Nokomis 215+ Moccasin Project with Shannon Cotter

Monday June 26^th 9am-1pm, In person at Welland campus, Student Wellness Lounge

(registrations open Wednesday June 8th)

Sign up to learn how to make a pair of children’s moccasins with Shannon Cotter to honour the children who never made it home from residential school. The finished moccasins will then become a part of the Nokomis Moccasin Project. A lunch will be provided.

From Shannon: From my heart, my vision is to make 215+ child size moccasins with beaded orange beaded flowers to commemorate our brothers and sisters who didn’t make it home from Canada’s Residential Schools. The goal is for these moccasins to make their journey to the home communities where these schools were located to be honoured and gifted a pair of moccasins made with love as a memento as we mourn and stand with our sister communities.  This project is coming from my heart as I am a Nokomis. I am also honouring My Nokomis and our family’s history as we are products of the colonial practices implemented by Canada’s Residential & Day Schools. With this project I want to create dialog and education around Canada’s Residential Schools as this is still very much a part of our present history as well as to provide healing for our communities.