Protocols:
RAMBLIN'
Director: Christopher Marshall (Muscogee Creek) • USA • 2020 • 1 hour • English
+ Skype Q&A with the Director!
+ Performances by Elaine & Theland Kicknosaway
6pm - 10pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St.
Changing Worlds: Shorts Program
+ Home From School: The Children of Carlisle*
+ DJ Glory Hull (aka Rodrigo Medrano)
Doors: 6:30pm Show Times: 7:30pm & 9pm
The Ottawa Art Gallery, 2 Daly Ave.
Voices of Chief's Point Exhibition *
5pm - 10pm Walkthrough: 6pm Screening: 7:30pm
Gallery 101, 280 Catherine St.
Food - NDN Tacos & Pupusas
La villa Latina (Back Patio) 85 Montréal Rd.
Abducted
+ Q&A with the Director and Producer!
+ DJ Jas Nasty
Doors: 6:30pm Show Time: 7:30pm
The Ottawa Art Gallery, 2 Daly Ave.
Photo: 2019 Asinabka Festival Opening
Director - Christopher Marshall (Muscogee Creek)
Producer - Taylor Haynes (Cherokee)
Key Cast - Carol Redwing (Yankton Sioux) "McKenzie Jacobs"
Key Cast - Lovejoy Brown (Omaha) "Gwendolyn Pierce "
USA • 2020 • 1 hour • English
*Skype Q&A w/ Director and Producer following the Screening!
Gwendolyn Pierce and McKenzie Jacobs were always inseparable. That is until college and adulting stood in the way. After a year apart and unforeseen circumstances, the two girls reconvene to journey back home. Along the way, Gwen and McKenzie are forced to face their pasts and rebuild the friendship and trust they once had.
Chris Rockwell is James Bay Cree and previously was resident DJ in rooms from Ottawa to Vancouver. Original crew for the early Electric PowWow events before relocating to the West Coast. Once there, he found himself performing at cocktail competitions, launch events for automobiles, and wrap parties for film productions on top of three or four residencies each week. With a knack for playing your auntie's favorite song, it would be a challenge to limit a playlist description to any one style.
Theland Kicknosway is an Indigenous youth who uses his voice to spread his message and showcase Indigenous culture. He is wolf clan from the Potawatomi and Cree Nation and is a member of Walpole Island, Bkejwanong Territory. Theland has been a fixture in the Indigenous community as a traditional singer, drummer, dancer, activist & influencer. In 2018, Theland became the youngest Indspire Laureate named for Culture, Heritage and Spirituality. His path-breaking efforts have also been mentioned in Teen Vogue, Entertainment Tonight, and Complex. In his 18th year in the Physical World, Theland continues to shine.
Elaine Kicknosway is proud to be Swampy Cree through her biological mother and Chippewa from her biological father’s side. She is a member of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Northern Saskatchewan, and is Wolf Clan. She is a Sixties Scoop Survivor and returned home in late 20’s. She has been long time community advocate in the areas of child welfare, MMIW2SG, healthy families, and Indigenous women . Elaine is an Indigenous trauma informed Counsellor/ an Ontario wedding officiant, KAIROS Blanket exercise facilitator and trainer, Indigenous full spectrum doula with Aunties On The Road , a Death Doula with Blackbird Medicines, Traditional dancer, singer, drummer and carrier of ceremonial teachings.
La villa Latina (Back Patio)
85 Montréal Rd.
$10 or PWYC
SCHEDULE
Doors - 5:30pm
Ndn Tacos - 5:30 to 7:30pm
Pupusas - 5:30 to 9:00pm
Got Land Comedy - 6:30pm
Land Back Film Screening - 7:30pm
Live Music - 9:00 to 11:00pm
The iconic and ubiquitous cuisine found across Turtle Island, Indian Tacos are a delicious staple of the Powwow Trail!
Available to order - 5:30 to 7:30pm
Comes with option of Vegetarian or Beef Chilli
$15 Each
The national dish of El Salvador, Pupusas are a part of the gastronomic heritage originating with the Indigenous Pipil or Nahuas peoples.
Available to Order 5:30 to 9:00pm
Comes with combinations of Beans, Cheese, or Meat
$3.50 Each
Got Land? Comedy is a stand-up comedy variety show, where First Nation, Inuk and Metis entertainers tell jokes and share individual life stories.
Got Land? is a full-indigenous comedy show supporting all comedy genres. Expressing solidarity with humour, we strive to travel across Canada and bring our bannock butts and belly laughs to you!
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Got Land? Comedy is a stand-up comedy variety show, where First Nation, Inuk and Metis entertainers tell jokes and share individual life stories.
Got Land? is a full-indigenous comedy show supporting all comedy genres. Expressing solidarity with humour, we strive to travel across Canada and bring our bannock butts and belly laughs to you!
Asinabka Festival is honoured and excited to have legends of Indigenous comedy Janelle Niles and Randy Schmucker grace the stage at our Pop-up event at La Villa restaurant!
Janelle launched her comedy career in January 2019 and started producing soon after. Exploding in the Ottawa comedy scene with her shows Comedy at Eddy’s and GOT LAND?, an indigenous comedy show, Janelle aims to communicate cultural concerns in the indigenous community through laughter.
Her dream is to perform on the Just for Laughs stage
Janelle launched her comedy career in January 2019 and started producing soon after. Exploding in the Ottawa comedy scene with her shows Comedy at Eddy’s and GOT LAND?, an indigenous comedy show, Janelle aims to communicate cultural concerns in the indigenous community through laughter.
Her dream is to perform on the Just for Laughs stage in Montreal at Théâtre St-Denis. Janelle incorporates all genres of comedy into Got Land? to improve the growth of indigenous entertainment in comedy. She additionally runs an independent comedy show for amateur comedians in the nation’s capital for all aspiring comedians.
Find Janelle on Instagram
@janelle.niles
Randy (he/him) is a comic, artist, and performer residing in the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinabek (also known as Ottawa). Randy brings a unique point of view that plays on his experiences as a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, as well as his mixed background of both Anishinaabe and European ancestry. Randy
Randy (he/him) is a comic, artist, and performer residing in the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinabek (also known as Ottawa). Randy brings a unique point of view that plays on his experiences as a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, as well as his mixed background of both Anishinaabe and European ancestry. Randy began his comedic career in 2019 with the first ever iteration of the Indigenous comics show: Got Land? and the Fresh Meat Festival. Randy finds comedy as a source to bring people together, relate to one another, and to justify his flamboyant and (sometimes very) meta sense of humour.
Find Randy on Instagram @randyisonline
Inuk Jørgensen (Inuk) • Greenland • 2021 • 7m • English, Kalaallisut
A cinematic portrait of despair and anxiety towards an unknown future for the Inuit of the world's largest island. The film questions the rationale behind past and future mining prospects in Greenland and how they are linked to the search for identity of the fledgling nation in a post-colonial world.
Guillaume Baillargeon • Canada • 2020 • 20m • French w/ Eng. Sub.
Northern Quebec. While many young Native choose to leave the city, Joey Saganash makes the opposite path and returns to live in his community to reconnect with his Cree identity. Me, it's been more than 20 years since I went to Eeyou Ischtee. Still, I have family there. During the goose break, I go to meet this territory, guided by Joey. The time for an exchange between 2 fathers of families, between Native and Non-Native, a discussion on our cohabitation, on the territory, identity and commitment.
Kevin Papatie (Anishnabe) • Canada • 2020 • 6m • Anishnabemowin w/ Eng. Subtitles
This film tells about the elders of the Anicinape territory. We hear the dialects, stories of the past, hopes for the future, and a common desire to revitalize their culture and language.
Marie-Christine Petiquay (Atikamekw) • Canada • 2020 • 10m • Atikamekw w/ English Sub.
Shot over the course of three years of cultural transmission camps given by the Matakan Project in the Atikamewk community of Manawan, this documentary hopes to show the need for urgent action to ensure the survival of Atikamekw heritage and culture.
Kellen S. Bomberry (Six Nations) • Canada • 2021 • 8m • English
Community members from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation occupy unceded indigenous territory in Caledonia, Ontario.
Erik O'Neil, Amy Smoke, Shawn Johnston • Canada • 2021 • 26m • English
On Indigenous peoples’ day a large tepee was erected in a busy, urban park close to O:se Kenhionhata:tie (Willow River, presently called the Grand River) with the intention to assert an Indigenous presence just for the day. Over 100 days later, the tepee still remained standing, with the space around it transformed into a camp of queer, Two Spirit, trans, and/or non-binary youth learning and practicing their Indigenous cultural heritages and demanding Land Back.
Jeremy Dyson • Canada • 2021 • 13m • English
Dugout canoe racing was one of the few traditions that was not interfered with during the colonization of North America. Consequently, this holds a very special place amongst First Nations people in Coast Salish territory as the races have served as a conduit for passing down culture and tradition. 7th generation Squamish Nation canoe carver Mike Billy Sr. carves a dugout canoe with his son and nephews at the Canoe Cultures program in Vancouver, B.C. This knowledge keeper shares the skills that were passed on to him with future generations of dugout war canoe builders.
Cody Coyote was born on April 17th, 1992, raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is of Ojibwe/Irish descent with ancestry from Matachewan First Nation. With his fusion of strong, profound lyricism accompanied by corresponding influential sounds, this multi-award nominated and award winning Hip-Hop/Electronic artist grasps his listeners attention and delivers a mesmerizing performance. Outside of music, Cody Coyote is also a motivational speaker, workshop facilitator and is the host of “The Beat” on elmnt fm.
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Vernissage: Friday Sept. 17, 2021, 5-10pm
(Curator Walkthrough @ 6pm)
Guest Curator: Bimadoshka (Annya) Pucan
Location: Gallery 101, 280 Catherine St.
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Exhibition Dates: Sept. 8 to Oct. 2, 2021
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 1-5 PM
Thursday 1:30-5PM
Pe-Wak-A-Nep (Robert Thompson) and Dr Seaborn c 1939. Photo: Robert Thompson and Edwin Seaborn, Seaborn Fonds, Western Archives, Western University, London, Canada.
“Anishinaabe people are resilient. They are strong. They’re adaptable. They’re industrious. And they know how to think for themselves.”
– Bimadoshka Pucan, Guest Curator, Voice of Chief’s Point
In 1938, Robert and Eliza Thompson, residents of the Saugeen First Nation, shared Anishinaabeg songs and stories with Dr. Edwin Seaborn. This oral history, given in Anishinaabemowin and English, was recorded onto wax cylinders and discs which were donated to the Museum in 1975. They remained in storage until 2011, when Ph.D. candidate and Saugeen First Nation Member, Bimadoshka (Annya) Pucan, came across them in her research. Pucan’s rediscovery of these artifacts and the history they represent, was the starting point of this exhibition that considers the multiple meanings from the point of view of Anishinaabe community members. Recently digitized, these songs and stories are featured throughout the exhibition.
Anishinaabe culture is passed down from generation to generation using songs and stories. The traumas caused by residential schools and the 1876 Indian Act created a void in this intergenerational communication. The resulting loss of culture has had multiple negative consequences on Anishinaabeg individuals and communities. Pucan recognized the importance of retrieving the information from these cylinders and discs and now, decades later, Robert and Eliza Thompson’s voices are helping to fill these gaps. Their stories and songs now contribute to the ongoing cultural revival of the Saugeen First Nation.
The exhibition introduces many, both past and present, involved in this project: Robert and Eliza Thompson; Dr. Edwin Seaborn; Bimadoshka (Annya) Pucan (the exhibition’s curator); and Saugeen First Nation Elders and Traditional Teachers, who were pivotal in interpreting the songs and stories. Also revealed is the technology used to make the original recordings and that used to digitize them.
Dr. Bimadoshka Pucan is Anishinaabe from Saugeen First Nation on the shores of the bountiful Lake Huron. Dr. Pucan is an Anthropologist (UWO'19) with a background in health. She is the mother of three handsome sons, Oakland, Jackson, and Walker. An Assistant Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Pucan is honoured to teach in First Peoples Studies and History and her research is housed at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS).