Muskoka Indigenous Friends Cultural Centre

GRAVENHURST--Beginner Indigenous Dance Steps
2025-11-11 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-25 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Exercise–an important segment of health on our Medicine Wheels of life that often is ignored or overlooked.
Whether you are wanting to learn some basic steps for a future powwow, learn more about your individual culture, or just improve your basic health and balance—we are offering beginner friendly dance steps. Don’t expect to become expert dancers–this is an age friendly and ability focused activity. Health and balance are important while interconnecting culture.
Through the next year we will be exploring various dance steps from the Anishinaabe, Tlingit, and Metis.
Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our Business Sponsor of the Month — Kala House of Colour.

BRACEBRIDGE--Beaded Fringe Earrings/Moccasin Keyring
2025-11-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Bracebridge Salvation Army Church, 456 Manitoba Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1Y3, Canada
SORRY FOR INCONVENIENCE BUT DUE TO FACILITATOR ILLNESS THIS WORKSHOP IS CANCELLED. SEE YOU IN 2026
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This month is our wrap up for 2025 at this location. Programming will resume in January 2026. So we have 2 projects to choose from–either a moccasin keyring or a beaded fringe earring.

We would like to say maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to:
November Business Sponsor of the Month — Kala House of Colour

our facility location sponsor — South Muskoka Ministries, Bracebridge Salvation Army Church

CHRISTMAS BLANKET RAFFLE
2025-11-15 08:00 - 2025-12-16 14:00 | Ontario
MIFC is holding a fundraiser blanket raffle. Running from November 15-December 16.
Draw will be made at 2pm at our Gravenhurst Tuesday workshop. Only 200 tickets are available either online or in-person. Each ticket gives you 2 chances to win.
2 prizes include:

Blankets were lovingly crafted by MIFC members at a Tuesday workshop and smudged in ceremony. Get your tickets today– BUY HERE.

GRAVENHURST--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2025-11-18 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-25 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for soup, salad, and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.
Our Business Sponsor of the Month is Kala House of Colour. Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you for your support.

ALEX'S PLACE--3 Loop Beaded Earrings
2025-11-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Alex’s Place, 49 Pine Street, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1N3, Canada
This is a closed event for Alex’s Place tenants.
Participants in October enjoyed doing the Fringe Beaded Earrings and requested more beading…..we listened and this is an activity that will prove encouraging and may inspire some to create handmade Christmas gifts for family and friends.
Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our Business Sponsor of the Month — Kala House of Colour.

RYDE--Santa Earrings
2025-11-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Ryde Co-op Community Centre, 1624 Barkway Road, Gravenhurst, Ontario, P1P 1R3, Canada
Join Myrna and Mona as they teach you how to bead your own Santa Earrings. Come earlier with a bag lunch and enjoy some social time between 11:30-1.

Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to:
November Business Sponsor of the Month — Kala House of Colour

and Ryde Community Co-op for the use of their facilities

GRAVENHURST--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2025-12-02 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for soup, salad, and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too. The first Tuesday of the month is also when we bring out food bank supports.
Our Business Sponsor of the Month is Firefly Creative Writing. Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you for your support.

GRAVENHURST--Beginner Indigenous Dance Steps
2025-12-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-09 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-30 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Exercise–an important segment of health on our Medicine Wheels of life that often is ignored or overlooked.
Whether you are wanting to learn some basic steps for a future powwow, learn more about your individual culture, or just improve your basic health and balance—we are offering beginner friendly dance steps. Don’t expect to become expert dancers–this is an age friendly and ability focused activity. Health and balance are important while interconnecting culture.
Through the next year we will be exploring various dance steps from the Anishinaabe, Tlingit, and Metis.
Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our Business Sponsor of the Month — Firefly Creative Writing

GRAVENHURST--Meetsho Taak--Let's Eat
2025-12-09 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-16 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-30 13:00 - 15:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us every Tuesday in Gravenhurst for soup, salad, and other treats. A way to provide good company and food and address some food security issues too.
Our Business Sponsor of the Month is Firefly Creative Writing. Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you for your support.

MIFC Board Meeting
2025-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Zoom Meeting
This is the monthly Board of Directors Meeting. General members of our membership (2025 active) can attend these meetings as observers. If interested, email: info@mifc.ca to receive the zoom link. If not yet a member, join today.

GRAVENHURST--Christmas Giveaway--Set Up
2025-12-19 08:00 - 14:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
VOLUNTEERS needed on this day to help transport and set up the room for our Annual Christmas Giveaway event.
It is an FREE outreach program where new and gently used items that have been donated are made available to the public to use for their own Christmas gift giving or even personal use.
But it takes time to set up and prepare for this event. If you can assist on this morning, message: info@mifc.ca
MUST BE ABLE BODIED TO LIFT. IF YOU HAVE A VEHICLE TO HELP TRANSPORT ITEMS FROM HEAD OFFICE TO EVENT LOCATION IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

RYDE--Feathered Christmas Ornaments
2025-12-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Ryde Co-op Community Centre, 1624 Barkway Road, Gravenhurst, Ontario, P1P 1R3, Canada
Join Mona & Myrna to make your own locally harvested wood duck feathered Christmas ornaments. No pre-registration required.
For those who attended in November and need to complete your Santa Earrings–please bring them along. Trying to clear out the UFO’s (UnFinished Objects) in order to start 2026 fresh.
Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen, thank you to our Business Sponsor of the Month — Firefly Creative Writing

GRAVENHURST--CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY
2025-12-20 09:00 - 14:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Join us from 9 am – 2 pm to freely shop for your loved ones or pick up a few items for yourself. This is a joint community project aimed at easing the financial burdens at this time of year by having FREE new or gently used items available for your own gift giving purposes or personal use.
VOLUNTEERS will be needed at 2 pm to help us clear the hall and truck remaining items back to storage.

GRAVENHURST--Clean up Christmas Giveaway
2025-12-20 14:00 - 17:00 | St James Anglican Church, 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help clean up and transport all leftover items back to head office location. Must be able-bodied and extra vehicles to move the items across town are vital.

CLOSED--Christmas Break
2025-12-21 - 2025-12-29 | Ontario
The Board of Directors wishes everyone a happy holiday season. The office will be closed from Sunday, December 21, 2025 until 9 am Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
Stay safe, stay warm. Regular programs resume on Tuesday, December 30, 2025.
In the meantime, this is not a holiday for your Board of Directors as we complete end of year reports and compile grant applications. Thank you for understanding the need for uninterrupted time to complete these as we forge ahead with 2026 programs and services.
Maarsii, miigwetch, nia:wen

2026 Membership--Early Bird Prize Draw
2026-01-02 14:00 | Ontario
It is 2026 Membership renewal time–
For those who renewed early between November 1-December 31– your name was entered into a special early bird draw. Today at 2pm the winner will be announced.
