Y2Y and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies present our next speaker series event on January 22

Join Daryl Kootenay as he speaks about his experience working with Stoney Nakoda youth, as well as youth in the Bow Valley of Alberta and around the world. Discover more about how land-based learning and reflection can help all of us connect to the landscape through feeling, language, listening and healing.

Learn why having Indigenous youth lead the way for land-based learning and conservation can support connecting and protecting nature in the Bow Valley and beyond.

This event will take place at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, Alberta. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online.

About the speaker

Daryl Kootenay (he/him) is a Traditional singer, dancer, artist, speaker, youth leader, and film maker. He is from the Stoney Nakoda Nation of Treaty 7 Territory in southern Alberta and a member of the Dine (Navajo) Nation in New Mexico from his father’s Heritage. He is the co-director of Howl, which offers unique learning experiences across Canada for youth.

Daryl has travelled globally to volunteer in countries such as Peru, Nicaragua and throughout Africa working with Canada World Youth (CWY) first as a participant, then an intern and employee. In 2022, Daryl led a fourth delegation of youth from his nation and CWY at the United Nations World Conference of Indigenous Peoples and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Rights. He attended the Young Global Diplomat Forum in London England in 2019.

He now dedicates much of this time to working locally with Stoney Nakoda youth and youth throughout the Bow Valley. He is a teacher of traditional art and dance, the co-founder of the Stoney Nakoda Youth Council, group leader for the Project Nakoda Outdoor Wilderness Experience (NOWE), and co-convener of the Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Decade of Water Summit. Daryl’s particular area of focus and expertise is in relationship with Truth and Reconciliation in the Bow Valley.

Photos: Daryl Kootenay (courtesy of Howl); hands in a circle (Hannah Busing/Unsplash)