Metis Country Skills Community Learning Series

Online Country Skills Series

Our Metis Country Skills online series will offer community from across our homeland and beyond to gather and learn about the skills that our chapans and ancestors were masters of…the skills that allowed our families to thrive on the land.

Join us to learn each month in 2024, as we reclaim our country skills.

• Jan 17th Soap Making 
• Jan 31st Sharpening a Knife 
• Feb 7th Hand Sewing 
• Mar 20th Sewing an Apron
• Apr 17th Country Skirts 
• Apr 24th Tapping Trees 
• May 22nd Basket Making 
• Jun 19th Wood Carving 
• Jul 17th Jam Making 
• Jul 31st Knot Tying 
• Aug 21st Making Cordage 
• Aug 28th Canning 
• Sept 18th Tanning a Rabbit Hide 
• Sept 25th Root Cellaring 
• Oct 16th Rag Rugs 
• Oct 30th Spinning 
• Nov 20th Mending Clothing 
• Nov 27th Weaving 
• Dec 18th Candle Making 

Each class is being offered online, with access to the recording afterwards on our online classroom. Click on each of the dates above to learn more about the class!

Participation is based on donation to the Wasakam Camp (where our learning center is located), meaning all of the fees from this series will benefit infrastructure development and our horse culture program development. Learn more about the Wasakam camp here…

https://wasakam.com/

Register at the bottom of the page for individual classes. Or, if you would like to join us for every topic, register all at once for online classes here…

Live Metis Country Skills Camps

We will be offering 6 in person Metis Country Skills camps in 2024. These are weekend camps where you can come and learn multiple skills, hear stories, share meals, and…camp!

• Tanning camp Apr 20/21
• Birch camp May 25/26 
• Country Skills camp June 14/15/16
• Fire Camp Sept 14/15 
• Tanning camp Sept 21/22 
• Bison Harvest Camp Oct 19/20 

Click on each camp above to learn more about each and register!