Tuesday Sept 17, 2024 Volume 42, Issue 3 @theconcordianmtl @theconcordian @theconcordian theconcordian.com
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
TOP STORIES NEWS
Concordia University receives a lawsuit accusing it of permitting antisemitism on campus pg. 2
SPORTS
Preseason action is underway for Concordia Stingers Hockey pg. 6
LES PAGES FRANCOS Le soccer à Montréal, un nouveau bassin à talents pg. 8
ARTS & CULTURE SynBio Expressions pg. 11
A GREAT TURNOUT AT CONCORDIA’S THIRD ANNUAL POWWOW The Otsenhákta Student Centre’s yearly event was more popular than ever.
MUSIC
Palomosa Festival prevails despite rainy weather pg. 12
OPINIONS Canada on fire pg. 14
BY JEREMY COX// NEWS EDITOR
The Otsenhákta Student Centre (OSC)’s third annual powwow took place at the Loyola Campus last Friday. Elementary school groups, university students, elders and members of local Indigenous communities gathered under a large tent to enjoy the event. The OSC teamed up with the Hive Free Lunch to prepare three sisters soup and bannock
bread for the event, which was served with a strawberry drink. The main tent, which hosted the ceremonies, was surrounded by 25 kiosks of local Indigenous vendors. Concordia student Destiny Thomas was one of the vendors at the event. Thomas, who learned how to bead in middle school, started her beadwork jewelry business in 2020.
“There’s also a lot of people coming in, and kids from schools, from middle schools, even little kids,” said Thomas. “So it’s a learning experience for them and they get to see the culture of the music, the dancing, all of the crafts. And for vendors, it’s way more vendors than [when] we started.” The powwow was organized by the OSC, the on-campus
resource centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students at Concordia. OSC manager Cheyenne Henry was the head of the planning committee. Kanien’kéha performers highlighted Henry’s work in an honour song during the powwow.
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COVER PHOTO MONTAGE BY HANNAH BELL // PHOTO EDITOR