Vancouver Wild Salmon Caravan Parade

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9 am – Assemble outside šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square/ Vancouver Art Gallery

10 am – Festive Parade to the Roundhouse Community Centre

11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Opening Ceremony
Territorial acknowledgements: Coast Salish (Audrey Siegl, Ocean Hyland, and Senaqwila Wyss)
Wild Salmon Ceremony: 13 Matriarchs and Latisha and Isaiah Wadhams Pelkey, Kwakwaka'wakw. 

All traditional hand drummers and singers welcome Bring your drums and come in full regalia to help us honour wild salmon and water and show the world how important they are to us!

Performances
Melawmen Collective, Secwepemc, Alternative Rock
Tawahum, Justin Bige, Lutselk'e Dene and Plains Cree Poet and
Earle Peach, Kalilah Rampenen, Nuu Chah nulth/Cree
Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, Cleansing Our Waters
Lisa Monchalin, Spokesperson, Mermaids of BC and Teacher of Criminology at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University. 
Randi Lee Taylor, Finnish Mermaid Story and Float, Simply Barefoot Gardening, Wil D Salmon, Creative Cafe, Phillipino/Wild Salmon Advocate 
Eddie Gardner, Wild Salmon Defenders Alliance 
Dawn Morrison, Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty

The Carnival Band and the Solidarity Notes. 
Facepainting and body art by artist Diego Emillio

Drumming, singing and more to be announced! Grateful to have the Peace Bearers join us too!

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Date: 
Saturday, September 22, 2018 - 10:00