From June 19 to 21, the McCord Museum invites everyone to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day by visiting, free of charge, There Once Was A Song by Meryl McMaster and the exhibition Wearing Our Identity – The First Peoples Collection, before it closes on June 27!
The McCord Museum Theatre will also be presenting free screenings of Smudge, a short film by Pepper O’bomsawin, in collaboration with Festival Quartiers Danses.
Wearing our identity – The First peoples collection
Last Chance • Until June 27
Only three weeks left for you to visit—or revisit— this exhibition on the heritage of First Peoples in Canada. Learn more about their rich culture through clothing and accessories, and discover three works by contemporary Algonquin artist Nadia Myre, an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation.
Free Admission • June 19 to 21 + Wednesday Evenings
Visit the exhibition free of charge from June 19 to 21, on the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day. Until June 23, free access on Wednesday evening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. is still available.
A glance at Indigenour cultures
Did you know? This small pouch was used to carry red pigment for the face and body, a colour often associated with war. This bag featured in the exhibition, Wearing Our Identity – The First Peoples Collection was taken from a Nêhiyawak warrior who fought alongside the Métis at the Battle of Batoche, during the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
It is a telling reminder of the many struggles of First Nations, Inuit and Métis to protect their rights, their land and their survival as distinct peoples.
Short film: Smudge
Two generations, the past and the future. The strength of tradition, the isolation of the contemporary world. Connected by blood, by the Earth. Can this bond overcome the void?
The McCord Museum and the Festival Quartiers Danses present Smudge, a 5-minute short directed by Pepper O’bomsawin filmed in part in the exhibition Wearing Our Identity – The First Peoples Collection. The film features a rich collaboration between the Museum and dancers Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo and Emily Kahente Diabo.
Free screening in the Museum Theatre from June 19 to 21, on the occasion of National Indigenous Peoples Day.
McCord Museum summer schedule
The Museum offers you more options to plan your visit!
• Extension of opening hours on weekends from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Opening on Mondays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Reduced admission fee on Wednesday evenings from 5 p.m to 9 p.m.
More information available here.
Call for Indigenous Participation
The McCord Museum is seeking the participation of people of all ages from Indigenous communities to create a video for its exhibition Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience, which will be presented as of September 24, 2021.
The video will be presented at the end of the exhibition with a strong inspiring word from the Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.The Museum would like to collect short answers (one word, one sentence, in the language chosen by the participant) to the following questions: How can we really encounter one another? A genuine encounter for me is…
For more information or to participate, please contact Audray Charbonneau: communications@mccord-stewart.ca
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