Announcing Our Summer 2023 Virtual
Anishinaabe Naadizowin
(Anishinaabe Cultural Camp)
Boozhoo Nwiij-ki-wen-yig (Hello Dear Friends),
We realize that your summer and our Fall may look a little different. Due to physical distancing requirements across the country, we have created a virtual Anishinaabe Naadizowin (Anishinaabe Cultural Camp) options for 2022 instead of in-person camps. Join one of our structured sessions where participants will be introduced to a variety of experiences, including Living in a Anishinaabe Moose Camp, Food Preservation & Traditional Food Knowledge, Anishinaabe Fish Camp, Bushcraft & Anishinaabe Wilderness Skills, Remote Backcountry Travel by ATV/UTV & Wilderness Survival, and Hide Tanning Camp and more.
WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2022 SEASON
How It Will It Work
We will offer private “live” dynamic online sessions with talented instructors each day supplemented by optional offline activities related to the themes of the day which, will be culturally oriented and local in nature.
Virtual Digwaagi Anishinaabe Naadizowin (Anishinaabe Fall Cultural Camp) will be hosted by local communities and organizations for their families, like they are each summer.
Choose and Customize A Program For Your Community / Organization
Living In A Anishinaabe Moose Camp
Traditional subsistence culture of Anishinaabe
Roles in community & how we provide for everyone
What can we make from a moose
How to dress for late season hunting
Anishinaabe Food Systems
Wild Game Cooking - Moose Meat Street Tacos
Do-It Yourself! Wild Game Processing Tools and Equipment
Cooking with a Dutch Oven and Charcoals
How We Can Achieve Anishinaabe Food Sovereignty and Security
Anishinaabe Fish Camp
Learn to Fish!
Fly Fishing For Beginners
Angling Tactics - Improve Your Harvest
Eat With The Season - Outdoor Cooking Class
Wilderness Camping
What’s in the Bag? Canoe and Kayak Day Trips
What’s in the Bag? Hunting for Moose, Geese and Turkey
What’s in the Bag? Packing for a Multi-day Wilderness Trips
Backcountry Travel & Wilderness Preparedness by Vehicle
Hide Tanning Camp
Fleshing and thin a hide
Make a brain tanning solution
Learn how to smoke a hide
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
How It Will It Work
Time
Each Virtual Digwaagi Anishinaabe Naadizowin (Anishinaabe Fall Cultural Camp) experience meets for 3 hrs/day and features all live, online instruction & collaboration.
Morning Camp: Monday to Friday – 10am to 1pm Eastern Standard Time
Afternoon Camp: Monday to Friday – 2pm to 5pm Eastern Standard Time
Length Options
1-day
3-day
Sample Agenda
welcome, expectations, orientation
building our learning community
fundamentals
physical activity
what does it mean to be a caretaker of the land?
learning through reflection
Location
Your home or class! These camps are being run virtually.
Required Setup
A computer or laptop
A microphone and headphones/earbuds
A reliable internet connection
A functional webcam or built-in camera
About Great Lakes Cultural Camps
Great Lakes Cultural Camps is a year-round mobile Anishinaabe outdoor education centre that brings everything to you! GLCC develops and provides high quality cultural experiences on the land and water that recognizes the value of being active in the outdoors, land-based learning, Anishinaabe culture and what it can bring to people’s lives. We invite you to join the Great Lakes Cultural Camps community on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
We are still confirming 2022 programs. If your community is interested in hosting an Anishinaabe Naadizowin (Anishinaabe Fall Cultural Camp)) please feel free to contact our Program Director at info@culturalcamps.com or call 705.942.9909 to discuss your ideas or any questions.
Thank you for your ongoing support, understanding and for your commitment to working through this.
Baa ma pii minniwaa,
Great Lakes Cultural Camp Team
You can expect excellent instructors who are professional,
dynamic and fun.
We invite you to join our Great Lakes Cultural Camps Community on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube.
Moving Through The Seasons with Great Lakes Cultural Camps
“We are fortunate to have been a part of a bunch of amazing community experiences over the years and would like to share a glimpse into it. In this video it includes a little bit of our time spent with the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne, Algonquin Nation, N’Daki Menan in Lake Temagami, Cree Nation of Waskaganish in Eeyou Istchee, Indian Community School in Milwaukee, Teetl’it Gwich’in Nation in the Northwest Territories and several Anishinaabeg communities within the Great Lakes.”
