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Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win

Land based Indigenous science camps in your community, and campus internships for youth

About us 

Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win is a three year initiative to provide local youth with opportunities to learn about environmental sciences through indigenous cultural worldview and customs. Each camp and internship will have a focus on helping to protect the land and water in or surrounding your community. 

Project Mission: To promote the shared value of environmental science and Indigenous traditions through community-shaped, land-based Indigenous camps, workshops, and internships. 

Project Goals: To provide Indigenous youth with opportunities to learn about environmental sciences through Indigenous cultural worldviews and customs. 

Our Partners

This initiative is being housed within the University of Manitoba through Wa Ni Ska Tan: An Alliance of Hydro-Impacted Communities.  

Wa Ni Ska Tan represents an alliance of Cree, Anishinaabe, and Metis communities, researchers from the university community and non-governmental organizations who work together to draw awareness to complex and interconnected implications of hydropower as they relate to environmental, social, cultural, and health impacts. 

University of Manitoba

Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Eco Canada

University College of the North

Verna J Kirkness Education Foundation

Swan Lake First Nation 

Wa Ni Ska Tan: An Alliance of Hydro Impacted Communities

Our Films

Brokenhead Cultural Village

Environmental Injustice to Wabowden, Manitoba 

Publications

The Akiiwan Podcast is an initiative from the Kis Kin Ha Ma Ki Win project that involves different discussions on land-based teachings, indigenous knowledge, environmental science, health and well-being 

To listen to more of our podcast episodes, visit our website at https://landlearning.ca/resources/akiiwan-podcast/