CAGIS Virtual – Traditional Indigenous Knowledge and the Tikinagan (FREE KIT) (11-16)

The cradleboard, or in the Ojibway language "Tikinagan", has been used for generations to carry infants while keeping babies safe and comfortable. Indigenous people throughout North America indicate that it was common practice to cradleboard newborn children until they were able to walk, although many mothers continued to swaddle their children past their first birthday. In this session, we will explore traditional Indigenous technologies and engineering design. We will learn about and apply traditional Indigenous Knowledge to create our own Tikinagans.