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.
Upcoming sessions
What’s love got to do with it?
Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Love thrives in all living beings, driving so many of our actions. But how do we learn to live with love in a soft way, like a frog on a lily pad? How do we learn to experience love when it becomes jagged like a mint leaf? How do we focus on all our relationships and not just the most passionate ones?
Come and learn how to grow your own sense of love through the teachings of Grandmother Moon and finish our experience together with a full moon ceremony for women and Two‐ Spirit people.
Faith
Date and time: Saturday, June 3, 2023,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Faith and relationships give us hope and protect us in life’s turbulence. Faith lives in each being. With this hope in us, we grow from mistakes, grow in relationships, and move forward in a better way.
We are small beings, or little eggs, on Mother Earth that are beginning a path of discovery and making a commitment to growing in faith. Each day, our Grandmother Moon rises and reminds us that we can continue, no matter how many clouds distort our sight. We clean our minds with sage, so that the clouds will clear just as our Grandmother does when she wanes.
So how do we grow faith? How can we move forward on this path of discovery? This session is not to change anyone’s faith, but rather give space to look at their own, understand the benefits and learn how to grow it. Come and enjoy a cup of sage tea while we look at these things and end our experience together with a full‐moon ceremony for women and Two‐Spirit people.
Kinship
Date and time: Saturday, September 23, 2023,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Cleanliness
Date and time: Saturday, October 21, 2023,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Thankfulness
Date and time: Saturday, November 25, 2023,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Sharing
Date and time: Saturday, December TBD, 2023,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Strength
Date and time: Saturday, January 20, 2024,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Good Child Rearing
Date and time: Saturday, February 17, 2024,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Hope
Date and time: Saturday, March 23, 2024,
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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