Thu, Sep 19 | Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre
Gathering: Community Welcome
Elder John Rice will welcome the visiting authors with a traditional prayer and greeting. The GBNFC Youth Drum Group will play a welcome song and a traveling song. Authors Lee Maracle and Daniel Heath Justice will also speak and read from their work.
Registration is Closed
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2019, 5:30 PM
Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre, 175 Yonge St, Midland, ON L4R 2A7, Canada
About the Event
The festival kicks off with a Community Welcome on September 19 at 5:30pm at the Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre.
Elder John Rice will welcome the visiting authors with a traditional prayer and greeting. The GBNFC Youth Drum Group will play a welcome song and a traveling song. Authors Lee Maracle and Daniel Heath Justice will also speak and read from their work.
The Community Welcome event is free to the public and everyone is welcome.