Cultural Calgary


Indigenous experiences should be part of any well-rounded trip to Canada, says Natalie Marsh, who learns a First Nations-taught craft in Alberta’s biggest city


DESTINATIONS CANADA | ALBERTA


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Heritage Park Historical Village, Alberta


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t’s so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. We’re all gathered around a table, each of us with a pair of tweezers in our hand, delicately


dipping tiny fish scales – which have been dried out and then dyed different colours – into some glue, before carefully placing them onto a small slice of wood. We’re taking a fish scale art class at Moonstone Creation in Calgary, and after seeing how precisely the scales were stuck on the examples our teachers showed us, we’re concentrating too hard to talk at the same time.


Moonstone Creation is a small, family-


run gallery and gift shop. Owner Yvonne is Cree First Nations, and the shop stocks artwork and products by more than 60 First Nations artists from all over the country.


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