Kindergarten to Grade 8 students in the Mountain View School Division have had the chance this year to learn several types of indigenous dancing, such as square dancing, pow-wow, and jigging.
This Friday, they will have the chance to show off what they have learned through the first-ever Nagamon and Niimiidiwin Music Festival.
MVSD Indigenous Education Co-Ordinator Carole Shankaruk says it is important to celebrate an event like this.
"Indigenous people, and really the culture. We know that when we talk about reconciliation, it is all of us - indigenous and non-indigenous - doing this work together. And you know what, the students - no matter which school I visited about their learning - the students loved it."
Over 1,000 students are slated to take part in the festival, which will be held at Credit Union Place.
The event is closed to the public.
