Replenish: A Gathering For Indigenous Climate, Water, and Land Defenders

Name: Replenish: A Gathering For Indigenous Climate, Water, and Land Defenders
Start: 2026-10-07
End: 2026-10-11
Location: Traditional territories of the Klahoose, Tla’amin, and Homalco Nations (Cortes Island, BC)

With Hollyhock Leadership Institute and Kim Haxton

October 7 - 11, 2026

Replenish: A Gathering For Indigenous Climate, Water, and Land Defenders 2026 is a five-day invitation-only, Indigenous-led gathering to seek and find pathways that bring healing, inspiration, connection, and collaboration to Indigenous knowledge keepers including Elders, land, water, climate defenders, and young change-makers from across Turtle Island and parts of the Global South.

This gathering is committed to solutions centered on the voices, needs, and leadership of Indigenous folk who have been disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis.

The gathering is being shaped with great intention and care by Kim Haxton (IndigenEYEZ) and advised by Indigenous leaders and partners.

It will be guided by the four principles of recognition, respect, reciprocity, and responsibility. The event is a small but important step in Hollyhock’s journey to right relations and a progression of our climate work. Relationships take time, trust, and dedication to build.

Kim Haxton will guide and create a caring container for this gathering through her deep knowledge of healing, decolonizing, and connecting to land by focusing on the Seven Salves for Healing.

The Seven Salves for Healing are:

Singing
Dancing
Story telling
Connection to nature
Prayer/meditation
Laughter
Food

This medicine will begin to:

Strengthen connections with land, water, people, and nature through ceremony
Foster pathways based on Indigenous values and practices to build relationships and alliances between individuals and Nations
Inspire, regenerate, and offer rest to the spirits of those who work tirelessly to protect and restore planetary health and community well-being
Create tools to bring back to others to offer security and enhanced capacity for community care

The Hollyhock Leadership Institute sits on the traditional territories of the Klahoose, Tla’amin, and Homalco Nations. We are committed to renewing our relationships with Indigenous communities on whose territories we are uninvited guests.

Schedule

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Terms & Conditions

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About the Presenters

Kim Haxton

Kim Haxton (Potowatomi) is from the Wasauksing First Nation in Ontario. She has worked across Turtle Island and abroad in various capacities but always with a focus on local leadership.

Her deep understanding of the need for genuine restoration has far-reaching implications as leaders seek vision and all people seek direction to address the mounting pressure of a system incongruous with the values of the natural world. Kim has developed and facilitated programs in land-based education and leadership for the past 20 years, including as co-founder of Indigeneyez

She takes her place among thought leaders in decolonization, particularly as it applies to language, art, economics and gender. She encourages the “lateral liberation” of consciousness by drawing from the embodied knowledge of Indigenous peoples. In multi-day workshops, she moves people through a personal process of questioning what is the truth and what is simply constructed – effectively rupturing what we “know.” True expression of respect, harmony, inclusion, equity can come from this place.

Kim is co-founder of IndigenEYEZ.

About IndigenEYEZ

With a focus on youth, IndigenEYEZ has hosted over 30 successful youth camps impacting Indigenous youth from all over the lower mainland and interior of BC. This important work brought with it the realization that youth leave camps feeling uplifted and empowered, but often return to communities where they lack this level of support. In an effort to strengthen the circle around youth, IndigenEYEZ has gradually expanded our programs to include workshops for building community capacity.

Today, IndigenEYEZ has grown into a movement that has touched thousands of people across BC. We offer a range of programs developed and delivered through an Indigenous lens to instill confidence, communication skills, and effective group dynamics. We focus on empathy, teamwork, and creativity—tools that are helping Indigenous peoples embrace ancestral gifts, exercise our voices, and come together for positive change.

Hollyhock Leadership Institute

Hollyhock’s renowned conferences help to resolve the leadership deficits of the modern world. These cross-sectoral and multi-generational gatherings work to support and catalyze progressive leaders through strengthening skills, expanding capacity, and building peer-to-peer networks and knowledge.

Tackling the largest issues of our time and promoting social and environmental justice requires that we come together to not only learn hard skills and share lessons, but also to rejuvenate our passions and recharge. Joining our conferences opens up access to like-minded networks and community that support one another throughout the year.

Past conferences include: Social Venture Institute, Activate: Digital Leadership, Creating a Climate for Change, and Run for Office

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Location: Traditional territories of the Klahoose, Tla’amin, and Homalco Nations (Cortes Island, BC)

Address: 445 Highfield Rd, Strathcona B, BC V0P 0A1, Canada