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🪶 World-Class Hoop Dancer
🎤 Performer • Speaker• Workshop Facilitator
🌎 Performances across Turtle Island & beyond
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Pre-Marathon gathering, getting ready to run🏃🏽‍♂️

The starting line 😬

Dallas road around 10k

Had to take a time cut and run back 1.8km to Ana and pull her through some of the race. There was no way I was gonna let her quit. I actually ran 43.91 km instead of 42.2km. Probably could have hit a sub 4 or somewhere near it, my pace before going back was around 5:36. But that didn’t matter to me as much. I needed us both to finish that race, and I had fun. She let me giver though the last couple of k. It felt amazing! So proud of Ana for digging deep and crushing it! Good job babe ❤️ and Julia! We did it, wahooo! 👏🏽 🎉

Turning point

Cheers from Kathy & Moma Joan. Thanks for your support guys 😃

Finish line 🏁

RVM Medals, we killed it! 💯

The course 43.91 KM. Marathon ✅

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Jay Genaille - Indigicree Hoop Dancing Co.

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The 132nd annual Vancouver Island Exhibition is on this weekend at Beban Park! It kicked off this afternoon with welcoming words from #Snuneymuxw Elder Lolly Good, appreciation for the hardworking organizing team and many volunteers who make VIEX possible, especially Karen Streeter who has been instrumental in its success for 27 years, and a special 13-hoop dance by hoop dancer Jay Genaille (@jaythecree). There are musical performances and events all weekend, along with all the traditional fair festivities like rides, food trucks, agricultural displays, draft horse demos, a car show, Superdogs, and so much more. I stopped by the Nanaimo Association for Community Living (@nanaimoacl) tent to buy some carrots from their Evanmorr Acres Farm in South Wellington, fitting for the “From the Ground Up” theme of VIEX this year. 🥕 From the @vancouverislandexhibition website: “This year’s theme honours the farmers, ranchers, growers, makers, performers, and volunteers who form the foundation of our fair. It’s a tribute to the land that sustains us, the hands that build our community, and the shared traditions that keep us strong.”
#viex #nanaimo #agriculturalfair #localfood

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Meet Our Entertainers 🎶🎤

On September 30, we welcome everyone to the TteS Arbour to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The day will offer an opportunity for community to gather, reflect, learn, share culture and spend time together.

We are pleased to welcome:
• Jay Genaille – World-Class Hoop Dancer
• Fawn Wood – Juno Award-winning Artist
• Jeremy Kneeshaw Band – featuring TteS band member Jeremy Kneeshaw

📅 September 30, 2026
⏰ 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
📍 TteS Powwow Arbour

Everyone is welcome.

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🧡 SAVE THE DATE | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Join us at the TteS Powwow Arbour on September 30 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as we come together for a day of reflection, learning, culture and community.

The day will feature performances from:
• Jay Genaille, World-Class Hoop Dancer
• Fawn Wood, Juno Award-winning Artist
• Auntie Maddy, MC
• Jeremy Kneeshaw Band

There will also be workshops, Indigenous vendors, food trucks and more throughout the day.

📅 September 30, 2026
⏰ 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
📍 TteS Powwow Arbour

Stay tuned for more details to come.

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So very honoured to have been able to put together this incredible lineup of performers for the 113th Annual Coombs Fair this weekend! I can’t even begin to tell you how good it’s going to be, so you’re just going to have to come and see for yourself! Saturday and Sunday. Kids 5 & under get free admission too!
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#gotpopconcerts #coombsfair #arrowsmithagriculturalassociation #coombs #coombsbc

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Shallow Bay Sundance-30 mins away from Grand Rapids, MB (Misipawistik Cree Nation) my late Moms (Donna Ballantyne) Reserve. It always fills my spirit to go back, meet and connect with family, as well as doing Ceremony close to my Mothers resting place on the Ancestral Lands in which I am from. Year 3 completed! This year was a hard one! There were moments I honestly didn’t think I was gonna make it through from the intense heat we experienced this year, but I kept on praying hard, kept on dancing and I had my Sundancing Brothers supporting me through. Watching all my Sundance Sisters continue dancing with such strength and determination, definitely gave me the motivation to keep on going, as well as my Son. Around 3-4 am on the last day there was a powerful thunder and lightning storm with heavy rain, winds, and tornado warnings but we all supported each other and made it through. My spirit was alive, strong and present (Thunder Lightning Healing Rain) is my name and it felt deeply meaningful within that moment. The Sundance tested us in many ways and we all made some big sacrifices and showed a lot of resilience and heart. You all are so strong and powerful and I am so grateful for each and every single one of you guys. To my Ceremony Family, I love you all. Thank you Andrew & Patsy for the amazing work you do for us all. Congratulations to all the 4th year Sundancers that completed their commitment this year. I pray that the Creator blesses us all with a year filled with good health, strength and good medicine. I am looking forward to seeing you all again soon. Aye Hiy & Chi-Miigwetch! Aho! 🙏🏽 🤲🏽 *Thank you Lucy & Patsy for the one picture and video that was not taken by me but used for this post.

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Kukstémc @bodymindsoulholistics for the beautiful weekend and for the memories I will carry forward. I am so grateful for the opportunity to meet you and your family, and share a some of the things I am passionate about. A weekend filled with amazing medicine. 🙏🏽 🧡

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Keep it going. Blessed and moving with purpose. Doing what I love! Kianâskomitin & Miigwetch (thank you) Arylene & community for the invite and allowing me to share culture, dance, stories & teachings with the youth. Aho! 🤲🏽 🙏🏽

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Much love & respect to Tl’azt’en Nation, Pam & the community for the warm welcome. Special thanks to @higherknowledgemusic for the invite & putting it all together. It was an honour to share our Medicine with the community especially the youth! This is what fills my spirit & for that I am grateful. Respect to my Indigi-Queen @ana.celestee hip-hop artists @higherknowledgemusic @kiva.mho @imightbeloca drummers & singers @david.arnault.12 teaglespeaker & dancers @dakota.piyesis @jaythecree (Me). Yall are some awesome peeps! Your stories teachings & voices are powerful. Kinanaskomitin (thank you) again Pam, for your hospitality & love. Until our Moccasin trails cross paths again! Stay blessed, be safe & take good care yall. Aho! 🙏🏽 ⭕️ 🤲🏽

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2 day workshop, dancing, and fun. Ekosi 🤲🏽 to Shannon. Such an honour and a privilege to be welcomed to this beautiful territory to share some medicine with the community. I look forward to coming back again soon. Aho 🤲🏽

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🌱Re-connection is medicine. Explore how ceremony, storytelling, and the Hoop Dance can support healing and identity. Details in the caption below.

Topic: Living My Life Honouring the Hoop

When: April 13, 2026 at 10:00am MT

Presenter: Jay Genaille - Jay is Cree, Salteaux and Anishnaabe. He is recognized as a World Class Hoop Dancer and Storyteller. He began his Hoop Dancing journey at just 9 years old and went on to compete at the World Champion Hoop Dancing Competition in Phoenix, AZ, 3 consecutive years as a youth, earning 5th, 3rd, and 2nd place finishes. Jay talks about his journey of overcoming adversity, healing, and sharing the courageous steps he has taken to achieve his goals

Description/Outcomes: In this session, Jay will speak about his experience overcoming adversity, growing up in poverty, and how the challenges he’s faced as an Intergenerational Trauma survivor have influenced his journey of reconciling, reconnecting, and reclaiming his identity through the Hoop Dance, Indigenous Ceremony, and uplifting youth and communities. This service is 45 minutes, with 15 minutes for Q&A.

Target Audience: Indigenous Youth, Elders, Healthcare Professionals, Social Service Professionals, Educators and Community Members

Recorded: No

To register for upcoming sessions, please visit www.fntn.ca

Are there specific topics you'd like to see on our network? Please feel free to contact the FNTN Team at vchelp@fntn.ca, or our telehealth education coordinator - Alannah - at ahanson@tsag.net

#fyp #indigenous #alberta #hoopdance #culture

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