Have your group join us for a unique hands-on experience with one of our traditional craft activities. Our friendly First Nations Ambassadors will lead your group in getting crafty while sharing their Nations’ stories behind the craft.
Looking for a public workshop? Please visit slcc.ca/slcc-events to view upcoming workshops.
Please note: costs and times quoted below are in addition to tour rates and times.
A selection of our traditional craft activities are now available as craft kits! Follow along virtually as Cultural Ambassadors lead craft demonstrations and share the stories and significance of the craft.
Duration: approximately 30 minutes
Cost: $400 for each session + the cost of the activity materials and shipping.
Recommended Age: 5-7 Years
Additional Time Required: 15 minutes
Group Size: Minimum 10ppl
Cost: $15
Put together a cedar paddle necklace with pre-cut cedar paddles. Use beads to decorate the necklace and make it your own. The canoe paddle is a symbol of the journey and the spirit of unity and team work. This craft is a great option for young kids.
Recommended Age: 8+ Years
Additional Time Required: 30 minutes
Group Size: Minimum 10ppl
Cost: $15
Unlock the secrets of braiding with a single piece of leather, mastering the ‘magic braid’ or ‘mystery braid’ to fashion your own Cuff Bracelet. This technique, known as the 3-part inside trick braid, leaves both ends of the bracelet intact. Buckskin, carries deep cultural significance as a staple in indigenous clothing. Its creation demands great care and respect, reflecting the sacred teachings of utilizing every part of the resources we are gifted, taking only what is necessary. Take pride in creating your own small piece of Leather Regalia, honoring tradition while embracing your own unique expression.
Recommended Age: 8+ Years
Additional Time Required: 45 minutes
Group Size: Minimum 10ppl
Cost: $25 per person
Use buckskin, beads and hide lacing to craft a handmade medicine bag! Traditionally, medicine bags were used hold medicinal herbs or treasures that provide protection for the wearer who may be on a spirit quests, hunting and gathering, journeying to neighbouring community, or everyday protection and reminders. Some of the more common contents for medicine bags are tobacco, sage, sweet grass or other items deemed special or spiritual, such as crystals or small carvings.
Recommended Age: 8-12 Years
Additional Time Required: 45 minutes
Group Size: Minimum 10ppl
Cost: $40 per person
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.
Recommended Age: 10+ Years
Additional Time Required: 1 hour
Group Size: Minimum 10ppl
Cost: $40 per person
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.
Recommended Age: 8+ Years
Additional Time Required: 1 hour
Group Size: Minimum 10ppl
Cost: $45 per person
Make a wooden paddle rattle using wooden pre-cut wood and copper beads. Gluing is required to assemble the rattle. If time allows, you will also have the opportunity to paint your rattle. Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations rattles or shakers are an instrument that is used in ceremonies, community songs or gifted to newborn babies to repel bad spirits. All Nations used the rattle in one form or another, as simple as a handful of stones shaken in ones hands to the more intricately adorned rattles that are used by many Nations.
Recommended Age: 15+ Years
Additional Time Required: 2.5 hours
Group Size: 10-30
Cost $95 per person
Recommended Age: 15+ Years
Additional Time Required: 2.5 hours
Group Size: 10-30
Cost: $180 per person
Make a beautiful traditional Salish hand drum using deer hide and a cedar frame. 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 some traditions the drum symbolizes the heartbeat and in others it represents the powerful medicine of thunder.
* Please note that the drum requires a day to dry before painting. You will have the option of either coming back the following day or to bring your drum home to paint.
Recommended Age: 8+ Years
Additional Time Required: 1 hour
Group Size: Any
Cost: Free
Our Scavenger Hunt provides school groups the opportunity to discover the importance and meaning of different exhibit pieces located throughout the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre. Teachers and students work together to find information and complete tasks.
Access the SLCC Scavenger Hunt here.
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Knowledgeable Cultural Ambassadors share their cultural teachings with guests during guided tours; visit our Group Tours page for more information.
Discover our unique style of modern First Nation’s cuisine such as bannock, salmon and venison. Visit the Thunderbird Café.
Discover our unique selection of First Nations merchandise ranging from handcrafted works of art, to home accents, clothing and accessories, jewellery, pottery, baskets, books and souvenir merchandise. Visit the Gallery & Gift Shop.
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