We chose to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 15 so that our Indigenous students and families could spend June 21 together.  The inaugural RSS National Peoples Day Celebration was a multi-class collaboration organized and led by the RSS Indigenous Education Team and made possible by a grant from the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA).  The celebration included a guest appearance by Elder Rose Guerin, a Pow Wow dance performance by the The Wild Moccasin Dancers, bannock and jam, lavender tea, and the following student-run interactive activities:

• Indigenous Peoples Trivia
• Importance of Cedar
• First Nations Languages of BC Map
• Weaving
• Indigenous Plants and Herbs
• Ceremony
• Identifying Animal Hides by Touch
• Origami Salmon and Eagles

Check out the Pow Wow dance performance at https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce2lpXmAfQc/?hl=en