Welcoming Remarks
Norway House Chief and Council
On behalf of the Norway House Chief and Council, we welcome you all to the 49th Annual Treaty and York Boat Days celebration in our beautiful community of Norway House! We thank you and your families for joining us in our annual community celebration and in commemorating the heritage, traditions, and rich history of Norway House Cree Nation.
The 49th Annual Treaty and York Boat Days is an exciting and thrilling time for Norway House. We have amazing events planned for you and your family and we are very delighted and excited to share this time with you. Norway House is facing a time of remarkable changes, great challenges, and exciting opportunities. We are very proud that our 49th Treaty & York Boat Days. We will enhance and provide cultural, recreational, and social activities to all the participants through the delivery of physical, mental, spiritual, and social events in our annual celebration. We are excited to show Norway House and all our visitors our new Lakefront facilities. A major highlight of our celebration is the World Championship York Boat Races in memory of Henry and Mary Ann Muminawatum, the Joe Keeper Memorial Marathon, the Gospel Jamboree, the Jordan’s Principal Float Parade, the Nazareth and Aaron Goodvin Concerts, Square Dance Competition, Vincent Apetagon Memorial Slow Pitch Tournament and Brown’s 6th Annual Men’s and Women’s Fastball Tournaments, the Youth Singing Showcase and Edward Gamblin Memorial Singing Showcase and much more!
We would like to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of our Treaty and York Boat Days Committee members, coordinators, and volunteers without whom this event would not be possible. They have spent many hours meeting, planning, and organizing all the events to ensure that we have a fun, enjoyable and successful celebration. We would also like to thank all our generous sponsors who contributed to our 49th Annual Treaty and York Boat Days.
We hope you have a fun, safe, and memorable visit. Thank you for joining us for our annual celebration. Ekosani
Chief Larson Anderson
Welcoming Remarks
Treaty & York Boat Days Event Coordinators
We are blessed with another year to continue to celebrate our 147th Annual Treaty (1875) and 49th York Boat Days. We are excited in anticipation to share our festivities with family and friends. It is always nice to see a gathering of our people, laughing and participating in the events, which is our main focus. Since the development and improvements of our community facilities, our community has become more active and conscientious of their wellbeing. It takes a community of resources and as parents, grandparents to set that experience in being active and supportive of our children and/or grand children in their endeavors especially during such exciting times as our Treaty and York Boat Days (TYBD) and its’ special events.
Embarking on our Heritage and our strong vibrant History, Stop by the Northern Fort Archway and Jailhouse and take in the history of our ancestors. Walking into the archway you can sense the important role Norway House Fort anticipated during the Fur Trade Era. Norway House was once the hub of the transportation system for the west, south, east and the north.
I would like to thank Chief and Council for their support; staff, volunteers, and the community members for their countless hours in preparing for this event. Our corporate sponsors have come up huge this year. We appreciate every contributor for their support at TYBD.
We wish all of you the best of luck in your events and we hope you come out of the competition with a sense of satisfaction and good sportsmanship. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact the event coordinator(s) listed on our program.
Ekosani,
Trudy Hart
Acting Director/Manager
Parks and Recreation
NHCN
Social Media