Mi'kmaw History Month

October 1^st –31^st

• Ta'n me'j Tel'keknuo'ltiek: How Unique We Still Are (Exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)

October 1^st-7^th

• Mi’kmaq History Month Scavenger Hunt (ALL DAY at Halifax Central Library)

October 2^nd

•  Flag Raising Ceremony (Grand parade Square at 10am)
• Luskinikn Take Away Kit (Sheet Harbour Public Library between 10am-4pm)
• Film Screening of “Justice Denied” and Panel Discussion (Welden Law Building, Room 105 at 2 pm)  

October 3^rd

• Grand Council Flag Raising
  • Halifax Studley Campus
  • Truro Campus Ampitheater at 3pm

October 4^th

• Pisuwin (Spatz Theatre at 7:30pm)
• Central Stage Presents: Morgan Toney (Halifax Central Library, Paul O’Regan Hall, Floor 1 between 7:00pm-8:30pm)
• MMIWG Sisters in Spirit Red Dress Display Lunch & Learn (Multicultural Room, LSC Truro Campus at 11:30am)
• No More Stolen Sisters March (Meet at Student Union Building on Halifax Campus at 11:00am)

October 5^th

• Beaded Keychains Workshop ( Multicultural Room, SLC at 6pm on Truro Campus)

October 6^th

• Joy of Jigging: A Movement Masterclass with Jeanette Kotowich (Dalhousie Arts Centre, Studio 2 between 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m)

October 10^th

• What it Means to Be A Treaty Person Workshop (Rowe Management Building, Room 3089, between 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m)
  
  • Join Rachelle McKay at a workshop designed for graduate students and post-docs who want to deepen their understanding of what it means to be a treaty person within the context of their work at Dalhousie.

October 13^th

• Vision Boards (Multicultural Room, SLC at 6pm on Truro Campus)
  

October 14^th

• Screening of Warrior Life Podcast: We Were Not the Savages by Danny Paul (Woodlawn Public Library between 2:30pm-3:30pm)

October 16^th

• Mi’kmaq Legends Story-telling Session (Alumni Theatre between 5:30pm-7:00pm)

October 17^th

• Discussion with Patty Krawec - Author of Becoming Kin (Alumni Hall, University of King’s College Campus at 7pm)

October 18^th

• Dalhousie’s 13th Annual Mawio’mi (Studley Quad between 10am-3:30pm)
  • 11:00am-1:00pm Lunch (while supplies last)
  • 12:00noon Grand Entry
  • 12:30-3:30pm Powwow
• Lunch & Learn: Mi’kmaq Language (Multicultural Room, SLC, Truro Campus at 11:30am)

October 19^th

• Performance: Mi’kmaq Dancer & Drummer Trevor Gould (Sheet Harbour Public Library between 3pm-4pm)
  
• Porcupine Quill Medallions Craft Night (Multicultural Room, SLC at 6pm on Truro Campus)
• Decolonizing and Indigenizing Health in Mi’kma’ki by the Diversity & Equity Committee at the School of Social Work (Online between 5:30-8:00pm)

October 22^nd

• Take & Make: Medicine Wheel Kit (Halifax Central Library, Welcome Desk, Floor 1 between 12pm-1pm)

October 23^rd

• Moving in Mi’kma’ki (Halifax Central Library, Paul O’Regan Hall, Floor 1 between 10am-12pm)

October 25^th

• Porcupine Quill Dyeing Workshop; This is the second of three porcupine quill workshop in preparation to create quillwork art. If you were unable to attend the first session, you are still welcome to come and participate! (CIMADE Lab, 1649 Brunswick St (Basement of NSCAD Academy Campus) 1–4pm)
  
• Mi’kmaq Ecological Calendar Presentation (Alumni Ampitheatre on Truro Campus at 4pm-5:30pm)

October 26^th

• “Tie-dye T-shirts Night (Multicultural Room, SLC at 6pm on Truro Campus)

October 31^st

• Mi’kmaq History Month Feast (Multicultural Room, SLC on Truro Campus at 7:30pm)