PHOTOS: Treaty Days kicks off with Tipi raising in CAT quad 

by | Sep 23, 2026 | Photos

NAIT’s Treaty Days began with a tipi raising and pipe ceremony in the CAT quad. Each year, the Nîsôhkamâtotân Centre team raises a tipi with Cultural Advisor Lonny Potts leading a pipe ceremony inside afterwards. 

Treaty Days will showcase Indigenous culture over three days with various events, including Métis jigging and fiddle music, drop-in beading at CAT and Pow wow dancing and drumming. To find out more, visit Ooks Life.

Photograph of a Tipi being prepared to be built as a crowd watches during Treaty Day on campus outside of NAIT Feltham centre.
candid photograph of a participant looking into the distance in the tipi raising event during Treaty day, outside Feltham centre.
Photograph of a Tipi being raised as a crowd watches during Treaty Day on campus outside of NAIT Feltham centre.
Photograph of the white sheet of the Tipi being draped on it's logs

Photos by Jennifer Dacanay/The Nugget

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