National Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly National Aboriginal Day, is a national holiday recognizing and celebrating the history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in Canada. It was created in 1996 due to recommendations from the Assembly of First Nations, the Sacred Assembly, and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Between playing for a number of Ontario-wide junior hockey teams and providing snowboarding lessons, Tie Jacobs has frequently met off-reserve people who are ignorant on Indigenous issues, and at times had never met an Indigenous person before. To to him, National Indigenous Peoples Day is a time to be proud of his culture and teach it to those who are curious. “I usually try to surround myself with people who are curious and expand their knowledge…
Members from Six Nations and other communities discussed what the upcoming National Indigenous Peoples Day means to them
