03/12/2026
If you’re hoping to join us, please get your tickets today so we can prepare the kits for Saturday. This is our last in-shop class of the season with Ekti as she heads home soon.
Tickets: https://www.nikawiybeads.com
A little about our instructor: Elder: Okimaskwiw Ekti Margaret Cardinal, an
indigenous Knowledge Keeper, was raised in a
Northern Plains Cree family which maintained,
practised and taught the values of traditional Cree culture. Originally from Saddle Lake First Nations in north eastern Alberta. - a well known Tipi and Tent Maker, who also teaches her craft when requested.
- the “Resident Kokoom” at Young Indigenous Women’s Circle of Leadership gatherings each year.
- the longest serving member of the Regional Environmental Action Committee since 1990. In 1992, REAC was incorporated as a non-profit, society with two hundred members all around the Lesser Slave Lake region. A group of concerned citizens who continue to be involved in projects to help our environment.
Ekti and her partner David live on the shores of Lesser Slave Lake, in a solar- and wind-powered house, off grid, which they started building in 1992 and continue to finish.
