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First Nations Gallery

Tansi kwak keeyo. Welcome.

This gallery offers a dramatic view of the history and traditions of Indigenous societies that live in Saskatchewan. See First Nations artwork and learn about their relationship with the land over the past 10,000 years.

The Tipi

Wi-sa-ke-cahk

Tipis


Community

A community is made up of many different members. For Indigenous peoples, Earth as community is made up of many different beings that include rock, plants, animals, and humans. Humans are a part of that community; they are not above it or outside it.

First Nations Gallery Dancer

Working Together

Time Well Spent


Yearly Circle

Throughout the year many kinds of berries and other plants could be found in different locations, along with the animals that fed on them. People that followed this cycle of food gathering were participating a "seasonal round" of nomadic camping across different landscapes.

Bison Hunting

Summer: Bison Hunting

Fall: Caribou Hunting

Moose Hunting

Winter: Moose Hunting

Spring: Fishing


We Are All Treaty People

See the living and breathing promises of Treaty 4 from a unique view point -- that of the Indigenous peoples who signed the original document.

Treaty 4 Pictograph
Left | A page from Treaty 4. "Entered into between the Government of Canada and Indian Tribes at Fort Qu'Appelle, Library and Archives Canada. Right | A section of the Chief Paskwa Pictograph. It is the only known document in Canada showing the terms of a treaty from an Indigenous perspective.

Indigenous Perspective


Trades, Treaties and Today

The treaties signed in Saskatchewan during the late 1800s and early 1900s were a response by both Indigenous peoples and the federal government to significant changes taking place in western Canada.

Trapping

Changing World

 

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The Royal Saskatchewan Museum and T.rex Discovery Centre are situated on Treaty 4 territory, the ancestral and traditional territory of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. We respect and honour the Treaties that were made on all territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we are committed to moving forward in partnership with Indigenous Nations in the spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.