Indigenous Cultural Leadership Institute

  Inter-generational Healing FIND Your PART
in HEALING AS A SOCIETY with TEARS & SCARS
an idea of which I can only SHARE from a
personal experience. As a Sixties scoop survivor
when I was interview for the Alberta Apology re
assimilation issues. I asked .. “What are you
going to do for the people?” First WE MUST
DEVELOPING TRUST AS SURVIVORS OF THE 60S SCOOP OR
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL Trust is built on truth,
facts, not propaganda. At Collections Canada
Peter Menzies a Sagamok Anishnawbek First
Nation Indigenous Cultural Leadership Institute
Rebuilding Trust, Voice, and Future Generations Through the Arts

For more than forty-five years, I have worked as an Indigenous filmmaker, actor, playwright, musician, modern dancer, educator, and community artist. Throughout that journey, I have come to believe that storytelling is far more than entertainment—it is a path toward healing, cultural continuity, leadership, and nation-building.

The Indigenous Cultural Leadership Institute is the next stage of that lifelong vision.

Rather than functioning as a traditional film school, the Institute brings together professional artists, Elders, health and wellness practitioners, educators, and community mentors to train Indigenous youth, adults, and Elders through the creation of meaningful artistic work.

Participants receive interdisciplinary training in:

• Film Production
• Theatre and Acting
• Storytelling and Creative Writing
• Music and Sound Recording
• Modern Dance and Movement
• Radio Arts and Podcasting
• Production Design
• Digital Media and Artificial Intelligence
• Leadership and Community Development

Training culminates in professional productions, allowing participants to gain real-world experience while helping create feature films, theatre productions, documentaries, music recordings, and cultural archives that preserve Indigenous knowledge for future generations.

Current creative projects include:

• As A Koden: Talking Story, Who Is Your Name?
• Métis Winter Morning
• Warm Up The Ice Cream
• Schoolyards and Oldtown
• Additional film, theatre, radio, music, and archival initiatives developed through Eagle Feathers Film & Music Manufacturing Corporation and TILMCOM.comes from foster care shares a great
paper on these issues. I as well was
raised in foster care m June 1958 to July 27th,
1974, and have much to share to help others
not as fortunate as peter or myself.
Between 1840 and 1983, over 100,000
Aboriginal children placed in the residential
school system (United Church of Canada, 1994)
POTENTIAL HEALING Use Music & The arts As Healing
Tools. Ultimately it is how one manages ones
cultural baggage in life, We can help discover
ones purpose in life. Break away societal
stereotypes of the victim, the activist or
the professional and shows us normal people
like you or me.