Kawartha First Nations Events Calendar September 2017

 

ONGOING EVENTS – PLEASE CONTACT THE SOURCE TO CONFIRM

Each Tuesday
Women's Hand Drumming Drop-In. For all women of any experience level. Every Tuesday evening. 1097 Water Street @ Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle, 5 – 7 pm.

Each Wednesday
Weekly Grandmothers Luncheon.   Lunch and talking circle. 1097 Water Street @ Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle.. For information contact head Grandmother, Linda Richardson. (705) 743-7963.

Each Saturday
Nitaawe. Culture and Language Program. 1097 Water Street @ Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle.  11 am – 1 pm. For information contact head office (705) 741-0900.

Each Wednesday
Ojibway Language Classes. 360 George Street North, Unit 6, Peterborough Square, Lower Level. 10 am – 12 noon. For information, contact: Peterborough Native Language Program (705) 741-0798.

1st Tuesday of each month
The Migizi Series Bedford House. 551 Aylmer St. N. 7 – 9 pm. Talks with indigenous Community leaders and activists about the role of spirituality in social justice. For information: bedfordhouse551@gmail.com

Re-opening,  Spring 2018
Kinomaage-Waapkong “The Rocks That Teach” (Petroglyphs Provincial Park) . 10 am – 5 pm. 2249 Northey’s Bay Rd., Woodview  K0L 3E0. For information:
www.curvelakefirstnation.ca/tourism-and-culture/petroglyphs.php

In general 
Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre. 580 Cameron St. Their website is http://www.nogofc.ca/ for further info regarding the programs they offer.

Occasional Tuesdays
Tuesday Nights Traditional Teaching. Trent University, school term only,  in the Ernie and Florence Benedict Gathering Space (Gzowski College) GCS 102, from 6 – 8 pm. For information: First People’s House of Learning. fphl@trentu.ca. @fphltrentu 
www.facebook.com/FirstPeoplesHouseOfLearning

Saturday September 9   
Bzindan. Music Video Launch. 7 pm Nogojiwanong Friendship Centre 580 Cameron Street, Peterborough. For information, contact Lori: ed@nogofc.ca

Saturday September 9
Prairie Day at Alderville.  Alderville First Nation  http://alderville.ca/prairie-day-2017

September 16 & 17
Curve Lake First Nation Pow Wow. For more info: website: www.curvelakefirstnation.ca

September 24
Water Walk in Toronto. Details to follow from Alix. ataylor@greencommunitiescanada.org

Sacred Water Walk. (with the support of Trent University Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Environmental  Studies programs). For more info contact: Ecologos.   www.ecologos.ca

June - November 2017
Anishinaabeg: Art & Power. Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto
www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/anishinaabeg-art-power


Note: If you are planning to attend a Pow wow and have not attended before, you might like to look at the following brochure, section on Pow Wow etiquette.
www.curvelakefirstnation.ca/documents/powwow%20brochure%20-%20KC%20Edits.pdf

 
Links for other events:
 
For cultural events at Curve Lake First Nation:  
www.curvelakefirstnation.ca/tourism-and-culture/
Curve Lake Pow Wow takes place each year on the third weekend in September.
 
For cultural events at Hiawatha First Nation:
www.hiawathafirstnation.com/
Hiawatha Pow Wow takes place each year on the May 24th weekend. Email: info@hiawathafn.ca  www.hiawathafirstnation.com/
 
For cultural events at Alderville First Nation:
www.aldervillefirstnation.ca/ and www.aldervillesavanna.ca
 
For events at Trent University, First People’s House of Learning, follow us on Facebook:
Facebook.com/FirstPeoplesHouseofLearning or www.trentu.ca/fphl/
 
For events at Fleming College and Niijkwewenanda, check calendar at https://teamup.com/ks109dbe50c141cb82 or contact Kylie Fox, Fleming Aboriginal Student Services Coordinator at kylie.fox@flemingcollege.ca. The calendar indicates which events are open to the public.
 
Look for the lectures in a series ‘A Sense of Place: Perspectives on Relationship to Land and Water in the Kawarthas" co-hosted by Kawartha Land Trust and Trent University. For information: http://kawarthalandtrust.org/ or www.trentu.ca/newsevents/news