Experience Woodland
The Woodland Cultural Centre offers a variety of tours, education programs, and workshops that offer interested visitors the opportunity to learn about an assortment of topics covering the past, present, and future of Southern Ontario’s First Nations peoples.
Discover Indigenous history, culture, art, food, current issues or material culture through one of our tours, education programs, or workshops, all of which are created to fit the needs of the visitor where you decide the time, activities and the length of your visit.
Experience the Woodland Cultural Centre in three ways:
Tours
Immersive self-guided and guided virtual tour of the museum and virtual tour of the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School. Prearranged tours are offered to groups ranging from 10 to 60 guests.
Education Programming
Our K-12 programs cover a variety of Hodinohshoni topics ranging from culture, history, art, food, and past/current issues that follow the Ontario Curriculum guidelines. Each program offers teachers/educators before and after resources for their classrooms.
Workshops/Other Programming
Our workshops and other programming are geared towards corporate, college/universities, and life-long learners who are looking to educate themselves on a variety of Indigenous topics, including Truth and Reconciliation, Stereotypes and Racism, and Six Nations Land Claims.
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Truth and Reconciliation Presentation
This comprehensive presentation covers topics from the Imperial Context, Canada’s Indigenous Policy, The Indian Residential Settlement Agreement, to United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The presentation allows for an in-depth understanding of TRC’s final report, its 10 Principles and 94 Calls to Action.
Traditional Games
One of our most popular workshops where participants learn about some of the games that were played by the Hodinohsho:ni people long ago, and are still played today. The games participants will learn about include bone and toggle, scattering sticks, bone dice, double ball (dingball), long ball, lacrosse, Snowsnake, and snowshoeing.
