WASAUKSING FIRST NATION, ON- The Potawatomi Nation is heading to Parry Island next week.
Members of the nation will be hosted by Wasauksing First Nation (WFN) from Tuesday to Sunday as part of the annual Potawatomi Gathering, held by one of the nine recognized Potawatomi bands across the United States and Canada.
According to a WFN bulletin on the events, the gathering was founded in 1994 through the vision of Wasauksing Elder Stewart King and other tribal leaders.
“The gathering is an opportunity for members from all over North America to join together to celebrate their Potawatomi heritage, culture, resiliency and survival as a nation,” read the bulletin.
“The Gathering features an annual language conference, youth conference, cultural and craft workshops, sporting events, tribal meetings and powwow.”
The event is meant as both a social gathering and a cultural revitalization for the nation.
“While we have taken on different identities and even our language and our dialects are different, we are still Potawatomi,” read the WFN bulletin.
“We can be apart, all over and live through the US, Canada and Mexico but when we come together, we are family. Themes for this year’s Gathering include the land, the water, art, custom and contemporary identity.”
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. Events will be held across WFN.
A full schedule of events can be found here: https://potawatomi.ca/#Schedule
