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Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre
The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre is a cultural centre of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The centre opened in June 2012. The centre consists of a long house, artists studios, a gallery, classrooms, and an outdoor ceremonial space on the banks of the Yukon River. Attached to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, but separate, is the Whitehorse Public Library. The centre hosts the Adäka Cultural Festival and the Shakaat Artist Residency during summer months. See also *Adäka Cultural Festival *MacBride Museum of Yukon History *Yukon Arts Centre The Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) an arts centre and gallery located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The art centre opened in May 1992 and contains a 428-seat theatre, and a used to hosts arts performances and exhibitions. The arts centre permanent colle ... References External links Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre - Whitehorse, Yukon Museums in Yukon {{Canada-museum-stub ...
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Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre
The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre is a cultural centre of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The centre opened in June 2012. The centre consists of a long house, artists studios, a gallery, classrooms, and an outdoor ceremonial space on the banks of the Yukon River. Attached to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, but separate, is the Whitehorse Public Library. The centre hosts the Adäka Cultural Festival and the Shakaat Artist Residency during summer months. See also *Adäka Cultural Festival *MacBride Museum of Yukon History *Yukon Arts Centre The Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) an arts centre and gallery located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The art centre opened in May 1992 and contains a 428-seat theatre, and a used to hosts arts performances and exhibitions. The arts centre permanent colle ... References External links Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre - Whitehorse, Yukon Museums in Yukon {{Canada-museum-stub ...
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Kwanlin Dün First Nation
The Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) or Kwänlin Dän kwächʼǟn (″Whitehorse People″) is located in and around Whitehorse in Yukon, Canada. The Kwanlin Dün is the largest First Nation in Yukon. Linguistically, the Kwanlin Dün are affiliated with the Southern Tutchone Tribal Council. The Kwanlin Dün include members who are Southern Tutchone, Tagish Ḵwáan (''Tágür kwächʼan'' - "Carcross-Tagish People"), and Tlingit (''Łìngit'' - "Coast People"). Territory Their traditional territory extends from Marsh Lake to Lake Laberge (''Tàa’an Mǟn'' - “Head of the Lake”) along the Yukon River (Southern Tutchone name: ''Tágà Shäw'', Tagish name: ''Tahgàh Cho'' - both meaning "big river"). Name Their name is referring to a section of the Yukon River from Miles Canyon Basalts to the White Horse Rapids which their ancestors called Kwanlin in Southern Tutchone meaning "running water through canyon". Together with the Southern Tutchone word Dän or Dün for ″peop ...
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Whitehorse
Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which rises in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in Alaska. The city was named after the White Horse Rapids for their resemblance to the mane of a white horse, near Miles Canyon, before the river was dammed. Because of the city's location in the Whitehorse valley and relative proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the climate is milder than comparable northern communities such as Yellowknife. At this latitude, winter days are short and summer days have up to about 19 hours of daylight. Whitehorse, as reported by ''Guinness World Records'', is the city with the least air pollution in the world. As of the 2021 Canadian census, the population was 28,201 within city boundaries and 31,913 in the census ...
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Yukon
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as of March 2022. Whitehorse, the territorial capital, is the largest settlement in any of the three territories. Yukon was split from the North-West Territories in 1898 as the Yukon Territory. The federal government's ''Yukon Act'', which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established Yukon as the territory's official name, though ''Yukon Territory'' is also still popular in usage and Canada Post continues to use the territory's internationally approved postal abbreviation of ''YT''. In 2021, territorial government policy was changed so that “''The'' Yukon” would be recommended for use in official territorial government materials. Though officially bilingual (English and French), the Yukon government also recognizes First Natio ...
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Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ...
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Adäka Cultural Festival
The Adäka Cultural Festival ('Adäka' or 'Festival') is an annual multi-disciplinary arts and culture festival in Whitehorse, Yukon that celebrates First Nations arts and culture, with a specific focus on Yukon First Nations. 'Adäka', in the Southern Tutchone language, means 'coming into the light' which reflects the Yukon First Nations arts and culture being brought forward to the public eye and celebrated by all. The Festival name was inspired by the work of Joe Johnson, the late father of Festival co-founder, Katie Johnson. Several years prior to the launch of Adäka, Johnson had been involved in a conference of the same name. That conference brought the people of the Yukon together to identify areas of concern and exchange thoughts on heritage and culture in the Yukon. The conference aimed to initiate dialogue between the two main Yukon cultures so that everyone could "come into the light" together. The Adäka Cultural Festival has moved from an outdoor street location to the ...
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MacBride Museum Of Yukon History
The MacBride Museum of Yukon History is a non profit museum located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Founded in 1950 by the Yukon Historical Society, and opened in 1952, it is the oldest museum in the Yukon. Funding to expand the museum was approved in 2016 by the Department of Canadian Heritage and Government of Yukon, with the co-operation of the City of Whitehorse. The museum consists of three sites: the MacBride Museum, MacBride Roundhouse, and the MacBride Copperbelt Mining Museum. See also *Jim Robb (painter) * Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre *Yukon Arts Centre The Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) an arts centre and gallery located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The art centre opened in May 1992 and contains a 428-seat theatre, and a used to hosts arts performances and exhibitions. The arts centre permanent colle ... References External links MacBride Museum , Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Museums in Yukon {{Canada-museum-stub ...
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Yukon Arts Centre
The Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) an arts centre and gallery located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The art centre opened in May 1992 and contains a 428-seat theatre, and a used to hosts arts performances and exhibitions. The arts centre permanent collection of visual art includes over 100 works from artists throughout northern Canada. History Prior to the completion of the Yukon Arts Centre, musical and theatre performances in Whitehorse were typically conducted in borrowed spaces and venues; including the local courthouse, and in the gym of F. H. Collins Secondary School. In 1980 the Arts Canada North Society was established to advocate to the federal, territorial and municipal governments for an arts centre in Whitehorse. After nearly a decade of lobbying, all three levels of government provided million for the purposes of establishing a new arts venue. Two locations were initially proposed for the arts centre, along the riverfront in downtown Whitehorse, or adjacent to Yukon Univ ...
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