10:00 – 10:30 am: Opening program with Elder and panel facilitator

10:30 – 11:30 am: Speakers panel with Eric Tootoosis and Regena Crowchild on treaties, what they are and what they mean for First Nation people and Canada

11:30 am – 1:00 pm:  Maliseet bark etching teachings and demonstration with Gina Brooks

1 – 3 pm:

• Jingle dress teaching and demonstration with Randy White and Andy White of Whitefish Bay Ojibway First Nation
• Young women and girls jingle dress dancers
• Men and young boys’ traditional and grass dance

3 – 4 pm: Screenings of short films on First Nations people and cultural teachings

6 – 9 pm: Join the FNCCEC for an evening of homemade bannock and jam, and an evening of learning and celebration

10:00 am – 10:15 am: Opening program with Elder and panel facilitator

10:15 am – 12:00 pm: Speakers panel with Elders Jan Longboat and Dave Courchene on the relationship between First Nations and the ecosystem, the interconnectivity to the land, water, air and all life form, and the responsibility to Mother Earth

12 – 1 pm: Cultural teachings by Bii Waubun Kwe (Ann Marie Proulx)

1 – 4 pm: Cultural performances
Buffalo Boy Productions: Donald Speidel, Chante Speidel, Christopher Scribe and Terry James Warren will perform an array of Cree, Dene, Nakawe, Dakota, Nakota and Lakota song and dance traditions

Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Women Singers: Kawisaienhne Albany, Kanehtisakhe Albany, Cathy Beauvais, Julie Gaspe, Kahrihohestha Cupples, Shaelyn Nelson, Suzie Beauvais, Nicole Nicholas and Teionata’a Tolley are members of the Women Singers group and will share their ancestral songs of their Mohawk culture

4 – 5 pm: Screenings of short films on First Nations people and cultural teachings

6 – 9 pm: Join the FNCCEC for an evening of homemade bannock and jam, and an evening of learning and celebration

11:00 am: Opening program with Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Elder Ahnewario John Cree, Bear Clan and Faithkeeper will recite the thanksgiving address respectfully known as “The words Before All Else – Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen”

11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Speakers panel featuring FNCCEC president Morris Shannacappo and First Nations Elders and youth sharing their perspectives on reconciliation, their vision for the next 150 years and how First Nations and Canadians can journey forward in reconciliation

1 – 2 pm: Sto:Lo wool weaving teaching with Yvonne Joe and Mona Sepass

2 – 5 pm: Song and dance teachings and cultural performance by Ninastako Blackfoot youth group:

Madison Many Bears – Kstistapakkii (Mystery Woman)
Zeo Tallow – Iitsooh’koomii (Yells Above)
Roddy White Quills – Nihsikapooh’kitopi (Two Riders)
Hayden Wells – Mahsowapsi (Handsome)
Bransen Weasel Head – Mihni’sta’paanihkooyii (Different Singer)
Kyanni Thunder Chief –Mah’tso’wah’paakii (Beautiful Woman)
Charles Dryden Healy – Apootapoo (Defends Against his Enemy)
Aiden Cross Child – Saakowapanskoo (Last Singer)
Thunder Calf Robe – Ksi’sst’tsikoom (Thunder)
Loxi Calf Robe – Oot’sskwiipiksii (Blue Bird)
Olivia Black Plume – Ohtsinaakii (Little Lady)
Ashton Day Chief – Poksipiitaa (Little Eagle)

Performance of hand drum songs by Laura Gagnon of Aroland Ojibway First Nation

12 – 1 pm: Teachings on ceremonial dress, responsibility and care of regalia by Bii Waubun Kwe (Ann Marie Proulx)

1 – 2 pm: Barriere Lake Algonquin Youth Drum Group, featuring Dorion Deschenes, Marcus Decoursay, Mavin Nottaway, Brennan Nottaway, Tyrell Nottaway and Hayden Wawatie, will share hand and big drum songs.
Members from the Algonquin communities of Barriere Lake, Pikwakanagan and Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg will perform traditional, fancy, jingle and shawl dances.

2 – 5 pm: Canoe-raising ceremony featuring First Nations and Canadian youth raising the canoe together as a symbol of their journey in unity for the next 150 years and beyond

Ceremony, prayer and honour song for the journey of the canoe

Cultural Expo closing with FNCCEC President Morris Shannacappo and friendship dance