Indigenous Art and Ways of Knowing

06/11/2026

06/08/2026

Start your trades career in Grande Prairie. No experience needed.
GrizzlyTrek is opening registered apprenticeship spots for Indigenous people in the Grande Prairie area. Pick your path in one of three skilled trades:

Heavy-Duty Equipment Technician
Instrumentation and Control Technician
Electrician

You bring the drive to learn and a safety-first attitude. We bring the rest: one-on-one mentorship from experienced journeypersons, paid on-the-job training, and a clear path to journeyperson certification. You earn while you learn, from your first day on the tools.

Open to Métis, First Nations, Inuit, and non-status Indigenous applicants living in the Grande Prairie area. Full-time, with full benefits.

Apply today: https://grizzlytrek.applytojob.com/apply/T9JPXD79Tc/Industrial-Trades-Apprentice-Indigenous-Employment

06/06/2026

https://indigenouspeoplesweekend.ca/

Four days of Indigenous arts, music, and culture across the Southern Gulf Islands. June 18–21, 2026. Learn. Discuss. Share. Eat. Dance.

06/04/2026

https://indigenouspeoplesweekend.ca/artshow

Now on view at ArtSpring, June 3 to July 3, 2026 — the Indigenous Art Show on Salt Spring Island, featuring work by Indigenous artists across painting, carving, beadwork, fused glass, prints, photography and more.

02/14/2026

Love this gal and her wisdom!

02/13/2026

Did you know ?

The Métis had many traditional beliefs that included superstition?

What Metis Superstitions do you know?

Here are some superstitions that they believed were true:

1. If you hear a crow or raven at night, it is a bad omen.

2. If you had a bad dream about someone, you must tell someone about it, otherwise it will come true.

3. If there is a ring around the sun or the moon: overcast and rain or snow is coming.

4. Where there’s lightning, cover your mirrors, otherwise lightning could strike them.

5. If you wear your shoes the wrong way, you will meet up with a bear.

6. If one danced during Lent, their legs would dry up and they would see Rougarou.

7. Other such cautionary tales are of the Devil coming to take you away if you played a fiddle with changed tuning. These beliefs were perpetuated by priests who did not want the Métis to play dance music at prohibited times.