Success Stories

Métis Culture Camp builds connections between youth and Elders

OUT on the Land Continues to Build Two-Spirit Connections

Culture Days in Oxbow Sets a Direction for Truth and Reconciliation

Traditions and Language: Oasis Programs Adapted During Pandemic

Finding Your Family Roots

Traditional languages provide insight into heritage

Bridging the Gap

Young participants recently had the opportunity to spend a week surviving without many of our modern conveniences.

Language festival promotes cultural pride

“Love Your Language, Speak with Pride.” This was the message bestowed on over 450 First Nations students at the province’s first-ever Indigenous language Festival.

Students recognize First Nations and Métis leaders

Building community ties and connections is challenging for large, rural school divisions. However, some divisions make these connections a vital part of their students’ education.

Culture Camp helps participants develop cultural strength

Ribbon Skirt-Making Project Reconnects Community after COVID

Teaching Traditions to Students Important to Cree Knowledge Keeper

Webinars Increase Connection to Language and Culture

Métis Cultural Camp Strengthens Youth Identity

Culture camp nurtures relationships

Traditional Parenting Workshop Revives Culture at Island Lake First Nation

This past summer, a unique camp offered parents a chance to learn and explore traditional First Nations parenting practices with their children.

Memory boxes and art engage seniors

For several months in late 2013, about 20 senior citizens from the Regina-area have been creating memory boxes and paintings based on their own personal stories and narratives.

Yanessa Days celebrating past and modern culture

In the 1980’s, Sam Herman, then mayor of La Loche, encouraged community members to dress up in old-time clothing for a culture day celebration at the local elementary school. Thus, the Yanessa Days were born.

Understanding the Role of Helper - Important to Indigenous Communities

YWCA Exemplifies Leadership in Implementing TRC’s Calls to Action

Rooted in Tradition: How Dream Brokers Created a Medicinal Plant Teaching Project

Métis Cultural Immersion

Learning about Métis traditions during Culture Days

Learning Language from Each Other

An annual Indigenous celebration brings school kids together to restore language and culture

Cultural Arts Camp receives rave reviews from elders and students in Turnor Lake

The Cultural Arts Camp, hosted by the Birch Narrows Dene Community School, has started something they can’t stop, and its positive impact will be long lasting for the community of Turnor Lake.

Oskayak Culture Camp connects youth to tradition

In May 2013, students from Oskayak High school in Saskatoon travelled north to the shores of Waterhen First Nation by the Meadow Lake Provincial Park.