Join us on Saturday and Sunday, September 13 & 14, for a day of tours, teachings, and traditional knowledge as a part of Alberta Culture Days! We’ll be hosting a variety of Indigenous activities on our site, including an opening ceremony, Tipi Teachings, and free bannock and soup for lunch. Join us as our indigenous partners, Elder Dean, Charlenes and Russel Burns, Orlean Lizotte, Linda Ophus, and Clare Butterfly share their knowledge!

A short tour and information session designed to introduce participants to the purpose, plants, and practices of a garden  rooted in Indigenous knowledge and traditions. Learn about the sustainable garden techniques use to create the garden and the benefits of native plants for medicine and diversity. 

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

Join Elder Dean Johnson and Cree singers in the tipi on Sunday to experience and hear traditional drumming and singing.

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• Beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

Elder Russel Burns will share his Inukshuk teachings and learn about this traditional Inuit soapstone carving. An Inukshuk is a stone landmark or cairn built by the Inuit In Inuktituklanguage around the word means "likeness of a person". These structures were historically used for a variety of purposes, including acting as navigational aids, marking important locations like hunting grounds or food caches, and serving as a spiritual symbol of safety and hope. Participants will work with small soapstone pieces to create in Inukshuk igure. Figures will be glued overnight and available to pick up the next day. Suitable for all ages. 

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

The Lacombe Museum and the Lacombe Composite High School Ecovision Program will be at Ellis Nature Centre to promote and educate on the past and present practice of growing food! Come out and learn about how Central Albertans used to grow food, and get the chance to see an amazing Lacombe based project helping students learn the fundamentals of botanical health!

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• Indigenous history

Join Orlean Lizotte for this beginner-friendly introduction to the beautiful art of Métis beadwork. Participants will learn fundamental beading techniques and create their very own beaded strawberry, a symbol of health and life in many Indigenous cultures. Throughout the class, we will explore the traditional uses and cultural significance of the strawberry and the history of the Métis beadwork. All materials will be provided, and the workshop fee is $20 to cover the cost of supplies. Suitable for ages 12_ yrs old, Duration 1-2 hours. Pre-registration available. 

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• Indigenous history

Clare Butterfly, a Cree knowledge keeper will lead a Land and Plant walk. It is an opportunity to learn about the land and its plant relatives from a nêhiyawêwin (Cree) perspective, where every plant has a story, a purpose, and a relationship to all living things. Participants will be walking on uneven ground along trails. Pre-registration available (free walking tour). 

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• Beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

Join Linda Ophus for "Tipi Teachings" a combination of storytelling and discussion about the symbolism of the tipi and its role in Indigenous culture. Pre-registration available (free workshop).

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• Beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

Join Linda Ophus for "Tipi Teachings" a combination of storytelling and discussion about the symbolism of the tipi and its role in Indigenous culture. Pre-registration available (free workshop).

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• Plantain Salve Workshop
• Indigenous peoples garden tour
• 4 medicines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Inukshuk teachings
• Beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

Join Ellis Nature Centre staff in learning how to harvest, prepare, and make plantain salve in this hands-on workshop. You will take home a small jar of plantain salve, a herbal remedy made from the leaves of the plantain plant (Plantago major)used for various minor skin ailments. 

This is a part of our Alberta Culture days events where we will also be hosting: 

• 4 medecines teachings
• Land and plant walks
• Songs in the Tipi
• Tipi Teachings
• Cree Language Lessons
• Inukshuk teachings
• beginner beading workshop
• Indigenous history

We will play Dungeons and Dragons or whatever else you might request or bring. Parents, children, allies always welcome! Find us in the programming room at the GH Dawe Library the last Saturday of each month.

Join us the first Thursday of each month for Queer Neighbours Society of Red Deer's Art Club! You don't need experience, just enthusiasm! Bring the project you are working on or wanting to start, and create among friends. Allies always welcome, and parents with children too!

Join us by the big windows at the far end of the library.

The first Saturday of each month from 1 - 2:30 PM is Queer Neighbours Society coffee and chat date. Come and hang with community and allies at Wizard's loft, all for the price of a coffee. (Board game fee, if you want to play, still applies)

We will play Dungeons and Dragons or whatever else you might request or bring. Parents, children, allies always welcome! Find us in the programming room at the GH Dawe Library the last Saturday of each month.

The first Saturday of each month from 1 - 2:30 PM is Queer Neighbours Society coffee and chat date. Come and hang with community and allies at Wizard's loft, all for the price of a coffee. (Board game fee, if you want to play, still applies)

Join us the first Thursday of each month for Queer Neighbours Society of Red Deer's Art Club! You don't need experience, just enthusiasm! Bring the project you are working on or wanting to start, and create among friends. Allies always welcome, and parents with children too!

Join us by the big windows at the far end of the library.

We will play Dungeons and Dragons or whatever else you might request or bring. Parents, children, allies always welcome! Find us in the programming room at the GH Dawe Library the last Saturday of each month.

Join us the first Thursday of each month for Queer Neighbours Society of Red Deer's Art Club! You don't need experience, just enthusiasm! Bring the project you are working on or wanting to start, and create among friends. Allies always welcome, and parents with children too!

Join us by the big windows at the far end of the library.

The first Saturday of each month from 1 - 2:30 PM is Queer Neighbours Society coffee and chat date. Come and hang with community and allies at Wizard's loft, all for the price of a coffee. (Board game fee, if you want to play, still applies)

We will play Dungeons and Dragons or whatever else you might request or bring. Parents, children, allies always welcome! Find us in the programming room at the GH Dawe Library the last Saturday of each month.