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Indigenous Month Film Screening & Panel Discussion

  • Old Town Hall 460 Botsford Street Newmarket, ON, L3Y 1T1 Canada (map)

Presented by the town of Newmarket in partnership with Newmarket Public Library, as part of Indigenous Awareness Month.

The films Water Warriors and Sacred Spirit of Water will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by local Indigenous Advisor Kim Wheatley— speaker, singer, drummer and Anishinaabe Cultural Consultant, and featuring water warrior Nipawi Mahihkan Misit Kakinoosit (via Skype)—Nehiyaw Okicitaw Okimawsis (a Cree Warrior lieutenant), Sucker Creek Cree First Nation; filmmaker/activist Morningstar Mercredi (via Skype) , and Becky Big Canoe—Knowledge Keeper, Water Walker, Georgina Island Chippewas.

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