{"id":403,"date":"2011-06-18T14:07:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalcomponent.com\/press\/?p=403"},"modified":"2011-06-18T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:07:25","slug":"national-aboriginal-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"National Aboriginal Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-404\" href=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?attachment_id=404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NAD.jpg\" alt=\"National Aboriginal Day\" width=\"541\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NAD.jpg 541w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/NAD-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This National Aboriginal Day, celebrate the rich contributions Aboriginal peoples have made to Canada!<\/p>\n<p>From Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In co-operation with national Aboriginal organizations, the Government of Canada chose June 21 for National Aboriginal Day because it is also the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. For generations, many Aboriginal peoples have celebrated their culture and heritage on or near this day. Today, Canada is proud to recognize the unique achievements of Aboriginal peoples \u2013 in fields a diverse as agriculture and the environment, to nation-building and the arts \u2013 with a national day of celebration.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>National Aboriginal Day kicks off an 11-day celebration of Canadian culture and heritage:\u00a0 National Aboriginal Day (June 21), Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (June 24), Canadian Multiculturalism Day (June 27) and Canada Day (July 1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This National Aboriginal Day, celebrate the rich contributions Aboriginal peoples have made to Canada! From Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada: In co-operation with national Aboriginal organizations, the Government of Canada chose June 21 for National Aboriginal Day because it is also the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. For generations, many Aboriginal &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=403\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Aboriginal Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}