This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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6 Foot Festival: Fish Hide Tanning Workshop with Cheyanne Pitawanakwat
In-person
Indigenous History & heritage CraftDate and time
Location
Debajehmujig Creation Centre
43 Queen Street
Manitowaning, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English and Ojibway.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
Join Cheyanne Pitawanakwat on September 27th, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, for a workshop on tanning fish hides. Located at the backlot of Debajehmujig Creation Centre.
She will give verbal instructions and then share the process of taking it from raw skin to leather.
Part of the 16th Annual 6 Foot Festival
Celebrating Land, Art, and Food
September 26–27, 2025
Debajehmujig Creation Centre, Manitowaning
This year’s theme is Aki Noo’ooma – The Earth’s Language
Come join us for two days of art, performance, food, and community as we listen to the voices of the land and celebrate in unity.
Organizer
Debajehmujig Theatre Group
The Debajehmujig Storytellers, also Debajehmujig Theatre Group, or informally Debaj, is a First Nations theatre group and multi-arts organization based in the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. Debaj is the longest running Indigenous theatre in North America.