Awaken our future leaders.

Inter-generational Youth and Elder camps

We support Indigenous youth as contributors to the conversation and decision making. One of the ways the collective works to enable future water leaders is by bringing together youth and elders on the land. Together we can reclaim traditional knowledge of our sacred water. Learning on the land with elders in ceremony is vital to keeping our knowledge and creating an Indigenous future.

We have been told that this learning must be continuous throughout the year. Youth exposed to repeated teachings and ceremonies, begin to build a better sense of themselves and their identity. With time youth can begin to trust their vision, take on the responsibilities to the land, and begin carry this knowledge for the generations that follow.

Along with annual land based learning camp, the collective actively looking for new ways to support youth building cultural competency, protecting our sacred water, and filling leadership roles.

What you can do.

• Are you a knowledge holder or elder? Contact us to participate in knowledge exchange at our
  land-based youth camps and other opportunities.

• Are you an Indigenous youth with an idea of how to protect and mitigate for our sacred water? Contact us to collaborate.

• As an educator, promote Indigenous knowledge systems in the “two-eyed” seeing approach.

• Let us know if you have any ideas to awaken our future leaders or would like to get involved.