This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Point photographer M. Gryde, May, 2025
Flint Knapping workshop for beginners
In-person
Truth and Reconciliation Indigenous History & heritageDate and time
Location
Chinook School (Frontier, SK)
208 1 Street East
Frontier, SK
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Sitting in a circle, groups of 10 -15 students will pass around artifacts to hold, examine and discuss stone arrow heads called ‘points’. Archaeologist, Gabriel Essaunce Lamarche will teach each student the basic techniques of flint-snapping, so they can each make a point or knife for themselves. While participants work with their hands, all can learn about history, artifacts, traditional uses associated with them.
Students will gain a new understanding to the Indigenous peoples who lived, hunted and gathered on this land for centuries. “Making and using stone tools not only require a deep understanding of stone material properties, but also about the animals being hunted; their physiology, ethology and biogeography. The knowledge system connecting the artifacts to the people and to the land will be also explored as individuals work the stone.
Links
- @climaxcommunitymuseum facebook.com
Organizer
Climax Community Museum
Climax Community Museum offers unique displays, immersive events and interactive experiences to explore, inform, and broaden the public’s understanding of history from multiple culturally- informed perspectives in today’s changing milieu as we move towards more inclusive and egalitarian practice.
This event is part of a hub:
Truth and Reconciliation, the Frenchman Valley/Climax Hub
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