Author of the article: Jennifer Ackerman
Publishing date: Jun 24, 2021 • 14 hours ago • 2 minute read • Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway stands on Dewdney Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan on June 24, 2021. Behind her, a piece of her art hangs on a light post one of a number that can be seen along the avenue. The art is part of what s called the Buffalo Banner Project, which included BigEagle-Kequahtooway providing workshops focused on sharing Indigenous knowledge and historical education on the buffalo, and the impacts of colonization on Plains Indigenous people. Participants from community groups, schools and local artists created buffalo-themed artwork and select pieces were chosen for the banners, which are meant to be displayed annually. The effort seeks to bring attention to the proposed renaming of Dewdney Avenue. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-Post
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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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