Welcome
WELCOME / BOOZHOO / TEKWANONWERA:
TONS TO KINGSTON / KA’TAROH:KWI /
KEN’TARÓKWEN / CATARACOUI
Kingston remains on the ancestral homelands of the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Tourism Kingston acknowledges the everlasting presence of these Nations and other First Nations, Métis, and Inuit who share this landscape today. We are grateful to reside in and remain visitors to this territory, while acknowledging our responsibility to honour the land, water, and skies with gentle respect and purifying preservation.
Hear the land acknowledgment
The History of Ka’taroh:kwi and Kingston
A compilation of written history and oral teachings about the region before contact, at contact, and post 1763. By Dr. Terri-Lynn Brennan.
Indigenous Experiences
An asterisk (*) has been placed next to the experiences that were featured at the 2023 Katarokwi Indigenous Art and Food Market.
Food and culinary
- Cadue’s First Foods *
- Stonecrop Farm *
- Turtle Island Snacks and Fine Foods *
Arts and crafts
- 4 Crazy Crows *
- Colleen’s Crafts *
- Creations by Can *
- Dream Creations *
- Flint and Maple Beadwork *
- Jackpine Designs *
- L and B Native Crafts *
- Lynton Creations *
- Miigwans Creations *
- Nish Bish Designs *
- Sew Creative by Jen *
- Theresa Brant Studio *
- W.C. Creatives *
Experiences
- Memorial to Joseph Brant
- Memorial to Molly Brant
- The Crawford Purchase
- Arthur Milnes Walking Tour – Waterfront Gifts & Apparel
- Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre
- Indigenous Food Sovereignty Garden and Little Forest
- Katarowki Indigenous Art & Food Market
- Kingston Indigenous Language Nest
- Manidoo Ogitigan – Lake Ontario Park
- Storyme: Indigenous Voices Digital Kingston – Kingston Frontenac Public Library
- The Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- Ollin Drum Circle
Katarokwi Indigenous Art and Food Market
Sundays in Springer Market Square, 216 Ontario St
Every Sunday from June 4 through September 24 from 10AM – 3PM in Springer Market Square, this market features local Indigenous artists, artisans, and musicians. Peruse handcrafted art, jewelry, and clothing for sale. Enjoy freshly made food and take in live music and demonstrations, with different artists featured every week.
In 2021 and 2022, the Katarokwi Indigenous Art & Food Market was made possible with support from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.
The Katarokwi Indigenous Art and Food Market is coordinated by RIEL Cultural Consulting with support from Tourism Kingston and the City of Kingston.
This program is funded, in part, by the City of Kingston in support of the Creative Industries Strategy that positions Kingston as a destination of choice for creative industry producers and consumers.
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