Creation and Clan Story Workshops

Creation and Clan Story Workshops bring together artists, Elders, Survivors, and community members in a supportive environment. ANDPVA curates artists and Elders in tandem to restore identity to Indigenous peoples.

Based on the perspectives of Indigenous peoples, Creation and Clan Story Workshops become a healing circle for community members facing trauma from colonization. Today, Elders/Knowledge Keepers lead the storytelling way following protocols for smudging of the four directions, seven grandfather teachings, singing, drumming, thanksgivings, and others.

Creation and Clan Story Workshops bring together artists, Elders, Survivors, and community members in a supportive environment. ANDPVA curates artists and Elders in tandem to restore identity to Indigenous peoples. Cultural genocide ensured that stories were not passed down from generation to generation. Based on the perspectives of Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Cree, Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples, Creation and Clan Story Workshops become a healing circle for community members facing trauma.

Creation and Clan Story Workshops Sharing Circles range from series featuring Medicine Wheel Teachings to sessions around matriarch rights, breastplate and rattle-making for cultural expression to Red Dress pin-making workshops to commemorate Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQ+.

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