Over 100,000 attended the Earth Spirit Festival, bringing together Canada’s aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) and the Japanese Canadian community to celebrate their rich and varied cultures. This was a collaboration between the Indian Art-I-Crafts of Ontario, the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, the National Association of Japanese Canadians, the Japanese Canadian Redress Foundation and the Toronto Harbourfront Corporation.
Performance by Toronto’s Wasabi Daiko (photo: Jack Hemmy)
Shirley Yamada from Toronto NAJC with Aboriginal leaders (Photo: Jack Hemmy)
“The Gateway to Understanding” – the Katakjuag: a stone cairn created by Inuk artist David Ruben Piqtoukun. (photo: Arthur Miki)
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