Many enjoyed some time with friends and family over this long weekend, including one group of Indigenous activists who are trying to make change through the use of traditional arts.
Catherine Verrall published the cookbook Every Bite Affects the World in 2014 to encourage others to consider the connections between food, climate, and communities, both locally and abroad.
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.