Turtle in my Tipi with Kokum Ekti Margaret Cardinal
Schedule
Sat Mar 15 2025 at 10:00 am to 03:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Nikawiy Handmade - beading supplies and Metis fine craft (1, 10516-82 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada) | Edmonton, AB
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Create your own personal smoked-tanned turtle effigy. Add 13 teachings with circular appliqué beading, or 28 seed beads for the days between full moons. It can hold sweetgrass, sage and beads. Keep it safe. Instructor is Kokum Ekti Margaret Cardinal.
Please bring something to share for lunch, potluck style!
Elder: Okimaskwiw Ekti Margaret Cardinal, an
indigenous Knowledge Keeper, was raised in a
Northern Plains Cree family which maintained,
practised and taught the values of traditional Cree
culture. Originally from Saddle Lake First Nations in
north eastern Alberta.
- a well known Tipi and Tent Maker, who also
teaches her craft when requested.
- the “Resident Kokoom” at Young Indigenous
Women’s Circle of Leadership gatherings each year.
- the longest serving member of the Regional
Environmental Action Committee since 1990. In
1992, REAC was incorporated as a non-profit,
society with two hundred members all around the
Lesser Slave Lake region. A group of concerned
citizens who continue to be involved in projects to
help our environment.
Ekti and her partner David live on the shores of
Lesser Slave Lake, in a solar- and wind-powered
house, off grid, which they started building in 1992
and continue to finish.
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Where is it happening?
Nikawiy Handmade - beading supplies and Metis fine craft (1, 10516-82 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, Canada), CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
