CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Hundreds of people gathered in Charlottetown on Oct. 1 for the first-ever Treaty Day Mawio’mi in Prince Edward Island. The event ...
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Hundreds of people gathered in Charlottetown on Oct. 1 for the first-ever Treaty Day Mawio’mi in Prince Edward Island.More than 150 Indigenous singers, drummers, vendors and artisans came together to mark Treaty Day, which commemorates the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1725-1779.Young Mi’kmaq dancers work through nerves to perform for thousands at Canada Games ceremony in P.E.I.
Logan Lewis, who is originally from Lennox Island, is the male head dancer at the inaugural Treaty Day Mawio’mi in Charlottetown. - Thinh Nguyen/SaltWireLewis showcased the grass dance at the event, which he said is a kind of dance representing warrior societies. The regalia prominently featured green colours, which Lewis said represents P.E.I., along with a lot of intricate beadwork and feathers.
More than 150 Indigenous singers, drummers, vendors, and artisans came together to mark Treaty Day on Oct. 1, which commemorates the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1725-1779. - Thinh Nguyen/SaltWire “I think it's important for us to share what we do in our treaty ways and our cultural ways, to improve more of what we do, to let people know who we are, what we went through in the past. This is part of our exercise that we're bringing back, what we never had for a long time was taken away from us,” the elder said.
The experience sparked his passion for the art, and since then he’s gone on to create various items like birch bark containers, which he brought to the event.Michael Julian, who lives in Charlottetown, participates as both a vendor and performer at the Treaty Day Mawio’mi on Oct. 1. He brings to the event his hand-painted tipis and other artisanal crafts that he has made. - Thinh Nguyen/SaltWire
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