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kâniyâsihk Cree Culture Camp

Join us next year August 4 – 7, 2026 (TBC) in Ministkiwan Lake Cree Nation (Northern Saskatchewan).

kâniyâsihk Culture Camp provides land-based activities around medicine hikes, canoeing, birch bark basketry, canoeing making, beading, and feather work. There are activities such as fishing and gathering. Traditional hide tanning is done to make leather as well as raw hide for other purposes such as snowshoes, drums, and rattles. The camp is based around ceremony, and it is a very safe place to learn and get inspired. Painters and traditional craftspeople are on staff throughout the camps. 

Participants will be introduced to nêhiyawêwin worldview through connecting to the land and creative adventures, and traditional Indigenous artmaking. 

You may learn more about kâniyâsihk by visiting the kâniyâsihk Culture Camp website.

kâniyâsihk Culture Camps immersion: $1200.00 CAD (includes accommodation and meals)

Register here. A written statement outlining your background is required.

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Land Acknowledgement

WHEAT Institute and Painted Sky Studio are located on Treaty Territories and Ancestral Lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Dene, and Inuit, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

 

We acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and respect the spirit and intent of the Treaties and Treaty Making. We dedicate ourselves to working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in the spirit of truth, reconciliation, and collaboration.