CHILDREN'S DRUM GROUP

White Wolf Spirit, (Wipe's Paqtism jijaqamij) ,Children's  Drum Group, Port au Port East.. NL.

MAKING DONATIONS FOR THE 2016 POW WOW

MAKING DONATIONS

Please note that there have been several people asking about the best way to make donations to the Powwow. There is now a special account set up to do so. You can make a deposit of any amount to:Account # 39922-20-4, which is located at the Leading Edge Credit Union, St. George's Branch, Transit #68163 839.email transfer can also be done through bsgcrc@gmail.com or you may mail directly to Bay St.George Mi’Kmaq Cultural Revival CommitteeBox 6, Site 7, RR#1Flat Bay, NL  . A0N 1Z0

Why are donations needed ???? 

Because there are significant costs involved in organizing a Powwow which accommodates so many people (roughly 7,500 in 2015). There have been many people, especially those who live away, who say that they wish they could help in some way. People who are local can help by making donations (monetary, grocery, etc.), attending fundraising events,items for auctions, volunteering at fundraising events, volunteers for fire keepers and lodge keepers,mowing and other grounds work in the weeks before the Powwow.The only financial assistance for the powwow comes from applying for specific funding. Donations from individuals, community bands,businesses and invited guests , go a long way in providing for the necessary up-front costs such as food, field maintenance, rentals, etc.Again, we thank you. Without our faithful supporters, we would not be able to make the Annual Bay St. George Mi'kmaq Powwow the great success that it has been known to be!

Note, Our Pow Wow Coordinator Cassandra Beanland office is in Flat Bay Band Building E-mail (Bsgcrc@gmail.com),She is now has a website for the Cultural Mowio'mi Committee and should be soon posted up at your connivance in the near future : Phone #.1-709-647-1370...

Birch Creak Signers is our Host Drum Group and Stoney Bear Singers our guest Drum Group.This will be the only two Drum Groups in the arbor on Saturday and Sunday.

Wela'lin ..Thank you and looking forward to 2016.

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A DREAM COME TRUE

A dream come true.. with Piktol Sakej Mius and Jasen Benwah As a young man Piktol Sakej Mius (Victor) had a dream to bring the Mi'kmaw Language back to his people. He had managed to retain some of his Ancient Mi'kmaw Language and when I met him in 2012 , he said; "I keep trying to find a way to bring the language back to the people. I have to find a way". I was and still am chairwoman of the Mi'kmaq Burial Grounds Research Restoration Association. The MBGRRA is a volunteer not-for-profit under the societies act since 2004. The society works alongside communities to protect sacred sites and under e) of MBGRRA's objects our Board is mandated to support specialized training and public education via exhibits, publications, documentaries, work shops, curriculum development, lectures, ceremonies, etc. (in all Mi'kmaq districts; (directly related to Mi'kmaq Language and Culture). When I returned to Ktaqamkuk in July of 2013, I stayed at Victor's home and we talked about how we might bring a 5 day Mi'kmaw Language-Culture Camp with on going lessons to the community of St. George's. The plan to do exactly this was formulated during the week of the pow wow. Victor introduced me to some caring people who he thought might volunteer in putting the final touches on the plan to make his 'dream come true'. I spoke with Terry Mius, Paula Cutler, Tami Park-Tighe, Odelle Pike and Anne Hart; and we began to put a frame around how we would proceed. After meeting with these people I had a profound sense of fortuitous hope and called an MBGGRA board meeting and requested the directors to pass a resolution. Once the resolution was in place, we proceeded to apply for a language-culture grant through Canadian Heritage under the Aboriginal Language Incentive program known as ALI. It took many telephone conferences to help get the ball rolling. At the end of 2013, MBGRRA was positioned to send off the ALI grant application. In May of 2014, MBGRRA received an official letter from Canadian Heritage advising us our grant application for St. George's had been approved. In 2015, MBGRRA received a grant to bring a 5 day Mi'kmaw Language Culture Camp to Flat Bay. In late 2015 MBGRRA applied for another grant to bring a 5 day Mi'kmaw Language - Culture Camp to the Benoit First Nation in 2016. In addition, we aspire to certify 20 people to teach basic Smith-Francis orthography. We will approach those who completed a 5 day Mi'kmaw Language- Culture Camp and continue to excel in learning their Mi'kmaw Language and Culture. Source: Delina Petit Pas , chairwoman MBGRRA