De Beers Canada Sponsoring Pow Wow

De Beers Canada will sponsor the 2004 Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Pow Wow, to be held later this month in Toronto.

The Pow Wow, a traditional Native Americans council or meeting, is the first Pow Wow to be held at the CNE and will attract Aboriginal artists from across Canada to perform traditional and contemporary music, dance and storytelling as well as to showcase unique Aboriginal food, arts and crafts.

“As a diamond mining and exploration company with many projects in the far north, De Beers Canada makes it priority to build long-term relationships with the Aboriginal communities in which we operate," said Richard Molyneux, President and CEO of De Beers Canada.

"It is a privilege for De Beers to promote cultural diversity and to contribute to this celebration of Native Canadian Culture."

De Beers is currently developing two diamond mines and working on some 30-exploration projects across the country.

The CNE Pow Wow will take place in Bandshell Park and over three days from Friday August 20 to Sunday August 22.