Memorial Round Dance

Part of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week

December 7, 2024

163 Queen St. East, Toronto, 4th Floor

Master of Ceremony: Meeg Snake

Pipe Ceremony: Jimmy Dick

Stickman: Harvey Dreaver

Indigenous Craft Marketplace 2pm to 7pm on the 1st floor.

Shadow puppetry making drop-in for all ages 2pm to 5pm on the 1st floor.

Everyone welcome! All Singers Acknowledged.

3pm: Opening Remarks,

  • Marie Ledoux, IPHA
  • Danielle Roy-McDonald, O De’min Kwe Lead Singer
  • Jai King-Green, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Woman Singer
  • Daphne and Arnold Alexis, Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Treaty 6

4:00 pm Round Dance Teachings

4:30 pm Pipe Ceremony

5:00 pm Community Feast

7:00 pm Round Dance

7:30 pm Best 2-Spirit Ribbon Outfit

8:00 pm Memorial Ceremony

8:30 pm Wellness Break

9:00 pm Best Ribbon Skirt & Shirt Special

9:30 pm Owl Dance

10:00 pm Giveaway

10:30 pm Closing Song

For memorial ceremony, you may bring a picture of a loved who you’ve lost to HIV/AIDS or drug poisoning and is now with our ancestors in the spirit world.

Working together in harmony.

For more information, contact: Events@Oahas.org