Name: Let's Meet Kakwa (Porcupine)
Start: 2025-05-09T14:00:00-0600
End: 2025-05-09T15:15:00-0600

Welcome to the 2025 Outdoor Learning Conference

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT

"The porcupine was the original bead producer for Indigenous people. We use the guard hair in our regalia, we take the quills and color them and produce works of art. This slow moving creature can be useful when a person is in survival mode and are very useful for regalia (roach making), as well as fur for tufting, and quills for art work.
I am usually gifted animals or use what has been taken by traffic. Information about how the porcupine was gifted its quills and what are the best methods of coloring quills will be presented. The workshop will also include how to clean and prepare quills including dying and then 3 styles of quill artwork is shown.
Using quills is like beading; it is a way to learn to be in the present and not thinking of the what if's, or worrying about what happened earlier. It is a mindfulness technique that allows you know what's next. If you aren't in the moment you have the possibility of being poked."

Speakers

Genevieve Prevost

Teacher

"Genevieve Prevost is a nehiyaw-skwew (cree woman) from the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation in Saskatoon. A medicine carrier, knowledge keeper and teacher. She has been teaching for 18 years in a variety of areas including on reserve, inner-city elementary and Indigenous inner... Read More →

Friday May 9, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm MDT
Porcupine

Indigenous Ways of Knowing Workshop

Outdoor Learning Conference 2025

Genevieve Prevost

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