Culture Night at the Wampum Learning Lodge

Bi-weekly on Wednesday evenings, the Wampum Learning Lodge opens our doors to bring both our Western and local communities together for three different cultural programs for crafting, fitness, and drumming!

• Indigenous Community Craft Circle (4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)
  • Audience: Indigenous Community
• Pow Wow Fitness Class (6 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
  • Audience: Everyone!
• Young Indigenous Men’s Pow Wow Singing Practice (6 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
  • Audience: Indigenous men around 14-25 years old

These events are open to any local community members who wish to attend, not only those currently affiliated with Western University. See full descriptions and program dates below.

With funding from the Western Sustainability Impact Fund, there are healthy snacks and refreshments, LTC bus tickets and parking passes available for program attendees upon arrival.

Questions? Email Lauren, Indigenous Initiatives Project Associate, at lpoeta@uwo.ca

Indigenous Community Crafting Circle (4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)

• Audience: Indigenous community members

The Indigenous Community Crafting Circle invites all interested Indigenous artists, creators, and learners to visit & create together in a community setting. Bring your current project or start something new with the art supplies we provide at the WLL. This program is a drop-in crafting space, but some weeks will have guided lessons for different art forms.

Supplies, funded by the Western Sustainability Impact Fund, include an array of beading materials (including patterns/templates), caribou hair tufting materials, porcupine quills, leather, craft kits, 2 sewing machines (B.Y.O. fabric), jewelry findings, and more.

Special Hosts: To be announced!