Learn about the blended healing traditions of Metis people, including plant medicine traditions, Right Relationships & Living in a Good Way. This is the 3rd lesson in a series, you may join at any time. We will learn from elder Cheryle Chagnon about the medicine wheel and 4 sacred medicines. This workshop is for everyone, […]
Learn about the blended healing traditions of Metis people of Southern Alberta. Everyone is Welcome. This segment of Lii Bonn Michinn includes bear teachings, animal medicine, and a little bit of tanning, fire-building and winter skills. This event takes place outdoors around a fire. Dress warm and bring your tea mug, chairs and blankets. Some […]
The sticky buds of the Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera) are the Medicine of Springtime. Used around the world to seal up wounds, they stop bleeding and relieve pain while preventing infection. The balsam tree really is Nature’s Bandage! This festival of trees is part herb-walk, part outdoor apothecary experience. We will steep our medicine over an open fire, from harvest to creation of a take-home medicine chest of balsam tree goodies, all in one afternoon.
Explore 3 unique ecosystems in Fish Creek Park with a Metis Herbalist. We will move along the riverbanks, under cottonwoods and through the prairie grasses of the Bow River Valley, sharing information from Metis plant culture and relationships. Teachings on the identification of, and traditional uses for food and medicine plants of the Metis focus […]
Learn about the blended healing traditions of Metis people & our plant medicine traditions, Right Relationships & Living in a Good Way. The time of harvest is beginning, so let's harvest in a good way - the way our grandmas knew! We will gather in the foothills near Bragg Creek to: identify plant species used […]
Prepare wild-harvested wolf willow berries to make jewelry, medicine and Metis silverberry fudge. Learn about the many food and medicine benefits of this beautiful prairie plant. Silverberries or wolf willow berries are traditionally gathered to make beautiful natural rosaries by the Metis and other Plains people. The seeds of these mealy, sparkly berries decorate clothing, […]