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Aboriginal Day Celebration – Daylu Dena Council Invites You, Lower Post (Daylu), BC, June 21, 2016

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Date: June 1, 2016

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Daylu Dena Council invites you for an all-day Aboriginal Day Celebration in Lower Post (Daylu), BC, on June 21, 2016 – starting at 8:00 am at the Lower Post Youth Centre and Drum Circle.

National Aboriginal Day Celebration 2016 - Daylu Dena Council

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Events include:

  • Opening Prayer and Welcoming
  • Tea Boiling and Bannock Making Contest (Categories: Elders, Adults, Youth)
  • Head Pull, Leg Wrestling, Tug of War
  • Ax Throwing Competition
  • Golf Targeted Drive / Mini Golf
  • Walk for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women
  • Elders and Youth – pick wild onions on the Dease River / visit Community Garden

All day events:

  • Stick Gambling Tournament – registration is open from June 1–June 20, 2016 @ 12:00 pm
    • Please contact Victor Kisoun for more info and rules (see poster for contact info and entry fee)
  • Colouring Contest (Categories: Toddler, Child, Youth)
  • Fishing Derby
  • Greased Pole Climb
  • Health Centre Open House

Lunch & Community Dinner – please bring your own potluck bag

All vendors are welcome to set up all day and evening.

Everyone is encouraged to use your traditional clothing and regalia!

Looking for Volunteers & Helpers!

Job Postings: Cooks (Community Dinner); Clean up and Set up
Please apply with Pamela Moon or Bobbi Moon (see poster for contact info) before June 15, 2016 @ 3:30 pm.

PO Box 9, Lower Post, BC V0C 1W0
Phone: 250.779.3181 | Fax: 250.779.3020