🌈 SPEAKER SERIES: ALL OUR COLOURS, ALL OUR RELATIONS 🌈
A 2SLGBTQQIA+ Virtual Drop-In Series – Week One
Hosted by: Ever Sick! Consulting
Project funded by: Grand Council Treaty #3
Supported by: Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority & LGBT YouthLine
🗓 Thursday | April 9, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM CDT / 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
💻 Virtual via Zoom
🧠 Two-Spirit Identities & Teachings
🎤 Presenter: 2S Elder Kokum Gayle Pruden
👥 Facilitator: Jordyn Angeconeb
🔗Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lAAez6ZPSXiMZ7mV1BtMJQ
Dancing Bear, also known as Gayle Pruden (she/her), sits with the Black Bear clan. She is a 2-Spirit Elder and Jingle Dress dancer from Little Saskatchewan First Nation, located on Treaty #2 territory in Manitoba.
Gayle speaks Anishinaabemowin fluently and she is proud to speak her language. She believes creator gave her a beautiful gift, her Ojibwe language. She says, “It’s a powerful tool to have your language, speak it as often as you can”.
She enjoys showing her beadwork to the youth, to inspire them and bring them positive feelings. Gayle is also a knowledge keeper; she shares her knowledge that she received from the grandparents and uses her language in the theatre. The gift of dance enriched her life with knowledge about the old ways of doing ceremony, which she shares with others to keep the culture alive for generations to come.
✨ Open to ages 14+, with intergenerational welcome (14-16 must have parental consent)
✨ Priority registration for 2SLGBTQQIA+ Treaty #3 & SLFNHA community members, but all are welcome to register
✨ Weekly draws for Indigenous Boxes, gift cards & surprise prizes
✨ Mental health supports & Elder available weekly
✨Come as you are, when you can – low pressure, safe, inclusive space
✨We welcome and encourage parents of 2SLGBTQQIA+ youth to attend with them, or on their own as this is also a great educational opportunity for parents & guardians