This will be an in-person event that is free to view. The lecture will be broadcast live via ZOOM for those who cannot attend in person and recorded and then to the Museum's YouTube at a later date.
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Description:
I have done Jingle Dress workshops, dance presentations, sewing workshops in several First Nations communities, local Indigenous agencies, as well as school settings. I attended Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival in Toronto twice as a vendor, participated in a runway show for Tournament of Hope and other local grassroots fashion shows. I’ve been told to do my best to dance when requested, and share the teachings, gifts and stories, as the Jingle Dress is the Healing dress.
Speaker Bio:
Hello, my name is Cheryl Suggashie and I am from Pikangikum First Nation, a semi isolated community located in Northwestern ON. I have been a Jingle Dress Dancer since 2011. I grew up not knowing about my culture and pow wow’s. I attended one pow wow in Whitefish Bay ON, when I was a child. I saw what it looked like an “army of Jingle Dress dancers,” ever since I have always wanted to dance Jingle Dress. It was not until I attended Algoma University, in Sault Ste. Marie, that I gained the teachings and stories about the Jingle Dress, the healing dress. I have several teachers to help me. I learned how to sew, held a ceremony and feasted for our Jingle Dresses. We danced for the very first time and had our “welcoming into the pow wow circle” at Gathering at the Rapids Pow Wow. The location was a former Residential School, so the survivors were happy that we brought culture and ceremonies back into their former school.
I did my Masters in Social Justice, at LU. I did practicum with the students at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School. I taught students to make their own healing dress, in honor of those who passed away attending the school.
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- Free Museum Admission during the event
- Refreshments will be available
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Parking
The Thunder Bay Museum has a free parking lot on the East side of the building, but there are only 16 spaces. On-street parking and other lots nearby are available.
This lecture session is part of the Society's long tradition of holding free public lectures. From September to March, talks on a wide range of topics are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum.
The 2025-2026 Thunder Bay Museum lecture series is sponsored by the Lakehead University Department of History.
ZOOM INFORMATION
You are invited to a Zoom webinar!
When: Sep 23, 2025 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Free Public Lecture - Jingle Dresses
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