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Multi-periodSite Name: Nipawin Medicine Wheel Reconciliation Park Alternative Name: Nipawin Hydro Electric Station, Nipawin Reconciliation Medicine WheelCountry: Canada Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nipawin, Saskatechewan Nearest Village: White Fox, Saskatchewan
Latitude: 53.323611N Longitude: 104.041667W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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This honours 7,500 years of history at the site, the treaty land in the northeast and the teaching of the medicine wheel - a permanent reminder of the path towards truth and reconciliation.
The four aspects of the display are an area describing the significance of the wheel, an acknowledgement of Treaty 6 lands, the artifacts found at the site by archaeologists and a timeline of events.
An event unveiling the medicine wheel featured an honour song sung by Trevor Cheekinew and Hume Mirasty. Sharon Meyere joined the event to teach about the medicine wheel. Students at Wagner School did a hoop dance.
Reconciliation Nipawin’s Denise Blomquist told northeastNOW that the planning process for this started in 2018.
“We started with history. We started talking to archeologists who did the digs at the Nipawin Hydroelectric Station before the dam was built.”
By contacting the University of Saskatchewan who carried out the dig, they discovered the articles and a timeline of the area.
With 5,000 years of Indigenous history now at the group’s fingertips, Blomquist explained they began figuring out how they wanted to share this history.
“We wanted to somehow make that into something that we could display. We had the idea to contact SaskPower and see if they wanted to partner with us.”
SaskPower not only partnered with the group but paid for the sign.
Blomquist said that this project is another step toward the continuous work that the group has planned and will continue to do in the future.
“We just wanted to bring attention to the ongoing legacy and make sure people have access to participate in reconciliation.”
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