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Indigenous Art 2020 – Call for Artist: Deadline April 17, 2020
Indigenous Art 2020 – Call for Artist: Deadline April 17, 2020

Indigenous Art 2020 – Call for Artist: Deadline April 17, 2020

admin2023-01-03T11:00:52-05:00March 18, 2020|Art, Events, Exhibits, News|

[Attention Artists: All Dates have been postponed for this Exhibition. [...]

March Break Activities in Brantford, Six Nations and Surrounding Area
March Break Activities in Brantford, Six Nations and Surrounding Area

March Break Activities in Brantford, Six Nations and Surrounding Area

admin2023-01-03T11:00:53-05:00March 10, 2020|Events, Exhibits, News|

What Activities are there for the Youth for March Break [...]

Quilt of Belonging Teacher’s Resource Guide
Quilt of Belonging Teacher’s Resource Guide

Quilt of Belonging Teacher’s Resource Guide

admin2023-01-03T11:00:54-05:00February 28, 2020|Events, Exhibits, News|

Quilt of Belonging Teacher's Resource Guide The Quilt of Belonging [...]

Quilt of Belonging comes to Woodland Cultural Centre: Opening Reception and Artist Talk with Esther Bryan
Quilt of Belonging comes to Woodland Cultural Centre: Opening Reception and Artist Talk with Esther Bryan

Quilt of Belonging comes to Woodland Cultural Centre: Opening Reception and Artist Talk with Esther Bryan

admin2023-01-03T11:00:56-05:00February 7, 2020|Art, Events, Exhibits, News|

Quilt of Belonging is a collaborative work of art whose [...]

From the Hands of our Ancestors: The Art of Cornhusk – Final Days
From the Hands of our Ancestors: The Art of Cornhusk – Final Days

From the Hands of our Ancestors: The Art of Cornhusk – Final Days

admin2023-01-03T11:00:56-05:00January 31, 2020|Art, Exhibits|

From the Hands of our Ancestors: The Art of Corn [...]

2020 Exhibitions at Woodland Cultural Centre at a Glance
2020 Exhibitions at Woodland Cultural Centre at a Glance

2020 Exhibitions at Woodland Cultural Centre at a Glance

admin2023-01-03T11:00:59-05:00January 1, 2020|Exhibits|

Welcome to 2020 at Woodland Cultural Centre! The Centre will [...]

New Exhibit: From the Hands of our Ancestors – The Art of Corn Husk
New Exhibit: From the Hands of our Ancestors – The Art of Corn Husk

New Exhibit: From the Hands of our Ancestors – The Art of Corn Husk

admin2023-01-03T11:01:00-05:00December 4, 2019|Events, Exhibits, Uncategorised|

This exhibition is an acknowledgement and honouring of cornhusk, one [...]

Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church – Raised over $4400 for Save the Evidence and Woodland Cultural Centre
Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church – Raised over $4400 for Save the Evidence and Woodland Cultural Centre

Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church – Raised over $4400 for Save the Evidence and Woodland Cultural Centre

admin2023-01-03T11:01:05-05:00October 17, 2019|Exhibits, News, Save the Evidence, Uncategorised|

Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church - Raised over $4400 for Save [...]

People of the Dancing Sky – Myron Zabol
People of the Dancing Sky – Myron Zabol

People of the Dancing Sky – Myron Zabol

admin2023-01-03T11:01:07-05:00August 27, 2019|Exhibits|

Myron Zabol’s fine art photography focuses on the spirituality of [...]

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Emily Pauline Johnson, born on March 10, 1861, and

Woodland Cultural Centre will be closed today, Mon

We are currently seeking a Capital Campaign Coordi

Stock is running low on some boards from the Skate

Artifacts have the power to evoke intense emotions and provoke deep reflection. One such artifact in the collection of the Woodland Cultural Centre is a sucking tube, an object that is profoundly moving. Made from hollow deer bone or trumpeter swan bone, sucking tubes are commonly found at Neutral Iroquoian archaeological sites dating to the 1600s.What circumstances made these objects so prevalent during that time? Devastating smallpox and measles epidemics that swept through Eastern Woodland nations. These diseases, introduced from Europe, were unknown to Indigenous populations, who had no immunity, no effective medicines, and no choice but to rely on only their spiritual healing practices. Medicine people used sucking tubes in an effort to draw illness out of afflicted individuals, in accordance with these beliefs.The epidemics spared no one, whether young or old, strong or weak. Communities suffered enormous losses in rapid succession. Matriarchs, chiefs, warriors, hunters, spiritual leaders, medicine people, and children could all perish within hours. In their desperation, medicine people continued to use the tubes in hopes of removing the evil causing the illness, unaware that they were likely inhaling and spreading the virus further from one person and household to the next.Those who survived were left in a world forever changed. Disease and warfare decimated the Neutral nation, which ceased to exist by 1651. However, survivors were absorbed into the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, allowing Neutral genetics to endure within the Haudenosaunee of today.Photo caption: Sucking tube, deer leg bone, Neutral Iroquoian site, early 1600s, Collection of the Woodland Cultural Centre#WoodlandCulturalCentre #indigenous #IndigenousVoices #indigenousart #IndigenousLanguages #firstnations #IndigenousKnowledge #indigenousculture #brantford #giving #sixnations #education #IndigenousHistory #collections ... See MoreSee Less

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