André Dudemaine, President and Artistic Director of Présenceautochtone/First Peoples’ Festival, today unveiled the program of the 23rd edition of our Festival. This is a cultural event that, as it name indicates, is a presence, and a constant one. Our festival’s 23rd edition flows from a far more ancient presence and constancy, the millennial cultures of the original peoples of this part of the planet. Despite many efforts to erase these peoples’ indelible mark or relegate them to invisibility, a festival in Montreal can still bear the name Présenceautochtone, in dignity and pride.