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This is Part 3 of the PNE Parade 2010. It is 100 Years of Fun at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver BC. With 2010 being the centennial year, this year’s procession is one of the biggest in recent memory. Floats, pageant queens, marching bands, people in costumes, clowns, and even a large group of Elvis impersonators paying tribute to the King of Rock and Roll. A group of teenagers sang Black Eye Peas’ I Got A Feeling’. Tonight’s Gonna Be A Good Night…I got my money, let’s spend it up. Precisely what the Pacific National Exhibition wanna hear.

VIDEO – PNE 2010 Parade (Part 3)

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It is the 100th Years of Fun at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver BC. With 2010 being the centennial year, this year’s procession is bigger and better than ever before. Floats, pageant queens, marching bands, people in costumes, clowns, and even a troop of Elvis impersonators doing a tribute to the King of Rock and Roll. As usual, Red Robinson was there. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson arrived in a horse-drawn carriage. Everyone is enjoying the party atmosphere building up to the next 17 fun-filled days at the fairground with rides, ferries wheels, West Coast Lumberjack Show, RCMP Musical Rides Superdog Show etc. While Bryan Adams and The Beach Boys will kick off the fair, there will be FREE concerts every night that included bands such as Loverboy, Michael Bolton, Marianas Trench, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Los Lobos, Cyndi Lauper, Wayne Newton, Terri Clark, Jesse Cook , you name it. Even Hollywood movie star Kevin Costner and his band with play on opening night (Aug 21, 2010). Everyone will be entertained.

VIDEO – PNE Parade 2010 (Part 1)

VIDEO – PNE Parade 2010 (Part 2)


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It’s Pow Wow feet stomping with strength and stamina for the men and Indian fancy shawl dancing for the native women of Squamish BC Canada. With youth being the focus, young men and women, even children, are dressed in full regalia at this annual gathering of the Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2010. Squamish is part of Four Host First Nations, an official partner of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler.


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It’s Pow Wow action Grand Entry time with First Nations aboriginal dancers of men and women from all ages. Native dancers in full regalia stomped on grass to kick off the Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow in Capilano Indian Reserve Park in West Vancouver on July 9-11, 2010. The event was a premiere North American gathering for the First Nations aboriginal people of Canada and their native American brothers in the south.

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The 23rd annual Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow that took place on July 9-11 at Capilano Indian Reserve Park was a way for the indigenousness people of Canada and the U.S. to re-kindle old friendship, make new ones and to celebrate a common heritage of being the first people who have lived in different parts of North America for thousands of years if not longer. A key part of this year’s event was to encourage the younger generation to be engaged in the process, to learn about the native protocols and what it means to be part of a First Nations community.

The native people of Canada have suffered a great deal of unfair treatments at the hands of governments in the past. They were pushed off the land. Their languages and culture were suppressed with their traditional livelihood threatened. Forced assimilation, unemployment, discrimination etc. have all lead to a great deal of social problems at Indian reserves and in impoverish urban areas as a result. Progress has been gradually coming in recent years. Land claims and treaties are enacted and in the Vancouver area in particular, the formation of the Four Hosts First Nations (FHFN) which consisted of Squamish, Lil’wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations, which became an integral partner of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Passing on the traditional cultural heritage in a fast-changing and rapidly-assimilating world is a challenge for many of today’s societies that have a strong connection to their past. How to cultivate the youths to have a sense of belonging and be proud of their heritage are no so easily-achieved objectives. For the First Nations community, an event such as the Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow is certainly one of the ways to achieve that and emphasis has been placed in this years’ event.


There were native dance competition for all ages, arts and crafts, a food fair, and Grand Entry gatherings happened at various times of the three day event. Lots of handshakes, family togetherness, old friends and new acquaintances exchanging greeting and sharing a good joke or two all around.

Tewanee Joseph, executive director and CEO of the Four Host First Nations Squamish Nation Pow Wow 2010 Native Dance at Capilano Indian Reserve Park

The retiring of the 2009-2010 Squamish Nations Princesses too at Grand Entry

Grand Entry Dance with Northshore Mountains as Backdrop





Native Canadian Flag at Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2010

Drummers Bringing in Grand Entry at Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2010

Family Togetherness and Traditional Values at Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2010

Young Female Competitive Dancer at Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2010

Stand By the Canadian First Nations Flag with a Native Chief on It

First Natiosn Dancers Taking a Break at Grand Entry Time

Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2010 at Capilano Indian Reserve Park





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