CANOE STORIES FESTIVAL WEEK ONE FEATURE: Welcoming the Water Walkers

Emily Rose Michaud is an “interdisciplinary artist and educator working at the crossroads of community organization, ecology and civic participation.” This past Sunday, Emily was also a vital part of organizing the Welcoming event for the Mother Earth Water Walkers. In this post Emily shares her reflections on the event.

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CANOE STORIES FESTIVAL WEEK ONE FEATURE: Welcoming the Water Walkers

TODAY’S CANOE STORIES FESTIVAL FEATURE: Olivia C. Davies

On Sunday, September 15 at 1pm Olivia C. Davies will be performing “KICHISIPPI LOVE ~ AN HONORING” before the feast on Bate Island as part of the welcoming of the Water Walkers.

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TODAY’S CANOE STORIES FESTIVAL FEATURE: Olivia C. Davies

TODAY’S CANOE STORIES FESTIVAL FEATURE: Get to know about the Light Tipi!

Tomorrow evening Light Tipi / Yahkâskwan Mîkiwahp / Tipi De Lumière, a community-based art activiation, will be happening at SAW Centre (formerly SAW Gallery), 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa in the courtyard area. The event will be faciliated by artists Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Joseph Naytowhow.

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TODAY’S CANOE STORIES FESTIVAL FEATURE: Get to know about the Light Tipi!

On Now!

The Canoe Stories Festival and the Return of the Canoes Opening Event are activities and events highlighting expressions of culture and relationships to the Lands and Waters through the Indigenous art, architecture, and engineering of the vessels that move, carry, and connected us through our landscapes, earthly and spiritual. This festival highlights the telling of our stories, teachings and sharing the knowledge that comes though our First Nations ways and legacy within the diversity of our homelands and upon the waterways.

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About Circadia Indigena

Circadia Indigena is based in the National Capital Region (NCR) and comprised of professional and community artists from a variety of First Peoples communities who bring their artistic experience, expertise and knowledge to projects of a cultural, collaborative, and highly creative nature. This arts circle is a diverse and flexible group of Indigenous artists dedicated to developing, presenting, producing, animating and disseminating outstanding visual and performance art rooted in Aboriginal culture, languages, and relation to the land.

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About the Artistic Director

Organization founder and Artistic Director Jerry Longboat is Mohawk-Cayuga, Turtle clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River in Southern Ontario. Jerry has a BFA degree in Visual Arts from the University of Michigan and Ontario College of Art and has worked as a visual artist, graphic designer, actor, storyteller dancer and choreographer. He has performed, danced and collaborated with many professional performing companies across Canada.

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