April 24-26, 2026
Mahikan Trails is thrilled to host the second annual Frog Moon
Gathering (formerly known as Frog Fest) on m Frog Moon Gathering
inan Indigenous Cultural and Traditional Skills Symposium.
And the event is free
Frog Moon Gathering
Frog Moon Gathering is based on the Cree concept of the Frog moon or Anikis Pisim, which takes place in April. Themes that many indigenous peoples associate with the Frog moon are (but not limited to) as below:
- Welcoming of spring, rebirth, new year
- spring ‘s place in the medicine wheel and correlation with babies/infancy/birth
- Origin of our first heartbeat; importance of the rhythm of the heartbeat
- Traditional activities for this season include birch tapping, egg collecting, making tools and baskets, canoe making/repair
- Frogs are coming out of hibernation; awoken by the geese in the previous moon cycle (goose moon)
- Frogs wake up the plants, especially the birch, hence birch water season
We have chosen to hold our Indigenous cultural symposium at the time of the Frog moon because we have a whole ton of frogs waking then and we the want Frog Moon Gathering to be a weekend of cultural revitalization, rebirth, and reclamation.
There will be a variety of events as there were last year including Birch Tree tapping, Medicine walks, cordage making, Buffalo Talks, Tracking, horse packing, Metis dancing lessons, First Nations dance lessons, hide tanning, beading and tons more. Keep an eye out for our registration page coming soon!
