NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 2021
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INDIGENOUS-OWNED
businesses in Ontario! CHIPPEWAR
Owned by Jay Soule, an Indigenous artist from the Thames First Nation's Chippewas, Chippewar offers graphic t-shirts, sweatshirts, raglans, tank tops, hoodies, hats, prints and stickers. Soule is a painter who designs and sells Indigenous culturerelated clothing online and from their Toronto store.
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An indigenous (Kichwa) family owned store based in Toronto, Pacha Indigenous Art Collection supports Indigenous artists from North and South America. They also make fine-made porcupine jewellery and other accessories. You can purchase items from their store or online.
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 2021
THE CEDAR BASKET
Located in the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto (NCCT), the Cedar Basket Gift Shop offers products like accessories, decorative, medicine, jewelry and musical instruments handcrafted by First Nations, Métis and Inuit. You can visit their shop at the NCCT or online.
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Owned by Mallory Graham, a member of the Anishnaabek nation of Curve Lake First Nation Tribal Trade is located in Curve Lake, Ontario. You can visit their store or online to purchase products like moccasins, clothing, accessories and native gifts.
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Owned by Indigenous chef Shawn Adler, Pow Wow Café is Toronto's ONLY restaurant specializing in Pow Wow cuisine. Located in the heart of Kensington Market, they are best known for their tacos on Ojibway-style frybread!
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 2021
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INDIGENOUS ARTISTS ARCHER PECHAWIS Performance artist, new media artist, filmmaker, writer, curator and educator Archer Pechawis has been a practicing artist since 1984 with particular interest in the intersection of Plains Cree culture and digital technology, merging "traditional" objects such as hand drums with digital video and audio sampling. Learn more about Archer Pechawis.
MEKAYLA DIONNE Mekayla Dionne is an emerging Métis artist who recently graduated from OCAD University. Mekayla produces abstract paintings in which she explores colour relationships, composition, and layering. Through many—sometimes dozens— of acrylic layers, she creates thick tactile patterns. Learn more about Mekayla Dionne.
SUMMER BLUES ANGE LOFT
Ange is an interdisciplinary performing artist and initiator from Kahnawake Kanienkehaka Territory, working in Toronto. She is an ardent collaborator, consultant, facilitator and mentor working in storyweaving, arts based research, wearable sculpture and Haudenosaunee history. Ange is also a vocalist with the Juno and Polaris nominated band YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN. Learn more about Ange Loft.
ARIA EVANS Aria Evans is an award winning, Toronto-based queer, interdisciplinary artist working in dance; creation, performance and film. She draws on her experiences as a woman of mixed race (Afro-Indigenous, settler) as well as her BFA (2012) to capture meaningful social and cultural themes through her interactive art. Learn more about Aria Evans.