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Here's how some communities celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and difficult reminders of Indigenous histories in Canada, Inuit, First Nations and Métis communities celebrated their distinct cultures — and each other — on the 25th anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21.

25th anniversary marked in 2021

Tiar Wheatle, centre, with family on National Indigenous Peoples Day. (Submitted by Tiar Wheatle)

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and difficult reminders of Indigenous histories in Canada, Inuit, First Nations and Métis communities celebrated their distinct cultures — and each other — on the 25th anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21.

See how two families and others marked the occasion in this video from CBC Indigenous.

Communities celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

3 years ago
Duration 2:23
Inuit, First Nations and Métis communities celebrated their distinct cultures on June 21.