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Summer Solstice and National Indigenous People’s Day Celebration

Thursday, June 20–Friday, June 21, 2024

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Price: FREE

Please note: due to limited seating, registration is only required for the evening performance on June 20.

Reserve free tickets for the evening performance

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Original ways of knowing, being, and relating.

Join the Aga Khan Museum and Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre to celebrate the Summer Solstice and National Indigenous People’s Day.

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year, symbolizing a new season and rejuvenation. We give thanks through ceremonies, a sacred fire, and programming available to schools and the local community. Watch the Aga Khan Museum transform into a cultural village, featuring colourful Tipis, arts and crafts, teachings, drumming, traditional and contemporary dance, and a concert.

All events and activities are available for free to the public.

 

The Museum’s Performing Arts programming is generously supported by the Nanji Family Foundation.

Daytime Programming

Aga Khan Park | Thursday, June 20 & Friday, June 21 | 10 am–4 pm

Tipi Activities

  • Beading
  • Orange Shirt Activity
  • Tipi-Making Arts and Crafts
  • Medicine Wheel Activity
  • Teachings

Revillagizing Stage Performances

  • Teachings and Flute Playing
  • Aztec Dancers
  • All Nations Jrs.
  • First Fire Dance Troupe
  • Talent Show

Evening Performances

Nanji Family Foundation Auditorium | Thursday, June 20 | 7–9 pm
  • All Nations Jrs. and First Fire Dance Troupe
  • James Wilson
  • Semiah Smith

Due to limited seating, registration is required for the evening performance.
Reserve free tickets

Full Moon Ceremony

Aga Khan Park | Friday, June 21 | 9 pm

Participate in a Full Moon Ceremony to honour Grandmother Moon in the Aga Khan Park.

#hopeandhealingcanada by Tracey-Mae Chambers

Art Installation | Aga Khan Park

Reflect on a journey of self-discovery and cultural reclamation woven through a transformative installation by artist Tracey-Mae Chambers.

Immerse yourself in a captivating installation that maps questions of identity while sparking dialogue on displacement, decolonization, and reconciliation. Located in the Aga Khan Park, #hopeandhealingcanada is an invitation to venture along pathways of understanding between Indigenous and settler communities. The knit and crochet-work installation is part of a series of site-specific works spanning over 100 public institutions, including historic residential school sites, museums, and galleries.

Learn more about the installation

Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers working with her hands on bright red yarn, overlaying grey stone

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With the participation of the Government of Canada

A bird's eye view of an adult imprinting patterns in clay at a table with finished, painted tiles.
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