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As part of your LABCON Full Conference Registration or Daily Sunday Registration you can join
the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre on Sunday, May 28th from
0900-1030, for a unique hands-on experience with one of their traditional craft
activities. A friendly First Nations Ambassador will lead you in getting crafty
while sharing their Nations’ stories behind the craft.
These are the two options you can choose from:
4” MINIATURE HAND DRUM ORNAMENT
Only 100 spots
Make your own miniature version of a traditional Salish hand drum using deer hide, sinew and a frame, then customize it with design work, feather and beads. The drum is not just a music maker, but a voice for the soul within the music. The drum is more than a musical instrument to those who own and play it, as it is considered to have a life of its own and is regarded as having its own powerful spirit. In the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations’ traditions, the drum symbolizes the heartbeat of our people.
DREAMCATCHER
Only 100 spots
Weave together a vibrant dream catcher with feathers, beads, sinew, and a suede-wrapped hoop. Dream catchers are a craft shown to us from our neighboring First Nations trading partners who lived in the prairies and East Coast of Canada. They are hung in windows to allow good dreams to pass through while entangling bad dreams in the web which then perish at the first light of dawn.