'We can all move forward': Name change of pool, park symbolizes step towards reconciliation

The newly renamed Buffalo Meadows Pool on June 17, 2021. (Mattea Columpsi/980 CJME)
In his mother tongue, Brad Bellegarde welcomed those in attendance to the Buffalo Meadows Park and Buffalo Meadows Pool renaming ceremony Thursday.
“It is a step towards having a dialogue based on reconciliation,” said Bellegarde, the City of Regina’s cultural diversity and Indigenous relations adviser.
For many years, the recreational area was named after Edgar Dewdney, a historical figure with harmful ties to the Indigenous Peoples.
The name Buffalo Meadows was chosen as a reference to the history of the land and the importance of the buffalo to the First Nations people who lived in the grasslands, travelling and following the animal.

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