Saugeen First Nation | Phone: 519-797-2781 | Address: 6 Cameron Drive, Southampton, ON N0H 2L0

Saugeen First Nation | Phone: 519-797-2781 | Address: 6 Cameron Drive, Southampton, ON N0H 2L0

Amphitheatre Restoration Project

Gzhe-Mnidoo Gi-Ta-Gaan – Saugeen First Nation Creator’s Garden

Your support can help breathe new life into places that hold history, culture, and meaning for generations. By donating to our restoration project, you’re not just funding repairs — you’re preserving stories, protecting heritage, and creating spaces where communities can gather, reflect, and thrive. Every contribution, big or small, helps safeguard these irreplaceable landmarks for the future, ensuring that the past remains a visible, living part of our shared landscape. Join us in honouring history and building a legacy worth passing on.

Contact us today to make a difference.
Brittany.roote@saugeen.org | 519.797.2781 ext 1501

Financial contributions can be sent via e-transfer to, donations@saugeen.org

Want to make a in-kind donation to the Amphitheatre, click here.

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Corporate Sponsorship Community Sponsorship – $1000 minimum
All contribution will be recognized on a billboard sign on site during the construction of the project as well as on our website and social media platforms & during any media events, acknowledging your role in bringing this vision to life.
Platinum Sponsor- $100,000 (only 2 available)
Gold Sponsor- $50,000 (only 4 3 available)
Silver Sponsor- $25,000 (only 6 available)
Bronze Sponsor-$15,000 and under
Saugeen community members are invited to contribute to this project in a meaningful way. By donating a minimum of$1000, you can dedicate a stone to someone in your family with a special engraving of your choice.

Saugeen First Nation Volunteer Waiver and Release of Liability
One-Day Amphitheatre Project Participation

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at the Amphitheatre. We are limited to two (2) volunteers/day and it is subject to availability. Once the form is completed you will be contacted. 

Thank you for volunteering your time and energy to support the restoration of the Amphitheatre at Saugeen First Nation ("Saugeen"). To ensure everyone's safety and clarity regarding responsibilities, please read and sign the following waiver:

Acknowledgement or Risk and Responsibility

I acknowledge that I am voluntarily participating in the Amphitheatre Project at Saugeen for the above-mentioned date (the "Event"). I understand that this work may involve physical labor, the use of tools, and being present in an active work environment. I agree to provide my own personal protective equipment ("PPE") and will be required at all times to wear PPE including:

  • High-visibility vest or clothing
  • Work boots
  • Safety glasses

I acknowledge that failure to wear the above required PPE may result in my being asked to leave the site of the Event.

Waiver and Release of Liability

In consideration of being allowed to participate, I agree to participate in the Event at my own risk and release and hold harmless Saugeen, all its employees, leadership, affiliated parties or representatives from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, damages, losses, costs or expenses of any nature or kind, including from injuries or damages sustained by me during or after my participation in the Event, whether in law or in equity that I may have against Saugeen, or its successors or assigns, unless wholly unrelated to this waiver or my participation in the Event.

Medical Treatment

I authorize any necessary medical treatment in the event of an emergency and understand that I am responsible for all associated costs.

General

I affirm that I am participating in the Event voluntarily and will not be remunerated for my participation in the Event. I have read this waiver and understand all its content. I am eighteen (18) years of age or older, or if under eighteen (18), have obtained the required consent from a parent or legal guardian.

The Seven Grandfather Teachings are the ancient Anishinaabe/Midewiwin Ethics of proper behaviour and conduct or ‘the good way of life’. These teachings are linked to the lands that were for thousands of years the source of life for the Anishinaabeg peoples who gathered foods, medicines and materials from the forest.

The Gardens offer multiple types of experiences and the potential for varied programming. Seven landscape ‘rooms’ are created moving from east to west with each room celebrating one of the Seven Grandfather teachings with custom stone inlays relevant to the specific teaching. Signage in Anishinaabemowin indicated the name of each teaching and is accompanied by interpretive signage explaining the significance of the teachings and their relationship to the garden and plant design.

These outdoor ‘rooms’ offer unencumbered vires to the river valley and provide seating as well as culturally-significant elements like fire, water and medicines. The gathering places vary in size, with appropriately sized spaces for different ceremonies and public events.

A healthy and thriving landscape is necessary for the good of all beings whether they come from the human, animal, plant or spiritual realm. The Garden’s emphasis is on medicine knowledge and land-based learning through interpretation and story-telling across the site. This emphasis heightens the potential for future programming based around medicine knowledge from a health, healing and horticultural perspective.

A revitalization approach will be applied throughout the GZHE-MNIDOO GI-TA-GAAN (Creator’s Garden). The approach takes time, as soil health is restored and the plants and animals that are native to the region are invited back to the land. The introduction of shrubs and trees help create a suitable environment for the growth of native Ontario plant species. Initial plantings include ground covers that require less shade combined with planting of a variety of trees that will ultimately support a wider range of plantings and medicine.

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