Turnout was high at the Charlottetown waterfront on Saturday as Islanders gathered for music, dance and food to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day.

The drum group, Lone Cry Singers, sang traditional songs for attendees and vendors at the mawio'mi, or powwow, on the waterfront.

"It's lovely to be able to come here and sing for everybody, it's actually, this is such a huge turnout," said Dresmond Cudmore, the drum keeper in the group.

"We're very, very, very happy to be here. It's nice being …