- Interior Métis Child & Family Services is presenting - National Aboriginal Day celebrations - MacDonald Park, June 21st - 10 - 2 -
Games, concession, Michif Métis Museum display with the Red River cart bring the family out and have a great time!

And following this event......there will be....

- INTRODUCTORY MÉTIS HISTORY AND TRADITIONAL FINGER WEAVING CLASS

Instructor, Dale R. Haggerty, President and Curator of the Michif Métis Museum

The Michif Historical and Cultural Preservation Society (MHCPS) – is offering an introduction to Métis history as well as a finger weaving
session (supplies provided) following the MacDonald Park, June 21st Aboriginal Day celebrations....

TIME: 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
PLACE: Interior Métis Child & Family Services office
E3-750 Cottonwood Avenue, Kamloops, BC

For those who wish to participate in this FREE one hour session, please register at the Interior Métis Child & Family Services, everyone
is welcome.

Contact Lenna or Moreno at – phone: 250-554-9486 or email: moreno@imcfs.bc.ca

- Success by 6....
Welcomes everyone to our Clearwater, BC
National Aboriginal Day Celebrations
(First Nations, Métis and Inuit)

When: Sunday, June 21, 2009
Where: Raft River Elementary
Time: 12 noon until 6:00 p.m.

This is a family event with fun activities for the whole family. There will be a concession, games, music, activities, local crafts, displays,
face painting, and so much more.


- Delia, (Alberta) Michif Gathering - July 03 - 05th - check out their website for more information - http://deliamichif.homestead.com
3 Days of entertainment and fun!

We are again welcoming families of all cultures to a; NO Drugs, NO Alcohol, Non Political event.

We are presenting Métis dancers, First Nations Pow-wow dancing, Métis Fiddlers and traditional food.

At our Traditional Hunting Camp (1860's) there will be displays of historic crafts, tipi raising, and child and adult games.

This year for the first time we will have games and displays for three days plus a Dinner and Dance Saturday night and a Jam session on
Thursday evening.

Church Service will be Sunday Morning in the Historic St Patrick’s Church right after the traditional Masters of Bannock breakfast.

We have lots of parking for R.V.'s in the Village Campground plus lots of room for tents or informal R.V. camping.

All prices are reasonable and affordable to families.

- 2009 Hivernant Rendezvous

Join us at the 2009 Hivernant Rendezvous starting July 31, 2009! Discover Metis history and culture at this 4-day annual event, check
out the website for further information on this up and coming event - www.hivernantmetisculturalsociety.org/.


- Hello Dale, Derrick and Everyone,
Just to let you know our 5th Annual Celebration Métis is a go for August 8th 2009 on the north lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery. We'd
Thanks. Ron Kearse - office@vancouvermetis.com - 604-682-2933 - www.vancouvermetis.com/


- Hello Metis out west ! WE are hosting an International Metis Gathering from August 28-30 2009 at the International Peace Garden on
the Manitoba / North Dakota Border in the Turtle mountains. Please check out our website at www.metisfest.com The other reason I was
email was to see if you could put us in your calendar of events and also in your links, If you are here in Manitoba at the end of August or
are planning a vacation, try to make it to our first even NORTH AMERICA'S ONLY " TRUE " INTERNATIONAL METIS RENDEZVOUS
Meg'wetch Marcee and Thank you

Dan Goodon
Canadian Co-organizer
Metisfest.com
metisfest@mts.net
204-218-0090 cell


- Hello All,

Indian Summer Festival, September 11, 12 and 13, 2009 welcomes all First Nations and American Indian artists to apply for our Circle of
Art show. Attached is more information and an application. Please help us spread the word. Our theme this year is “Many Cultures, One
People.”

Judy Dordel, Executive Director
Indian Summer Festivals
Phone: (414)774-0380, Fax: (414)774-6810

Indian Summer Festival - September 11 - 13, 2009 www.indiansummer.org

NOTE:
Please contact us for any events that you are aware of and would like to share on this site, so we may POST here....our
email address is as follows - metismuseum@yahoo.ca - Marsi - for those postings that we missed we apologize....we hope
to keep this website up to date from now on....

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
As we now have our Charity Status, anyone wishing to donate to the
Michif Historical and Cultural Preservation Society, will receive a tax
deductible receipt, by request, for any donations over $10.00. Thank
you for any donation you may wish to send to help our Michif Metis
Museum sharing and bringing our Culture and Heritage into the Metis
communities throughout BC as well as visiting other communities and
areas.

Please make your cheques, bank drafts or money orders out to the
'Michif Historical and Cultural Preservation Society' and mail to:

Michif Metis Museum
PO Box 126
Vavenby, BC V0E 3A0
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