Aboriginal Day at Musqueam

As you might know, last sunday, June 21st, was National Aboriginal day, and we celebrated at Musqueam this year. Pretty much the whole team came down and helped out with the RRN booth. Some of our community liaisons working with Musqueam, June and Terry, set up the booth and I have to say it looked pretty great.

It was so much fun being down there - we had a couple laptops set up so people could preview the site and see pictures, which worked out great.

I was at Musqueam's Aboriginal Day celebration last year, and all we had then was two people, one laptop and some printed information sheets. I've said it before, but we are definitely coming a long way!

Aside from the wonderful RRN station, the entire day was a lot of fun. There was an abundance of barbecued salmon, burgers, hot dogs, and even fresh crab. Talk about treating your guests right. There were plenty of performances as well, including the surprising and fantastic show from the Vancouver Police Lion Dancers.

I also had to resist the urge to jump on the huge bouncy castle all day.

I love going down to Musqueam with the RRN because I almost always meet people who have a personal connection to the objects in the database. I've met lots of artists whose artwork is displayed in the Museum of Anthropology, and it's a great experience showing them the RRN.

All in all, it was a great day, there was a great turnout of people and I hope to go back again next year!

-Hannah