Cree teachings with Knowledge Keeper Marilyn Dykstra

Sacred teachings and self-growth

A person pours water from a copper cup into the cupped hands of another person. Partially obscured.

CMHR, Aaron Cohen

Event series details


About the event series

Join Knowledge Keeper Marilyn Dykstra to explore Inninewak (Cree) ways of being and thinking within the principles of wahkowtowin.

Wahkowtowin –­­­ which translates to kinship – highlights how relationships, communities and the natural world are all interconnected.

Participants will discover and reflect on their connections with each other, with balance and with human rights through teachings and a traditional tea.

These workshops are part of a monthly Wahkowtowin and Ways of Being series. Each month, we will explore a variety of moon, pole and tea teachings in the Cree tradition.


2025 Sessions

The Egg‐Laying Moon, Faith and Fiddleheads

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required. As space is limited for these workshops, only those who pre-register can attend.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will check in at box office on Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

Fiddleheads, or fern shoots, grow in a sunny wood.
  • Saturday, January 11, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 12, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 10, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, June 21, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 12, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 9, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 20, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, October 4, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 1, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 6, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 20, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Who is Marilyn Dykstra

Marilyn Dykstra is a status Bill C‑31 First Nations woman from northern Manitoba. She has been immersed in a working matriarchal system that practiced Indigenous ways of thinking and being since she was born. Alongside her family, she has participated in many peaceful social justice movements.

Marilyn uses her matriarchal knowledge as a foundation for her work in the Indigenous community, which has been ongoing for over thirty years. She still follows her matriarchal teachings, but she has also spent her life learning traditional knowledge and passing the teachings on.

She is a pow wow dancer, knowledge keeper, and she carries the responsibility of a bundle. She happily participates in naming ceremonies, sweats, pipe ceremonies, moon teachings and more.

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