Friday, March 13
Fire - Main Hall 12 pm - 7 pm 8th Fire Gathering Registration Begins 8th Fire Gathering Opening Ceremony Making Treaty 7 |
Saturday, March 14
Fire - Main HallOpening Prayer & Protocol Presentation - Elder Patricia Breaker Treaties and Sovereignty - William Singer Turner Valley & Black Diamond Water Concerns - Roxanne Walsh UNPLUG: Off Grid Living - Rob in the Page Family Lori Braverock - Fracking Presentation Tarsands: What is Truely at Stake - Jesse Cardinal Tanya Kappo Environmental Impact, Living off the Grid & Traditional Living Panel Nehiyaw Laws: Nation to Nation and What that Means 8th Fire Gathering Concert |
Air - Breakout RoomFair Vote Canada - Mark Hambridge The Indigenous Vote Movement in Canada - Ian McKay-Weaselfat Soverignty Panel - 11 am - 12 pm Authors Exhibition - 12 pm - 1:30 pm Agents of Change - De-feathering a Lollipop Headdress - Jennifer Ksionzena & Aruna Srivastava Blanket Exercise - Sandra Hayes-Gardiner Neechi Commons - Hazel Corcoran & Jess Noriega-Lessard 8th Fire Gala Dinner
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Water - Health & WellnessTBA Honouring Our Design - Ray Hawkins, Yoga Therapist 10:30 am - 12 pm Medicine Wheel Teachings - Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes Southern Alberta Floods and the Effects to Health - Dr. Stephanie Montesanti Prenatal Depression among Aboriginal Women - Dr. Rita Isabel Henderson Role of the Doula - Victoria Nestorowicz, CD; Kate Hadfield, ND Your Rights to Health & Safety at Work - Rachael Amero, NSCO, CRSP |
Earth - Youth ActivitiesTBA TBA Dream Catcher Story - Chantal Chagnon TBA A Children’s Revolution - Toto Ro André
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Sunday, March 15
Fire - Main Hall The Prophecy of the Seven Fires - James David Taylor Project of Heart: Our Collective Responsibility - Charlene Bearhead Uncovering Colonial Legacies: Voices of Indigenous Youth in Child Welfare (dis)Placements Restoring Balance - Beverly Jacobs MMIW Panel - Beverly Jacobs,TBA Closing Ceremony Round Dance |
Air - Breakout RoomRediscovering my Ancestry - Sonia B. Inkster My Personal Story - Cheryl Watts Solidarity, Action and Grassroots Activism - Tristan Wolfgang Knox A Way of Life: Social Media and the Influence on Indigenous People - Lowa Beebe Building Community Beyond Borders of Said Territories - James David Taylor
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Water - Health & WellnessHerbs for Pain & Mobility - Kalyn Kodiak, Cl.H. Rewilding Our Health - Kathryn McKergan Aboriginal Drumming - Chantal Chagnon / Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes Sacred backyard Medicine - Donna Christie, Cl.H. Physical Longevity in a Fast-Paced World - Michelle Bulechowsky, RMT
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Earth - Youth ActivitiesFun with Drums - Chantal Chagnon Story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman - Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes TBA Drum Circle - Tristan Wolfgang Knox Metis Finger Weaving Bracelets - Matthew Hilterman
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