yāhkaskwan mīhkiwap (aka light tipi) (2014-ongoing) is a performance-based artwork and event by celebrated multidisciplinary artist and singer/songwriter, Cheryl L’Hirondelle (Cree/Halfbreed; German/Polish). The work gathers artists and storytellers, participants and audience around a virtual tipi generated by beams of light cast into the night sky and made visible through the drifting smoke of burning sage bundles.
We welcome all to join to experience knowledge sharing in the form of storytelling and song, and an invitation to both learn and embody tipi pole teachings in this participatory event. An ongoing work by L’Hirondelle that has taken place in different cities and communities since 2014, yāhkaskwan mīhkiwap (aka light tipi) will be co-hosted with performer Anders Hunter (Îyârhe Nakoda) and invite participation from artists in residence and faculty in Banff Centre’s Toga da wôhnagabi: Music Creation Residency 2026.
Event Artists
Cheryl L’HirondelleBanff Centre: yāhkaskwan mīhkiwap (aka light tipi)
Date/Time
Friday, February 13, 2026
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Campus access road
107 Tunnel Mountain Dr
Banff, AB
Canada, T1L 1H5
Price
$0
Phone
403-762-6100
Website
https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/cheryl-lhirondelle/light-tipi?event_timestamp=2026-02-13T18:15:00
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