Community Maker Days

Celebrating Living Traditions Through Creation, Connection, and Elder-Led Guidance

Cultural practice lives through the hands of those who preserve and pass it forward. Rooted in the rich heritage of the Tsilhqot’in and Southern Dakelh peoples, Community Maker Days bring generations together to learn, build, and share, with hands-on engagement in traditional crafts, intergenerational knowledge sharing, and holistic wellness practices.

Grounded in Elder-led instruction, Maker Days provide space to explore traditional skills with proper care, respect, and cultural protocol. Whether crafting practical tools, learning intricate handiwork, or engaging with seasonal land practices, participants are invited to experience reconciliation and cultural preservation as living, active processes.

An instructor helping two children lay out fabric at a sewing table
Two participants working together at a sewing machine

Through the Year

  • JanuaryBeading and dream catchers
  • FebruaryMoccasins and mitts
  • MarchTool making, baby baskets, drums
  • April / MaySewing regalia and ribbon clothes
  • JuneNet making
  • JulyBreak
  • AugustBreak
  • September / NovemberHides and cook pits
  • DecemberBreak