THUNDER BAY — Fort William Historical Park welcomed dancers and drummers, primarily local but also from further out, to its annual Anishinaabe Keeshigun , formerly known as Ojibwa Keeshigun, this weekend.

The over 40-year celebration, started in 1982, and featured a pow wow as the park’s central focus with a grand entry at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

While Anishinaabe Keeshigun invited youth drummers from the Thunder Bay area and many other guests from Northwestern Ontario, this year, the host drum group, Bloodline, was from Manitoba.

Anishinaabe Keeshigun is a local Indigenous peoples day, not to be confused with National Indigenous Peoples Day, said Alyssa Cacciatore, the park’s visitor experiences coordinator.

“This event has been happening since the early 1980s and really as an Indigeno

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