Landspeak 2022 – Visit / Cruinniú / Kiyokēwin
Pictured at Áras an Úachtaráin with President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins are, from left to right, Dr. Paul Halferty (UCD), James Kelly (ICUF), Poet Laureate Louise Halfe, Joseph Naytowhow, Brian Solomon and Peter Butt.
In collaboration with our partnership with the UCD Centre for Canadian Studies, Canadian Ambassador Nancy Smyth and David Stanton TD, Chair of the Ireland Canada Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group, ICUF was involved in the organisation of Landspeak: Visit / Cruinniú / Kiyokēwin to welcome to Ireland a delegation of Indigenous artists from Canada in November 2022.
The delegation comprised of Louise B. Halfe (Cree Poet Laureate of Canadian Parliament, Saddle Lake First Nation), Joseph Naytowhow(Cree knowledge-keeper, singer and storyteller, Sturgeon Lake First Nation), and Brian Solomon (choreographer and dancer, of Anishinaabe and Irish heritage).