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This workshop is suited for 11 and older. For participants who are 10 and younger, a parent/caregiver is required to participate.

Each registered participant receives a kit to create a 4"x 4" x 4" square basket.

In this workshop, come join the master cedar weaver and Haida elder, Todd Giihlgiigaa Devries, to learn how to weave a square 4'x4"x4" cedar bark basket.

While teaching how to weave, Todd will also share what cedar means to us living on the land of Coast Salish and Haida Peoples as well as the legend stories told over the centuries from the ancestors.

This is a great family activity to weave together or for an individual to join this weaving circle.

Todd Giihlgiigaa ('Heath-gee-ga') first started weaving hats and baskets with cedar bark in 2001. In 2010 he moved to Vancouver, BC and started teaching weaving techniques to anyone who was interested and with whichever material they had on hand. By 2016, He started to teach full-time with the mandate: Get everyone a cedar bark hat by teaching them the skill of how to weave one of their own.

Proudly funded by Enhance West Van.
Enhance West Van gratefully acknowledges the support of the District of West Vancouver through their Community Grants Program.

Indigenous Culture: Cedar Basket Weaving

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