Montreal 35th International Indigenous Presence Festival

Indigenous voices to gather for Montreal’s International First Peoples’ Festival

Returning this August for its 35th anniversary, the festival stands united against fascism Montreal’s International First Peoples’ Festival is returning this August for its 35th anniversary. Photo Andraé Lerone Lewis

Montreal 35th International Indigenous Presence Festival

A wave of First Peoples presence is expected to sweep through Montreal August 5 to 15 The wave of creativity rising among the Indigenous peoples of the world, bearers of millennia-old traditions and prophetic visions, will bring a tsunami of diverse activities to the city, ranging from film to music, dance to performance, skateboarding to drumming—a seismic movement heralding the transformations to come. Does Montreal deserve the title of most a…