Jasper Pride & Ski Festival Opening Ceremony
Time to get loud, colourful and proud! Grab your flags and join us as we raise the Pride flag and mark the start of the 16th Annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival.
Performer
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Matricia BauerIndigenous Knowledge Keeper“Matricia Bauer / Isko-achitaw waciy / ᐃᐢᑯ ᐃᐦᒋᑕ ᐘᒋᕀ
Matricia has had the privilege of sharing her culture over the last 20 years to schools throughout the Yellowhead Region. Matrcia is a singer, songwriter, musician, drummer and an artist.
Matricia teaches drum making and leather binding, makes moccasins, traditional fur mittens, and other traditional workshops that you can register for here.
She has her own jewelry line infusing First Nations culture into modern jewelry designs.
Warrior Women is headed up by visionary Matricia Bauer. Her traditional name is: Isko-achitaw waciy / ᐃᐢᑯ ᐃᐦᒋᑕ ᐘᒋᕀ, She Who Moves Mountains; A name received from Elder, Frieda Maynard. She hails originally for Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.
Matricia herself is a keynote speaker, drummer, singer, artist and a certified guide leading plant walks in the Rocky Mountains. She also appears on APTN as a Bears’ Lair winner, and a host for the show “Back to Roots” Season 2.
Matricia recently launched another company called Wisakipakos-indigenousbitters.ca. (Don’t be bitter; be better!) She is working towards completing her Tea Sommolier.
Matricia is happiest harvesting her traditional medicines in the bush and making them into medical concoctions. Her passion is to introduce all the beautiful parts of her culture to the world. Her tag line is to “Indigenize the world, one drum beat at a time””