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The potlatch ban and related banning of the sun dance and Coast Salish dancing occurred during the height of repressive colonial laws in Canada, lasting until 1951. After 1951, the Indian Act was amended, removing some of the more repressive measures, including the ban on the potlatch.
The Sun Dance was one of the prohibited ceremonies, as was the potlatch of the Pacific Northwest peoples. [6] An attenuated form Canada lifted its prohibition against the practice of the full ceremony in 1951.
Pages in category "1951 in Canada" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Circle of the Sun is a 1960 short documentary film on Kainai Nation, or Blood Tribe, of Southern Alberta, which captured their Sun Dance ritual on film for the first time. [1] Tribal leaders, who worried the traditional ceremony might be dying out, had permitted filming as a visual record. [2] The film was directed by Colin Low, who was from ...
Canada's immigration rate rises. Population is 14,009,429. The Indian Act of Canada is revised to limit coverage of Aboriginal people, excluding Aboriginal women who married non-Aboriginal men. Louis St. Laurent moves into 24 Sussex Drive, the new official residence of the Prime Minister; Labatt Blue is introduced
Yves Sioui Durand (born May 11, 1951) is a Huron/Wendat writer, filmmaker and theatre director from Quebec. [1] A founder of the Ondinnok theatre company, he is an important pioneer of indigenous theatre in Canada.
Franca was born Celia Franks in London, England, the daughter of an East End tailor. Her family were Polish Jewish immigrants. [2] She began to study dance at the age of four and was a scholarship student at the Guildhall School of Music and the Royal Academy of Dance. [3]
He choreographed Rose Latulippe in 1966, which was Canada's first evening-length ballet performance [4] and the first full-length colour production filmed by the Canadian Broadcasting Company. [ 3 ] He was artistic director of the Royal Swedish Ballet from 1964 to 1967 [ 4 ] and artistic director of Harkness Ballet from 1967 to 1968, during ...