South Saskatchewan River

I. Introduction Just north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wanus kewin Heritage Park provides a window into the past of the plains. For the past 30 some years, there have been continual excavations done and several archaeological discoveries made on this land. Since 2010, Wolf Willow with a Borden designation of FbNp-26 has been the site of the excavations, where a ten metre by eleven-metre hole was dug and methodically excavated by archaeology students from the University of Saskatchewan. This report will highlight the seventh and final year of exaction at Wolf Willow FbNp-26, focusing in on the finds of unit 26S 16E. The summer field school from the department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan runs for six weeks through May and June and is a primary source of excavators for archaeology at Wanuskewin. Lead by Dr. Ernie Walker, with the help of Dr. Glenn Stuart and Devon Lawson, students applied the knowledge of the land from previous years’ excavations to their own to better interpret the past events, both geological and…

one of the largest of the largest groups in North America, with over 200,000 members and counting. Canada has over 135 registered bands. Intertribal marriage is to be blamed for such a large population. The language they speak is known as Algonquian, a subfamily of Native American languages. The Cree are tied together through their culture and that is of great significance to them and has survived through many years and hardships. At a time, the Cree were also found in the United States. They…

information that Chief Spence decided to decline a meeting with Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan because in her opinion, "he is not the one who should be speaking on a nation-to-nation level". Thus, she purposefully wanted to force the Premier Minister to meet. Also, СBC has published articles about people who endorsed Theresa Spence's hunger strike. One of them talks about the Regina group that started fasting in support of First Nations Chief. One of the members of this group, Shawna…

Despite opposition from the Orange Lodge of Ontario, the lodge which Thomas Scott had been a member of, had delegated an agreement with the Canadian government to make the Manitoba Act. It gave them 1.4 million acres or 566,560 hectares of land. Louis work to the maxs to get what he wanted to earn rights for the Metis.The Manitoba Act of 1870 provided the confirmation of Manitoba as Canada's fifth province. It marked the legal resolution of the struggle for self-determination between people of…

Being popular in high school can truly be a struggle. Mean Girls is a teen comedy film loosely based on the self-help book titled Queen Bees and Wannabes. The main character is a high school student named Cady that just moved from Africa and has been homeschooled her whole life. The American culture and society she is introduced to is embodied by the Plastics, who are the most popular girls at North Shore High: Regina, Gretchen, and Karen. Mean Girls criticizes the idea that women can only be…

Louis Riel was an important leadership figure of the nineteenth century. At this time in history, the fundaments of Canada were being set in motion. Riel, born of a religious nature, attended a priest school in St. Boniface until his father’s death in 1864. He then returned to Red River, his childhood home to support his family, and widowed mother. Two years later, in 1866, Hudson's Bay Company was under pressure to sell Rupert’s land to the government of Canada. This vast area included the red…

Aboriginal culture plays a very large role in the province of Saskatchewan. There are the Metis people, the non-status indian groups, and many others scattered not only throughout the province, but the entire country. With many Aboriginal cultures come many symbols, some of which may mean something different to each aboriginal group. One symbol that has been found scattered across Saskatchewan and can have multiple meanings is the Medicine wheel. Through history the meanings may have been…

Situation analysis of Saskatchewan polytechnic By Ronak Rajput (000404037) Situation Analysis: Saskpolytech is an instructive organization situated in Saskatchewan. It has 4 campuses in Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon. The head office is in Saskatoon. Currently, Saskpolytech needs more international students to get more success and to compete different education institutions. This is because Saskpolytech is in different province and weather and job ratio affects…

Canada, 2015). After exploring different political parties federally in Canada, I found that there was no federal political party that truly represented my small “p” values. I began searching provincial parties that could better align with my views, the party I found that aligns best with my views was the Saskatchewan Party. The Saskatchewan Party is provincial political party in the province of Saskatchewan. The party was established by a coalition of former provincial Progressive…

with the name first, but it surely does fit our feelings for the town. Growing up in Tillamook, I start to notice more and more of the horrifying damage the rain water and rivers do to our town. According to the Tillamook County Department of Community Development, "DO NOT ENTER FLOOD WATER!" flood…