Join us under the radiant Cree Full Frog Moon for reflection, connection, and the teaching of love. In the traditions of the Cree, the Frog Moon marks the time when frogs return with the warming waters. Their songs echo across the land as a sign of renewal and new beginnings. This sacred season reminds us that just as the earth awakens so can our hearts so we can love all within our kinships.

Through guided teachings and shared stories, we will explore how love is a living practice rooted in respect, hope, balance, and personal control.

During the special gathering, we invite you to experience the deeper meaning of love as a guiding force in our lives. Surrounded by community and inspired by the rhythms of nature, we will reflect on how compassion, and kindness, cover us in ultimate protection to strengthen us all.

The first 30 registered people will be offered the opportunity to make a mini drum.

This workshop is part of a monthly Wahkowtowin and Ways of Being series led by Knowledge Keeper Marilyn Dykstra. Each month, we will explore a variety of moon, pole and tea teachings in the Inninewak (Cree) tradition.

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.

Traditional Helper Peyton will support the teachings while she continues her learning journey within Wahkowtowin.

Marilyn Dykstra is a status Bill C31 First Nations woman from northern Manitoba. She has been immersed in a working matriarchal system that practised 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.