Indigenous research & scholarship

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kâniyâsihk Culture Camps (kCC) and kCAE have always been places of learning and teaching; they continue as places for Indigenous Research and Scholarship. We have a place where visiting scholars, Graduate Students, PhD students and Professors can take part and join Traditional Knowledge Keepers, Elders and Land Users.

We specialize in Translating, Transcribing and Documenting Indigenous Languages. Our professional developments and workshops also include Land Based Programming and implementation of Indigenous Languages within any program. Assessment of Language and Land Based programming is also a specialty. 

Please contact us for more information.

Director/Principal  

Mrs. Matilda Lewis recently graduated from the Indigenous Languages Certificate Program through the University of Saskatchewan. Mrs. Lewis holds a Bachelors of Education as well as Master’s Degree in Education.  She has taught over 30 years at all levels and was a part of the Cree Immersion Program of Island Lake School. She continues to promote Indigenous languages and has extensive research and experience in community development and is a strong advocate of teaching languages at home and at work. She has also played a foundational role in the development of kâniyâsihk Culture Camps as an instructor, Cook, and kohkom.

Instructor/Resource Development Unit Lead

Educational Assistant

 Elder in Resident

kohkom Margaret Crookedneck

kohkom has been instrumental since the beginning. She is the dictionary, knowledge holder and Elder for the school. She has worked as a Bus Driver, Custodian and understands the importance of language, culture and education. 

oskâpêwisak-Camp Helpers

Clifford Stick - Land Based Program Coordinator

Clifford Stick is also from onohcipânânihk and also an active participant in ceremonies. He worked for Saskatchewan Environmental Resource Management (SERM) in the Fire Suppression Field and knows the land from their provincial developmental programming. Mr. Stick is knowledgeable in hands on activates and grew up learning from local Elders. Clifford has been an instructor for kâniyâsihk Culture Camps since its beginning. He is a certified Hiking Instructor for Outdoor Council of Canada.

Cook/Camp Helper

Outreach Worker & Community Liaison

Jody Houle BA, BISW, MA, Doctoral Student

Jody Houle is from the Whitefish Lake First Nation, AB. She has received a Bachelor of Indian Studies and a Bachelor of Social Work from the First Nations University of Canada. Jody is a registered Social Worker as well as NIB Mental Health Therapist. She then went on to pursue a Masters of Integrated Studies through the Athabasca University. Jody is now a ipk candidate in the Doctoral Studies at the University of Nuhelot’ine Thaiyots’I nistamêyimâkanak Blue Quills. She is very passionate of land-based education and about revitalizing the language. She is a beginner learner of the Cree language as she understands and can speak a little of the language. She enjoys walking, painting, dogsledding, canoeing and spending time with family and friends.