First Nations students hold powwow on Victoria Island
Posted Sep 17, 2011 08:53:47 PM.
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The sound of drum beats were heard across Victoria Island Saturday.
Over 100 people gathered together for the first annual Kikinamagan Student Powwow.
Organizer Mallory Whiteduck told 1310News they held the powwow to bring students together.
“A lot of students are coming to Ottawa to study, from communities as far as the Northwest Territories, the East Coast, B.C., Northern Ontario, and we want to have a place for them to come, where they can celebrate their culture, their traditions and meet new friends,” she said.
Daniel Spiritwold was one of the performers and said it’s important to have celebrations like this one.
“It’s very important to gather the people together, to get back into their culture, teach our young ones about our dancing, he said.”
The powwow, put on by Carleton University’s Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education and Algonquin College, featured an array of performances, including throat singing, a traditional Inuit game played by two women.
Whiteduck said the powwow is a celebration of the culture of First Nation, Metis and Inuit people from across Canada.
