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.
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.
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.
Summer: Bison Hunting
Fall: Caribou 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.

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.
Changing World