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Thursday, May 16
 

7:00am MDT

Shuttle pick up in Maskwacis
OPTIONAL- Please RSVP for Shuttle pick up at MAO parking lot here

If you drive on your own, please park in parking lot A
Thursday May 16, 2024 7:00am - 7:00am MDT
MAO Parking lot
  Shuttle

8:00am MDT

Breakfast
Farmers breakfast
Maple smoked bacon, breakfast sausage
Cheesy scrambled eggs, fresh bakes croissants
Danishes, butter & preserves, crispy potatoes
Seasonal fresh fruit platter, individual yogurts, granola



Thursday May 16, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
  Meals

9:00am MDT

Pipe Ceremony & Conference Opening
Please observe the pipe ceremony, we will ask everyone to remain seated during the Pipe Ceremony

Grand Entry of MESC dancers by Leon J. Lightning
Welcome by Dr. Shauna Bruno-MESC Board of Governors Chairperson
Opening remarks by MESC Superintendent Tracy Swampy-Sylvester
Thursday May 16, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Everyone

10:00am MDT

Essential Oils Wellness workshop
Essential oils and roller bottles were confusing to all of us when we first started! Wendy Buffalo will share a great presentation on the benefits of Essential Oils and traditional use. 
The good news is that you really can’t do anything wrong. Natural wellness is intuitive. The more you lean on natural wellness tools like essential oils, the better you’ll be at knowing which oils to reach for, and when. 
Roller bottles help you mix up your favorite blends so they’re ready to go when you need them, and they also make it easy to take your oils with you wherever you go (we’re obsessive about making sure our roller bottles don’t leak!). 
Roller bottles also allow you to effectively dilute your oils with a carrier oil which is best for your skin and wellness. But the biggest reason we love roller bottles for our oils is that they make using oils fun, which means we’re reaching for them all. day. long. And the more you use your oils, the better they’ll work!

Speakers
WB

Thursday May 16, 2024 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
  Wellness

10:00am MDT

Understanding and Resisting the Impact of Racism in Education.
In this keynote presentation, this will help teachers/staff in realizing some of their own teaching practices continue the legacies of colonization  and why we need to understand the process of decolonizing education practices and it's importance in creating change for Indigenous students.
Speakers
VS

Thursday May 16, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
  Keynote

10:00am MDT

Beading with Heather
Heather Kiskihkoman (she/her) is nehiyaw & anishinaabe from nipisihkopahk, maskwacîs, in treaty 6 territory. Osawayisis is her online business. Her unique style of beadwork blends both her fine art education with traditional beadwork styles that depict the natural world. Most of her work uses the same natural materials that her ancestors would have used such as, traditionally tanned animal hides, porcupine quills, caribou & moose hair tufts as well as modern materials like beads and fabric.  

You will learn to bead earrings & all beading supplies will be provided.
Thursday May 16, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
  Wellness

10:00am MDT

Beading with Janine
Janine Wildcat; owner of Wildcatic Creeations. Participants will learn how to make and take home a rope style keychain. All supplies will be provided. 

Speakers
JW

Janine Wildcat

Wildcatic Creeations

Thursday May 16, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

10:00am MDT

Vendors
Variety of educational & craft vendors, debit is accepted at some vendors however Cash is encouraged. There will be an ATM in the Blatchford hangar.


Thursday May 16, 2024 10:00am - 4:00pm MDT
Egge' Barn
  Vendors

10:00am MDT

Wellness sessions
  • Card readings by Nicole Lightning-Strongman (Tipi outside Blatchford hangar)
Card reading: 30 minutes blocks starting at 10:00 and last session at 3:30 with a break for lunch. Please contact belindalightning@maskwacised.ca to pre-book.

  • Card reading by Jenna Dohmon (Tipi outside Blatchford hangar)
Jenna Dohmann:
My name is Jenna Lee Dohmann. I am an Isga Wiya as well as the owner of Wisaubda Wiya Moss, a small independent sea moss company in treaty six territory. Sea moss has helped to open up my mind to the universe and the vast energy within it. I started off doing my own oracle card readings and from there ventured into the world of Tarot. Since then I’ve been incorporating these tools to read energies that help guide myself and others through our healing journeys.
Ish nish Thank you
Jenna Dohmann #Auntyseamoss
Please email Belinda Lightning: belindalightning@maskwacised.ca to prebook.

Social Games indoor

Lawn games-outdoor


Thursday May 16, 2024 10:00am - 4:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

11:00am MDT

Explore the Park
  1. Free time to explore the Indigenous Peoples Exhibit
  2. Visit Educational & Craft Vendors
  3. Wellness appointments
  4. Street car (11:00 am-2:00 pm)
Thursday May 16, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
  Free time

11:00am MDT

Streetcar service
Take the streetcar for a tour of the park
Thursday May 16, 2024 11:00am - 2:00pm MDT
  Streetcar

12:00pm MDT

Lunch
Riverside Lunch
Chef's soup of the day
Fresh vegetable platter
Spring mix greens with tomato's, carrots, cucumber, assorted house made dressing
Assorted wraps & sandwiches
  1. Fire grilled chicken with roasted peppers
  2. Smoked turkey with provolone cheese
Dessert square assortment


Thursday May 16, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
  Meals

1:00pm MDT

Brayden, Izaiah, Amarae- Oskayak Panel
In this panel, Teri Foureyes-Awasis moderates a discussion involving Indigenous youth from our community who graduated from local schools and are doing well in their careers. Learn what they have to say about our education and how to better support our youth today! Topics will include education, language, culture, and career development. Come join, learn from our youth, and be inspired! We will have the following three youth panelists: Izaiah J. Swampy, Brayden Omeasoo-Steinhauer, and Amarae Young!  

Thursday May 16, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Breakout session

1:00pm MDT

Indigenous Perspectives on Permaculture
Derek Bruno & Elder Leo Bruno share the Importance of soil through permaculture and why Indigenous knowledge is so important.
Speakers
LB
DB

Derek Bruno

Managing Partner, Sev Gen Consulting
Derek Bruno can best be described as visionary in his ability to find opportunity when faced with challenge. It is this drive that has led him to establish several successful businesses, while also serving two terms as Councillor for Samson Cree Nation.Derek’s passion for community... Read More →

Thursday May 16, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Indigenous People's Experience Multi Purpose Room
  Breakout session

1:00pm MDT

Beading with Heather
Heather Kiskihkoman (she/her) is nehiyaw & anishinaabe from nipisihkopahk, maskwacîs, in treaty 6 territory. Osawayisis is her online business. Her unique style of beadwork blends both her fine art education with traditional beadwork styles that depict the natural world. Most of her work uses the same natural materials that her ancestors would have used such as, traditionally tanned animal hides, porcupine quills, caribou & moose hair tufts as well as modern materials like beads and fabric.  

You will learn to bead earrings & all beading supplies will be provided.
Thursday May 16, 2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

1:00pm MDT

LIVE THEATRE: Talk Treaty to Me
This is a collaborative theater project that explores Treaty 6 relationships through the different perspectives of Canadian and Indigenous law. The goals of this theatre performance is to inform, create dialogue, and foster deeply needed conversations about what it means to be part — or not — of the treaty within the settler state known as “Canada”, and to make legal terms accessible for an audience to engage with in a way that goes beyond the traditional western theater narrative.” The play will be followed by a Q&A session called Talk back.

Thursday May 16, 2024 1:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
Capital Theatre
  All afternoon

1:00pm MDT

Rivervalley Walk with Dr. Dwayne Donald
In this session, participants will explore the history of the Indigenous peoples in the Edmonton area through a walking tour of the river valley at Terwillegar park led by Dr. Dwayne Donald. The walk will provide a context for understanding the relationality that Indigenous peoples have with land, water, animals, plants and peoples as having value, spirit and connection to ourselves and one another.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a location change: Terwillegar Park. Participants will need to board the designated bus in the parking lot of the Blatchford Hangar starting at 12:30pm. The bus will promptly leave Fort Edmonton at 12:45 pm. The bus will take participants to Terwillegar Park. participants will return by bus to the park at approximately 3 pm. This is a dog off-leash area. Participants should dress for the walk with suitable clothing and footwear and be in good physical condition to walk a fair distance.




Thursday May 16, 2024 1:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
  All afternoon

1:00pm MDT

Traditional Games Workshop for Science & Math
This is a full afternoon session. Participants will learn various traditional games , how they are made, teachings behind the games and how curricular subject areas can be tied to each game. This session will focus on games for Math and Science.

Thursday May 16, 2024 1:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
Clerk's Quarters
  All afternoon

2:00pm MDT

Break
Thursday May 16, 2024 2:00pm - 2:15pm MDT
  Free time

2:20pm MDT

Embracing Two-Eyed Seeing to Revitalize Sustainable Relations: Miyo Wahkohtowin
Using traditional storytelling, Darrion will share how two-eyed seeing has supported him throughout his life in building a relationship between Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing the world as well as Western Science and STEM.
Speakers
DL

Thursday May 16, 2024 2:20pm - 3:20pm MDT
Ukranian Bookstore
  Breakout session

2:20pm MDT

EXPLORING WISAKACIHOWIN (TRAUMA) AND INDIGENOUS TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES
This session will explore the connection of spirit to trauma informed practices. The presenters discuss trauma informed work, what it means to be trauma informed and what it can look like within community. This session creates space to explore wisakacihowin from an Indigenous lens that will honor Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. The dialogue creates opportunities to learn through stories and build on strategies for professionals working with Indigenous people. It provides education on the history of trauma for Indigenous peoples and the complexity within our communities. This session also provides some practice skills for participants to utilize or consider when working with Indigenous community members.  
Speakers
AD

Amber Dion

Two Crees in a Pod
TC

Terri Cardinal

Two Crees in a Pod

Thursday May 16, 2024 2:20pm - 3:20pm MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Breakout session

2:20pm MDT

Indigenous Perspectives on Permaculture
Speakers
LB
DB

Derek Bruno

Managing Partner, Sev Gen Consulting
Derek Bruno can best be described as visionary in his ability to find opportunity when faced with challenge. It is this drive that has led him to establish several successful businesses, while also serving two terms as Councillor for Samson Cree Nation.Derek’s passion for community... Read More →

Thursday May 16, 2024 2:20pm - 3:20pm MDT
Indigenous People's Experience Multi Purpose Room
  Breakout session

4:00pm MDT

Shuttle Departure
OPTIONAL SERVICE PROVIDED: Please RSVP for this shuttle service here
Thursday May 16, 2024 4:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
  Shuttle
 
Friday, May 17
 

7:00am MDT

Shuttle pick up in Maskwacis
OPTIONAL- Please RSVP for Shuttle pick up at MAO parking lot here

If you drive on your own, please park in parking lot A
Friday May 17, 2024 7:00am - 7:15am MDT
MAO Parking lot
  Shuttle

8:30am MDT

Breakfast
Breakfast wraps
Chicken sausage, scrambled egg whites with herbs
Fresh bakes assorted muffins, preserves,
season fresh fruit platter


Friday May 17, 2024 8:30am - 9:30am MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Meals

8:30am MDT

Vendors
Vendors run through out the day
Friday May 17, 2024 8:30am - 4:00pm MDT
Egge' Barn
  Vendors

9:30am MDT

Opening Remarks
Blessing by Elder & Opening remarks by Associate Sharon Currie
Speakers
SC

Sharon Currie

Associate Superintendent

Friday May 17, 2024 9:30am - 9:40am MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Everyone

9:45am MDT

Presentation by Nanâtohk Mîciwin
Speakers
BW

Brady Weiler

Director of Nanâtohk Mîciwin

Friday May 17, 2024 9:45am - 10:00am MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Everyone

10:00am MDT

Essential Oils Wellness workshop
Essential oils and roller bottles were confusing to all of us when we first started! Wendy Buffalo will share a great presentation on the benefits of Essential Oils and traditional use.
The good news is that you really can’t do anything wrong. Natural wellness is intuitive. The more you lean on natural wellness tools like essential oils, the better you’ll be at knowing which oils to reach for, and when.
Roller bottles help you mix up your favorite blends so they’re ready to go when you need them, and they also make it easy to take your oils with you wherever you go (we’re obsessive about making sure our roller bottles don’t leak!).
Roller bottles also allow you to effectively dilute your oils with a carrier oil which is best for your skin and wellness. But the biggest reason we love roller bottles for our oils is that they make using oils fun, which means we’re reaching for them all. day. long. And the more you use your oils, the better they’ll work!

Speakers
WB

Friday May 17, 2024 10:00am - 10:45am MDT
  Wellness

10:00am MDT

Traditional Childhood Life Stages and Education
Traditional Childhood Life Stages and Education. In this session Dr. Lana Whiskeyjack will be sharing her mentor's teachings on what a traditional nehiyaw education looked like before colonization, and the importance of creating courageous space to return to these teachings. Lana will be sharing through some visual practices and storytelling, so bring your openness to get creative.
Speakers
DL

Friday May 17, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Keynote

10:00am MDT

Beading with Heather
Heather Kiskihkoman (she/her) is nehiyaw & anishinaabe from nipisihkopahk, maskwacîs, in treaty 6 territory. Osawayisis is her online business. Her unique style of beadwork blends both her fine art education with traditional beadwork styles that depict the natural world. Most of her work uses the same natural materials that her ancestors would have used such as, traditionally tanned animal hides, porcupine quills, caribou & moose hair tufts as well as modern materials like beads and fabric.  

You will learn to bead earrings & all beading supplies will be provided.
Friday May 17, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

10:00am MDT

Beading with Janine
Janine Wildcat; owner of Wildcatic Creeations. Participants will learn how to make and take home a rope style keychain. All supplies will be provided. 
Speakers
JW

Janine Wildcat

Wildcatic Creeations

Friday May 17, 2024 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

10:00am MDT

Wellness Sessions
  • Card readings by Nicole Lightning-Strongman (Tipi outside Blatchford hangar)
Card reading: 30 minutes blocks starting at 10:00 and last session at 3:30 with a break for lunch. Please contact belindalightning@maskwacised.ca to pre-book.

  • Card reading by Jenna Dohmon (Tipi outside Blatchford hangar)
Jenna Dohmann:
My name is Jenna Lee Dohmann. I am an Isga Wiya as well as the owner of Wisaubda Wiya Moss, a small independent sea moss company in treaty six territory. Sea moss has helped to open up my mind to the universe and the vast energy within it. I started off doing my own oracle card readings and from there ventured into the world of Tarot. Since then I’ve been incorporating these tools to read energies that help guide myself and others through our healing journeys.
Ish nish Thank you
Jenna Dohmann #Auntyseamoss
Please email Belinda Lightning: belindalightning@maskwacised.ca to prebook.


Essential oils by MESC wellness committee rep's Erica Johnson & Tristen Louis

Social Games indoor

Lawn games-outdoor

Friday May 17, 2024 10:00am - 4:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

12:00pm MDT

Lunch
Ukraine Lunch
Garlic whipped butter & rolls
Beet salad
Roasted beets, carrots, dill pickles, onions, parsley vinaigrette
Potato perogies, & sausage
Bacon, sauteed onions, & cabbage
Medivny
Ukrainian honey cake
Friday May 17, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Meals

12:00pm MDT

Streetcar service
Take the streetcar for a tour of the park
Friday May 17, 2024 12:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
  Streetcar

1:00pm MDT

Embracing Two-Eyed Seeing to Revitalize Sustainable Relations: Miyo Wahkohtowin
Using traditional storytelling, Darrion will share how two-eyed seeing has supported him throughout his life in building a relationship between Indigenous ways of knowing and seeing the world as well as Western Science and STEM. 

Speakers
DL

Friday May 17, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Ukranian Bookstore
  Breakout session

1:00pm MDT

The Importance of Treaties in the Classroom
Kurt is a distinguished council members and esteemed leader for the Samson Cree Nation. We will be providing knowledge on the importance of Treaties being taught in the classroom and how these were created to uphold wahkotowin. Kurt will share his lived experience and personal and familial understanding of Treaties.
Speakers
KB

Kurt Buffalo

Samson Cree Nation

Friday May 17, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Breakout session

1:00pm MDT

The Yahey Decision and What It Means for Our Nation
Carol will take participants through an examination of the Blueberry case and look at how this is  an incredible win for First Nations, allowing them to move forward. Her presentation will be captivating providing real life photos of the cumulative effects and  impacts on surrounding areas. 
Speakers
CW

Friday May 17, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Indigenous People's Experience Multi Purpose Room
  Breakout session

1:00pm MDT

Beading with Heather
Heather Kiskihkoman (she/her) is nehiyaw & anishinaabe from nipisihkopahk, maskwacîs, in treaty 6 territory. Osawayisis is her online business. Her unique style of beadwork blends both her fine art education with traditional beadwork styles that depict the natural world. Most of her work uses the same natural materials that her ancestors would have used such as, traditionally tanned animal hides, porcupine quills, caribou & moose hair tufts as well as modern materials like beads and fabric.  

You will learn to bead earrings & all beading supplies will be provided.
Friday May 17, 2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
Johnson's Cafe
  Wellness

1:00pm MDT

Traditional Games for ELA & Social Studies
This is a full afternoon session. Participants will learn various traditional games, how they are made, teachings behind the games and how curricular subject areas can be tied to each game. This session will focus on games for ELA and social studies. 
Speakers
LO

Friday May 17, 2024 1:00pm - 3:20pm MDT
Clerk's Quarters
  All afternoon

1:00pm MDT

LIVE THEATRE: Talk Treaty to Me
Friday May 17, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Capital Theatre
  All afternoon

2:00pm MDT

Break
Friday May 17, 2024 2:00pm - 2:20pm MDT
  Free time

2:20pm MDT

Indigenous Love
Indigenous Love, sakihitowin, our first law. This session explores how we understand and recognize love within our communities, our rez love languages, ancestral love, collective love and hopes to guide communities in documenting their indicators of Indigenous Love. This session is a follow up and was birthed from nehiyaw trauma informed care sessions.
We will explore:
  • How have we been loved into this place?
  • How have we experienced disrupted love?
  • How do I know I was loved by you?
  • How do we rebuild our disrupted love structures?
Friday May 17, 2024 2:20pm - 3:20pm MDT
Blatchford Hangar
  Breakout session

2:20pm MDT

Nehiyaw Pimatisiwin
Dale will be sharing some of his doctoral research.. The focus of his self-study examines the roles of sovereignty in the historical relationship currently known as Treaty, and its nexus to curricula of the Indigenous First Nations variety. From the perceived role of the sacred pipes to western philosophies and their influence on public policy this research unveils the potential for a viable curricular future for all Our Progeny.

Speakers
DS

Friday May 17, 2024 2:20pm - 3:20pm MDT
Indigenous People's Experience Multi Purpose Room
  Breakout session

4:00pm MDT

Shuttle Departure
Please RSVP for shuttle service here
Friday May 17, 2024 4:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
  Shuttle
 
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