WINNIPEG — In celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day in June, APTN announced it will host its 14th edition of Indigenous Day Live for the first time in a First Nation community — Membertou First Nation in Nova Scotia.
Indigenous Day Live (IDL) will also return to Winnipeg and Whitehorse this year, with free daytime celebrations and evening concerts taking place in all three locations. The multiplatform live broadcast of the events will air on APTN from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 20.
In Winnipeg, IDL will be held at The Forks, a historical Indigenous gathering place. Once again, Whitehorse will host IDL at Shipyards Park, along the Yukon River. In Membertou, audiences will be treated to a Mawio’mi and Membertou homecoming in the form of music and art on the Membertou Powwow Grounds, says the news release.
This year, IDL will commemorate and celebrate Manitoba’s 150th anniversary. IDL’s grand opening number will pay tribute to the Métis founders of Manitoba and the First Nations Peoples who originally inhabited the province prior to European settlement.
APTN would like to acknowledge its partners and funders: the Government of Canada, Membertou First Nation, the Province of Nova Scotia, The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, City of Whitehorse, NVD LP, TD Bank Group, Air North, ATCO Electric Yukon, BMO Bank of Montreal, Destination Cape Breton, Northwestel, Manitoba Hydro, Nova Scotia Power, Whitehorse Motors/Budget Car Rental and Yukon Energy.
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