, Indigenous Medical Alliance, Kingston, land acknowledgement, Metis, Mohawk, Moon Time Sisters, northern communities, reconciliation, song, The Good Ally Project, True North Aid

Given its rich history, and the fact that the land this city was built on originally belonged to the Anishnabee and Haudenosaunee, Kingston should be a great place to learn more about Canadian Indigenous culture. And True North Aid is helping facilitate that. True North Aid, an organization dedicated to