Talking Stick Festival 2022: DTES Powwow honours the children, June 18
The gathering is co-presented by Full Circle: First Nations Performance and the DTES Powwow Committee
Full Circle: First Nations Performance and the Downtown Eastside Powwow Committee present DTES Powwow as part of the 2022 Talking Stick Festival on June 18 from 12 to 10pm at Oppenheimer Park
THIS YEAR MARKS the 12th anniversary of the DTES Powwow, back after a three-year hiatus.
The 2022 theme is Honouring the Children. The gathering will honour all of the children who were lost at residential school as well as their families and all others living with the consequences of that legacy.
Part of the 2022 Talking Stick Festival, the event is described as a day filled with healing, community, and ceremony.
“The Downtown Eastside Powwow, Honouring the Children, fosters cultural pride and is a way to reverse some of the damage incurred by the residential schools and the graves of our babies found on these premises,” according to Full Circle. The beating of the drum resembles the beating of the heart while in the womb, and the PowWow drums are symbolic in helping our people find, reclaim and celebrate their identity.”
Talking Stick Festival runs throughout National Indigenous History Month (June), with performances going to July 3.
More information is here.
