Just confirmed yesterday an engagement at the Bruce County Museum, in combination with their celebration of National Aboriginal Awareness Day, which is a cultural awareness initiative started in 1996 by Governor General Romeo LeBlanc.

The focus of National Aboriginal Awareness Day is to recognize the contributions of aboriginal peoples to Canada. Bruce County Museum’s celebration centres around the significant bands of the Ojibway of Saugeen, and Chippewa of Nawash, who will introduce guests to the meaning behind the circle of life, the eagle, drumming and dance. That event will take place Sunday, June 14, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

My participation will be as a lead-in to that event, taking place Saturday, June 13, 2009. I will be reading from And the Angels Sang and Shadow Song, to be followed by question and answer, and book signing.

Several of the short stories in the anthology, And the Angels Sang, deal with native culture, while the novel Shadow Song very much examines Ojibway society and their Midewiwin (medicine society).

Location & Time: Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre 33 Victoria St. N. Southampton, ON N0H 2L0 Tel: (519) 797-2080 ext. 107 Toll Free: 1-866-318-8889
http://www.brucemuseum.ca/
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: free
40% of the proceeds from the sale of my books will be donated to Bruce County Museum.