The Amisk Community School located on the Beaver Lake First Nation hosted their summer feast on June 21 to celebrate National Indigenous People's Day. The Amisk school hosts feasts to commemorate all four season, this year the summer feast coincided with National Indigenous People's Day.
Students and staff gathered in the gym for a pipe ceremony, followed by a feast, drum ceremony and Indigenous games. The POST was there to help document the event.
The teepee where the pipe ceremony was held. Out of respect for the Cree culture, photos were not taken during the smudging.
Students from the Amisk Community School line up for a hearty meal including moose, rabbit stew, bannock and berries and much more.
Students and staff alike wore ribbon skirts, a traditional Indeigneous dress worn at ceremonies.
Cree language instructor Louise Adby serving stew to the staff and students.
Principal Darlene Cardinal serves raisin bannock to a student.
Lance Lamere, Kurtlin Favel, Christopher Ward, Clarence Ward and Stanley Cardinal performing a Cree drum ceremony.
Students at the Amisk school play with a drum after the ceremony.
Student and staff dance around Clarence Ward as he performs during the drum ceremony.
Students and staff competed in hand games to end the festivities.
