Name: Singing with the Ancestors
Start: 2023-07-21T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-07-21T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Near Susan Point's, People Amongst the People gateways just west of the Stanley Park Totem Poles

Singing with the Ancestors

Vancouver Park Board

Join Chief Janice George with Willie Lewis Jr. and a group of Squamish singers to share songs and stories and honour the ancestors.

Near Susan Point's, People Amongst the People gateways just west of the Stanley Park Totem Poles

Come learn some Stanley Park history! Join Chief Janice George with Willie Lewis Jr. and a group of Squamish singers on July 21, 2023 from 1 to 3 pm to honour the Ancestors who lived in Stanley Park for thousands of years. We will hear the history of the Ancestors who were returned after hundreds of years and the great wind storm that followed, causing many trees to be blown down. We are grateful for this opportunity to hear the amazing story from Chief Janice George who led the repatriation for Squamish Nation. We will hear the story of the return of the Ancestors, share songs from the Nation, eat bannock and share a gift to remember this story and this day. Chief Janice George is from a prominent Squamish family and has numerous ceremonial and cultural responsibilities within her community. She graduated from Capilano University and the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a hereditary chief, museum curator and educator, co-curator and co-designer of the Squamish and Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, BC., and the new Vancouver Art Gallery. Chief George received the national Dreamcatcher Award in 2010 for outstanding contribution to her community in the area of arts and culture. Since the age of 18, her formal and informal job has been to interview, record, and learn from the Squamish Nation Elders, her most honoured teachings.Everyone welcome!We will have limited seats, food and gifts. Bring your drums and rattles. Register now to secure your spot.Free Parking for Elders at the Totem Poles lot. Additional parking at the Cricket Pavilion lot.

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