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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


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.


2024–25 sessions

Upcoming:

Saturday, February 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Respect, truth and community within natural law

Past:

Saturday, January 27, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Sunday, February 25, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, March 23, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, May 18, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, June 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Monday, July 1st, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This session was cancelled.

Saturday, August 24, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, September 21, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, October 19, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, December 21, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Saturday, January 11, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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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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