Traditional Knowledge Keepers Workshop: Beading for Teachers

This workshop is now SOLD OUT. Email info@royalsaskmuseum.ca to get on the waitlist.

Elementary and Middle Years Teachers: Join Holly Rae Yuzicapi for an introduction to Indigenous cultural arts. She will be focusing on beading techniques. No experience necessary.  Along with this hands-on experience, you will also learn about how to respectfully represent cultures in the classroom including how to engage with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Elders. Participants will also be having conversations about the differences between appreciating and appropriating cultural experiences.  

Materials will be provided to learn and practice age-appropriate beading techniques. After the workshop you are welcome to visit the Royal Saskatchewan Museum exhibits and especially encouraged to spend experiencing the First Nations Gallery.

Schedule:

• 9:45 am – 10:00 am || Arrival (coffee, tea and cold drinks provided)
• 10:00 am – 12:00 pm || Workshop part 1
• 12:00 pm – 1:00 m || Lunch (lunch is not included, but workshop space is equipped with a fridge and microwave for bagged lunches)
• 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm || Workshop part 2

Full-day parking available in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum parking lot.

Holly Rae Yuzicapi is a proud Dakota/Lakota woman from the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Southern Saskatchewan. Growing up in a Dakota family, Holly has lived cultural experience with cultural history, traditional arts, traditional foods and many other cultural aspects she learned from her mother and family. She has over 25 years of experience facilitating cultural arts opportunities for all ages. Cultural experiences are a way Holly believes we can all learn to appreciate cultures respectfully.

This workshop is the fourth in the Traditional Knowledge Keepers Series, sponsored by Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation.

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