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Honouring Truth and Reconciliation: Indigenous Artist Showcase presented by IIMS, @talkingstickfst, @2riversremix and @breakoutwest 🧡

Join us Sept 30th at @capitalballrm as we open @breakoutwest with our Indigenous Artist Showcase in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Featuring an incredible lineup of talent: @hasaatuk, @pin.dee.in, Willie Thrasher, & @melawmencollective!

Wed Sept 30 | 7:00 PM | Capital Ballroom | 858 Yates St, Victoria, BC | Unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) territory

Miigwetch to our funders: @factorcanada, @canada.council, @cdn.heritage, @ongov, @ontarioartscouncil

#breakoutWest #IndigenousArtists #BCMusic #BCLive taken in Victoria, BC by @talkingstickfst

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Join SUM gallery on Sep 27 for a FREE cameraless Phytogram Workshop, facilitated by KJ Edwards (Kanien'kehá:ka, mixed-settler interdisciplinary artist). 🌱 Priority will be given to Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Artists. 🎞️

Phytograms, first coined by artist Karel Doing, are made by soaking plant material in an eco-friendly developer and placing them directly onto the film, creating imprints of the plants within the emulsion. This workshop will teach participants how to mix their developer, apply their chosen plants onto 16mm and 35mm B&W film stock. Participants will learn how to fix and splice 16mm film for projection, as well as how to use and load a 16mm projector, demonstrated by KJ. 📽️

This workshop does not require camera experience or analogue film experience!

Registration information can be found in our LinkTree. Presented in partnership with Full Circle: First Nations Performance. 🌺 taken in Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery by @talkingstickfst

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What power lies in Indigenous storytelling, mythology, and imagination?

Spend an evening celebrating internationally acclaimed Haisla and Heiltsuk author Eden Robinson’s new novel, The Sorceress of Sky Serpents.

Following a welcome from @manuelaxelstrain, Robinson will be joined by Secwépemc and St’at’imc writer Julian Brave NoiseCat (@jnoisecat) for a conversation exploring the inspirations behind her richly imagined world, the role of Indigenous mythology in contemporary fantasy, and how stories can carry culture, identity and resilience.

The evening will feature an engaging discussion, an audience Q&A and a post-event reception, where Robinson will be signing books. Other books by Robinson and NoiseCat will also be available for purchase onsite.

This event is supported by @randomhouseca, @sfu_library, @sfulive, @capulibrary, and @talkingstickfst.

A signed copy of The Sorceress of Sky Serpents is included with the purchase of a Book Ticket.

📅 September 28, 2026, from 6:00pm – 8:30pm
📍 Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
🔗 Link in bio

#SFU #SFUPublicSquare #SimonFraserUniversity #IndigenousMythology #EdenRobinson #BookLaunch #CommunityEvent by @talkingstickfst

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𝗦𝗸á𝘁𝗻𝗲 (𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿) is a celebration of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer artistic excellence, showcasing short films and music videos made by Indigenous artists. Curated by Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) filmmaker 𝗞𝗝 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, and co-presented with Full Circle: First Nations Performance, this program brings together Onkwehón:we (Original Peoples) kin from across the globe. Presented in partnership with Full Circle: First Nations Performance and Talking Stick Festival. @talkingstickfst

Screening Lineup:

“Four Spirits Walk As One” by ODMK (Cree) @iamodmk
“Taha, Ua” by Ngaire Lyden-Elleray (Tongan) @ngaire.le
“Terror/Forming” by Rylan Friday (Saulteaux Ojibway/Plains Cree/Métis) @thndr.bae
“Find My Way Back” by Samuel Gaskin (Māori/Nigerian) @samuelgaskinmusic
“ÁHKUIN” by Radio-JusSunná / Sunna Nousuniemi (Sámi) @sunnamaaret

Please join us for a Q&A with the attending artists after the screening!

📆June 18th | 7pm
📍The Birdhouse
🎟$0 – $25, sliding scale by @talkingstickfst

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5 months ago

We’re deeply grateful to our community of artists, collaborators, and partners who uplift and champion Indigenous voices through the performing arts.

Your generosity, creativity, and commitment in supporting NDN Acts make this work possible—on stage, behind the scenes, and in our communities.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

#IndigenousArts #PerformingArts #CommunityStrong #Gratitude #NDNActs by @talkingstickfst

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WORLD PREMIERE at The Cultch: On Native Land

A powerful new musical written and directed by Corey Payette, On Native Land follows the intersecting lives of a lawyer, a Chief, and a rising singer-songwriter in a moving story of identity, land, and love.

Centering urban Indigenous experiences, this sweeping production offers both solace and solidarity—grounded in tradition and carried by a contemporary score inspired by Broadway favourites like Company and Dear Evan Hansen.

APR 08–19, 2026
📍YORK THEATRE
🎟 Tickets available at: https://thecultch.com/event/on-native-land/

#OnNativeLand #TheCultch #YVRArts #IndigenousArts #WorldPremiere #VancouverEvents #IndigenousVoices

@thecultch
@coreypayette
@urbaninkvan by @talkingstickfst

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Book Launch: Tess’s Red Dress: Honouring Love and Family with Carolyn Roberts

🗓 Sunday, April 12 | 11 AM
📍 Massy Books (229 E Georgia St, Vancouver)

Join Massy Books & Medicine Wheel Publishing as they host St’at’imc and Sto:lo author Carolyn Roberts for the launch of Tess’s Red Dress: Honouring Love and Family.

This powerful children’s book shares a story of love, family, and remembrance in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People.

🎟 Free event! Register via the link in @massybooks bio!

#MassyBooks #IndigenousAuthor #VancouverEvents #BookLaunch #MMIWG2S #IndigenousStories

@indigenouseducation2023
@medicinewheelpublishing
@irondogbooks
@massybooks
@massybooksevents by @talkingstickfst

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🎭 Ten artists, five bold new works—NDN Acts is live this Friday!

🗓 Friday, March 20 · 7:00 PM
📍 Roundhouse Community Centre
🎟 Free

#indigenousarts #vancouverevents #talkingstickfestival #roundhouse by @talkingstickfst

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Lighting the Next Fire

🗓 Sunday, March 22 · 4:00 PM onward�
📍 Second Beach
🎟 FREE - RSVP Required

Join us by the water to close the Talking Stick Festival with an evening of drumming, song, story exchange, and a community feast.

A gathering to celebrate, reflect, and come together in community.

RSVP: amina@fullcircle.ca

#TalkingStickFestival #LightingTheNextFire #IndigenousCommunity by @talkingstickfst

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Talking Stick Festival Presents: Night Shift: NDN Takeover

🗓 Friday, March 20 · 8:30 PM�
📍 Roundhouse Community Centre
�🎟 Free

An evening of progressive Indigenous sound featuring live performances by @edziumusic and @hayleycwallis and closing with a DJ set from @djkookum!

Electronic, soulful, and groove-driven music that gathers, uplifts, and celebrates contemporary Indigenous artists.

#TalkingStickFestival #NDNTakeover #IndigenousMusic #VancouverEvents by @talkingstickfst

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7 months ago

Cultivating Kin

🗓 Saturday, March 21 · 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM�
📍 SFU Woodward’s
�🎟 FREE - RSVP Required

An intimate gathering for artists, culture workers, and community centered on restoring right relations in our creative practices.

Grounded in the 5Rs - respect, relationality, responsibility, relevancy, and reciprocity, the day invites dialogue, embodied practice, and collective reflection rooted in Indigenous and diasporic worldviews.

RSVP to amina@fullcircle.ca

#TalkingStickFestival #CultivatingKin #IndigenousArts #CommunityGathering by @talkingstickfst

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The Treasured Memories Contest is now LIVE! 💌

In honour of Talking Stick Festival's theme, Cultivating Kin, we invite you to share the story of a meaningful object in your life - a keepsake, heirloom, gift, or everyday item that carries memory and connection.

How to enter:
📸 Upload a photo of your object
✍️ Write a short story (50 words max)
📝 Submit your entry through our website

Selected submissions will be featured online, and the three stories with the most votes will win!

Submit your story:
https://fullcircle.ca/2026-cultivating-kin-contest/

#TalkingStickFestival #CultivatingKin #VancouverArts #Storytelling #Community by @talkingstickfst

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