Šawelihcikewin International Knowledge Keepers Gathering

Šawelihcikewin International Knowledge Keepers GatheringMoose Factory & Moosonee, Omushkego Aski, Ontario, Canada 

Rescheduled for Autumn  2026 (specific dates to be confirmed) in order to coincide with the launch of a major new partnership initiative: a Cree-UK transatlantic history project.

2023 marked the 350th anniversary of Moose Factory, subarctic North America’s oldest continuous site of Indigenous-European relations and intermarriage. However, the history of the Moose River and its Ililiwak (people) extends well beyond the 1673 establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company trade post – in time and space. The southwestern James Bay watershed has long been the homeland of the Moose Cree, and a gathering site where hospitality has been extended to relations, friends, and visitors from Omushkego Aski, Eeyou Istchee (Western and Eastern James Bay), and beyond.

Following this tradition of hospitality, the Moose River Heritage and Hospitality Association has been working with Moose Cree First Nation, MoCreebec Eeyoud Council,…