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THUNDER BAY – The fourth Wake the Giant music festival drew thousands to Thunder Bay’s waterfront on Saturday for an event that mixed world-beating headliners with local talent and a focus on welcoming Indigenous youth to the city.
Greg Chomut, a teacher at DFC and one of the organizers of the festival, said its lineup is a carefully calibrated balancing act. Harmony Fiddler, a Grade 12 student at DFC originally from Sandy Lake, was one of those dancers. She first joined the group last year. The concert helps welcome students to Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, which serves youth from 20 northern First Nations that do not have their own secondary schools.The event is also meant to highlight the wider Wake the Giant campaign, which has brought attention to challenges students arriving from remote communities face, including culture shock and anti-Indigenous racism.
Chomut expressed hope that Wake the Giant has helped move the needle, while adding more needs to be done.
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