Šawelihcikewin International Knowledge Keepers Gathering

Tentatively scheduled for October 17-21, 2024 (dates to be confirmed by early 2024).

2023 marks 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 (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.Ililiwak

Following this tradition of hospitality, the Moose River Heritage and Hospitality Association has been working with Moose Cree First Nation, MoCreebec Eeyoud Council, the Town of Moosonee, as well as many partners, to host a year-long commemoration of . Our theme is – “receiving with gratitude and a desire t…