The Melfort and District Museum has an entire
building dedicated to our Indigenous Peoples.
ANCESTORS
OF THIS PLACE
We acknowledge we are on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis.
We pay respect to the Indigenous Peoples and Métis, ancestors of this place and
reaffirm our relationship with one another.
Melfort & District Museum
401 Melfort Street, Melfort SK 306 752 5870
melfort.museum2@sasktel.net
melfort.museum@sasktel.net
We acknowledge we are on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis.
We pay respect to the
Indigenous Peoples and Métis, ancestors of this place and reaffirm our
relationship with one another.
Researchers have found evidence of human life in
this area going back 10,000 to 11,000 years
Your visit will
include the
Indigenous Peoples
Archaeology
Building
There is evidence that Chief Kinistin, who was at
one time a headman for Chief Yellow Quill of the
Saulteaux people who previously lived in northern
Ontario and then Manitoba, was a brother of James
Smith, of what is generally referred to as a Cree
nation.
Your visit to this very special
exhibit is well worth it.
The Indigenous Peoples Archaeology Building
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of this place
