Summer North American Indigenous Games saw positive impacts, hosts reflect
The Nova Scotia Community Services Committee received an update on Tuesday on the positive impacts the province saw from hosting the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in July.
Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons, chair of the NAIG Host Society, said the mission was to bring Indigenous Peoples from across Turtle Island together and celebrate culture.
The 10th NAIG happened in Halifax, Kjipuktuk, this summer where Indigenous Peoples from across North America competed in 16 different sports.
“There was a special vibrancy in the air,” Kirkpatrick Parsons said.
NAIG was held for the first time on the East Coast where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the games, he was the first Prime Minister to attend the games since they began in 1990.
“I think it was a sign to us that there was reconciliation in action,” Kirkpatrick Parsons said.
The economic report on the impact of NAIG is expected next week.
