September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

This September 30th, we welcome you to be present and learn about the lasting Residential School Legacy, and how we move forward in harmony. Join us for a day of reflection, learning, and honoring

Wanuskewin is honoring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

This September 30th, we welcome you to be present and learn about the lasting Residential School Legacy, and how we move forward in harmony.

• We will be opening space for Truth, and healing, as you cannot move to understanding and Reconciliation without people’s truths being told and heard.
• And space for honoring indigenous cultures being alive, shared, and passed down for generations, being together in the spirit of reconciliation.

Admission will be BY DONATION

Location: Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

• 10:00 a.m. – Site Open
• 10:10 a.m. – Opening Prayer and Honour Song with Maria & Teedly Linklater  (paskwāw Round) 
• 10:30 a.m. – Words of Reflection and Storytelling with Maria Linklater (paskwāw Round)
  • • • (*Discussions related to Residential Schools, trauma, systems, and personal experiences.)
  • Hide Tanning Teachings & Fire in Tipi Village with Elissa Brown & Family – 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Tipi Village – moved inside if inclement weather)
  • Indigenous Artisan Market open for the day (Main Visitor Centre)
  • And:
    • drop-in orange shirt pin beading station with Kandis Capulet  (Greg Gallery)
    • Ledger Artist Wakeah Jhane (Greg Gallery)
    • drop-in activities in the Exhibits spaces (People of the Northern Plains Hall)
    • scavenger hunts (Full Site)
    • trail reflection walk (opimihāw Valley)
    • quiet sitting areas (indoors and outdoors  – fire pits lit in Tipi Village and Bison Viewing Platform – weather pending)
• 11:00 a.m. –Walks First Song & Dance Presents “Reclamation” a showcase of indigenous youth (45 min presentation) (paskwāw Round) 
• 11:00 a.m. – Gallery tour with our Gallery Assistant Erica McMaster  (Olivia Gallery) 
• 11:15 a.m. – Traditional Games with Brooklyn Neveu (45 min Drop-In) (Circle Area) 
• 12:00 p.m. – Jordan Daniels – fiddle presentation and stories (45 min) (paskwāw Round)
• 12:15 p.m. – Tipi Teachings – (45 min) (Circle Area) 
• 1:00 p.m. – Keynote Speaker  – Saskatoon Sâkâstêw Horse “Intergenerational Healing Our Gut” (45-60 min) (paskwāw Round)
  
• 2:00 p.m. – Gallery tour with our Gallery Assistant Erica McMaster  (Olivia Gallery)
• 2:15 p.m. – Learn to Red River Jig – with Amy Seesequasis & Jordan Daniels on Fiddle (45 min) (paskwāw Round)
• 3:00 p.m. – Wanuskewin Dance Troupe – powwow dance presentation & Drumming (30 min)  (paskwāw Round)
• 3:30 p.m. – Round Dance to end the day!  with Kandis Capulet & Elmer Tootoosis on drum – (Circle Area) 
• 4:00 p.m. – ALL ACTIVITIES & PRESENTATIONS END
  • Thank you for coming today to listen, learn, reflect, and connect

Gift Shop will be open 10-4:30
Restaurant will be open 11-4 with limited menu options

Self reflection time available on-site with our exhibits, art galleries, playground, and self guided walks on any of the over 6km of trails.

What is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?

The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Saskatoon Survivors Circle supports Wanuskewin.

Thank you to Nutrien for their generous support of this gathering day.

This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.

and thank you to Sask Writers Guild for connecting us all with the Keynote Speaker for this day.