Rez White and Blues

Richard Desjardins

JUNE 21 - Émilie-Gamelin Park, 7 p.m.

A singer taking a stand, alone with his geetar and his words, straight from the smelter, mining for love.

First act Kathia Rock, Innu songwriter, composer, performer from Maliotenam. Spirit and passion, authentic expressions of fellowship. With Jean-Frédéric Messier, on guitar.

Hip hop tout en couleurs

Rythmes nomades

ÉMILIE-GAMELIN PARK JUNE 21, 7 p.m

LandInSights, Wapikoni mobile and the House of Nomadic Cultures are pleased to invite you to the Rhythmes Nomades show. First Nations musicians will welcome musicians from many Montreal cultural communities to the stage. Featuring Samian, Shauit, Jeremy Kistabish, Sola & Las lolas, Elby & Woods, and Dj Geronimo.

Solstice des Nations

Le 21 juin 2008 à 10 h sur le Mont-Royal

Un « fête à fête » amical pour souligner le passage d’un feu de joie, celui du 21 juin, Jour national des peuples autochtones, à un autre embrasement, celui des feux du 24 juin, Fête nationale des Québécois. Une manifestation d’échange et d’amitié : la chaleur de la rencontre et la lumière du jour se conjuguent pour en faire un moment hautement symbolique. La Terre tourne pour tous et les peuples fêtent leur fraternité sous le soleil à son plus haut.

Un cérémonial de passage, un rappel historique des accords de la Grande paix de 1701 et de l’écho des paroles de nos ancêtres qui résonne encore dans nos cœurs.

Avec la participation de Samian

Tous les détails sur www.solsticedesnations.com

Events at Cafés

Naughty Native Tales and shorts... that are just as hot

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 7 p.m. at Volver Café culturel
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 7 p.m. at Café L'Escalier

Sylvain Rivard, Mélissa Mollen Dupuis and Émilie Monnet draw upon the vast repertory of Amerindian tales to reveal an erotic universe full of humour and naughty business, revealing another side of an oral tradition too often restricted to its G-rated parts.

The great pleasures of the naughty bits.

Mike O’Cleary

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 7 p.m. at Volver Café culturel
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 9 p.m. at Café L'Escalier

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 9 p.m. at Café L'Escalier

Innu songwriter, composer and performer from Mashteuiatsh His lyrics in French and Innu speak to us of love, peace and sharing, to folk, blues and pop rock music.

Films

Chiapas film
Massacre Foretold, A

SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 4:30 p.m. at Volver Café Culturel

Le Wapikoni mobile, shorts
Amendement, L’ / Petit Prince / Ting / Renaissance / Elle et moi / Un grand départ / Kitaskino

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 7 p.m. at Café L'Escalier

Venezuela films
Jepirra Paraiso de los Wayuus / Dueños del Agua

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 6:30 p.m. at Volver Café Culturel

Chili film and concert
Considérant que...

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 4:30 p.m. at Volver Café Culturel

Mexico films and concerts
13 Pueblos en defensa del agua, el aire y la tierra

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 4:30 p.m. at Volver Café Culturel

Language Lessons

Lessons of Innu Language

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2 p.m. - Café L’Escalier

Lessons of Abenakis Language

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2 p.m. - Café L’Escalier

Lessons of Mohawk Language

SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2 p.m. - Café L’Escalier

Noilamgyp an Initiatory Ritual & Live Painting

JUNE 14 at 7 p.m. - Café L'Escalier

The NOILAMGYP CEREMONY, turning around the myth of Pygmalion, carries out a daring synthesis: First Nations painters transform a public figure dressed in a ceremonial robe into a work of Aboriginal art.

NOILAMGYP uses live painting as a synthesis of longstanding practices among America's First Peoples, in which traces left in the flesh accompany the most formidable metamorphoses, and modern theatrical body language in which the artist achieves self-actualization in the dazzling immediacy of performance art.

Youth Space at Grande Bibliothèque

Show:

Les Innus : ces hommes qui venaient des montagnes

SATURDAY JUNE 21, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.> - Théâtre Inimagimô, Youth Space (level M)

Geneviève McKenzie is a wonderful ambassador for Innu culture. She enchants old and young with her tales that combine elements from life long ago and today's world. Beating her own drum, she captivates the audience with her legends, songs and the secrets of the happiness necklaces she creates before their eyes.

Target audience: young people from 7 to 13
Limited admissions: 70 seats (children and adults)
Passes available at Youth Space service counter, level M, from June 3 2008

Ciné-Boukino :

Les découvertes de Shanipiap

SUNDAY JUNE 22, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Théâtre Inimagimô, Youth Space (level M)

The three episodes of Les découvertes de Shanipiap TV series screened at this event are about canoes, dreams and Aboriginal nations. Geneviève McKenzie – “Shanipap” in Montagnais – did the screenplay, produced and co-hosted the series, which was broadcast on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and the French-language Ontario educational television network. Les découvertes de Shanipiap is a series that builds bridges between modernity and traditions, between elders and young Aboriginal people, so Native youth can reclaim their ancestral culture as a priceless source of pride.

Target audience: young people from 7 to 13
Limited admissions: 70 seats (children and adults)
Free admission (first come, first served)

Two First Peoples' Festival events organized by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and LandInSights

Awards 2008

Official distribution of the Awards 2008 of the First People's Festival Sunday June 22nd at 2:00 p.m. at the Armand Bombardier Hall of the McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke West - Free admission

Dr Bernard Chagnan Assiniwi Medal
Given to a First Nation personality for an exceptional accomplishment

Teueikan First Award - Teueikan Second Award
Given to cinematographic works for their artistic qualities

Roberta Menchú First Award - Roberta Menchú Second Award
Given to cinematographic works for their social qualities

Main Film Award
For Youth

Kodak - Vision Globale Award
Best Canadian Film

Best Cinematography Award

Best Short Film Award

Séquences Award
Best Documentary