Liverpool marks National Indigenous Peoples Day with dancing, drumming, traditional crafts, food

A woman with shoulder-length dark hair and glasses wearing a red dress stands in a field, with young people in traditional Mi'kmaw costumes dancing in the background.

Kim Jackson, president of the Nova Scotia Native Council Zone 9, organized the National Indigenous Peoples Day event in Liverpool on Friday. (Rick Conrad)

People from indigenous communities across Canada celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day on Friday.

In Liverpool, the Nova Scotia Native Council Zone 9 organized an event at Great Oak Park near the Hank Snow Home Town Museum on Friday afternoon and evening.

People from around Queens County turned out for the cultural celebration featuring dancing, drumming, a vendors market with Mi’kmaw artisans and some traditional foods.

QCCR spoke to Kim Jackson of Milton, president of the Nova Scotia Native Council Zone 9, and other people at the event.

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