Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré announced the First Peoples Festival will receive $14,900 in funding. Serré made the announcement at The French River Visitor Centre, the site of the festival, today. He says a pow wow preserves culture:
The theme of this year’s pow wow is “Where Animals Walk.” Serre says we need to think more of our connection with nature:
Elder Mary Dokis hopes non-indigenous people who come to the event will learn and appreciate the way they do things:
The First Peoples Festival is happening on July 6th and 7th.
