Media Advisory - Media invitation to the National Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremony

GATINEAU, QC, June 20, 2018 /CNW/ - Media is invited to attend a public ceremony on June 21^st to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. The event will begin with a traditional ceremony led by First Nations, Métis and Inuit elders and followed by live entertainment by Indigenous artists.

We ask that no photos or video recordings be taken during the traditional component of the ceremony.

Date:              
June 21, 2018

Time:
8 a.m. EDT

Where:
Riverbank
In case of rain, the ceremony will be in the Grand Hall.
Canadian Museum of History
100 rue Laurier
Gatineau, QC

SOURCE Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

James Fitz-Morris, Director of Communications and Issues Management, Office of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, 819-997-0002; CIRNAC Media Relations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, 819-953-1160; Rachel Rappaport, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Indigenous Services, 819-934-2796; ISC Media Relations, 819-953-1160, [email protected]