The Caribou Club connects people with land-based teachings, traditional knowledge, and community through classes, overnighters, and workshops rooted in language and culture.
The mokalipuwok (caribou) inhabited Wolastokuk for thousands of years until the early 1900s. Although the land can no longer hold the caribou, it continues to hold caribou food and everything the people need to live good lives.
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Susan Sacobie and Gina Brooks founded Caribou Club in 2021, partnering first with Devon Middle School to get youth out onto the land. Students learned to split spruce root, prepare birch bark containers, harvest wintergreen tea, and much more.
Today, Caribou Club is a rapidly growing land-based educational site known for its teaching sugar bush, arts studios, off-grid technology, and health products made from locally harvested materials. In 2024, Caribou Club was selected for the JEDI Indigenous Business Incubator Program, registered as a non-profit, and formally partnered with the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick.
Everything we do is grounded in respect for the land, language, and the knowledge passed down through generations.
We offer a mix of in-person experiences so you can go deeper at your own pace.
Multi-day experiences on the land. Join guided activities, and connect with the rhythms of the season. Ideal for stepping out of the everyday and into land-based living.
Focused sessions on specific skills and teachings—from crafts and harvesting to language and story. Often a single day or half-day; some tie into overnighters.
Ongoing or multi-session learning on a theme. Build skills and relationships over time, with consistent mentors and a clear path from basics to deeper practice.
Our programs are rooted in the languages and traditional knowledge of this territory. We don’t treat language or culture as add-ons—they are how we understand the land, the skills, and our responsibilities.
The people who guide and steward the Caribou Club.
The board guides the direction and stewardship of The Caribou Club.
Wәlastәkwew storyteller and educator from Sitansisk. Former Schoodic Institute Artist in Residence; work featured in the Abbe Museum core exhibit People of First Light. Offers land-based teachings in her home community as part of the Nuhkmoss, Muhsoms, Naka Ni'il program.
Born in her Waponahki ancestors' homeland. Artist and healer; paintings featured by the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, and as cover art for Marjoree Beaucage's leave some for the birds. Shares her healing vision through art and recipes.
Writer and professor of colonial and settler colonial literatures in Menahkwesk. Research focuses on non-Indigenous responsibilities under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Collaborations with Gina featured in Journal of New Brunswick Studies, Arts Atlantic Symposia, and keynotes.
For questions about our classes, overnighters, or how to get involved, reach out through your member portal or the contact method you’ve been given.