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4) "Always Read the Plaque: The History of Meewasin’s Logo with Filmmaker Devon Rumpel" by @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/08/17/h...

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Always Read the Plaque: The History of Meewasin's Logo with Filmmaker Devon Rumpel
Jessica DeWitt interviews filmmaker Devon Rumpel about A Vision for the Valley, exploring the design history and legacy of Saskatoon's iconic Meewasin logo.
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October 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Must-read report from @heritagesask.bsky.social and Museums Association of Saskatchewan - "The Economic Case for Heritage in Saskatchewan - 7f2c5b73-9c67-4b14-81ca-a7356fae3605.filesusr.com/ugd/dd9388_b...

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Sask Heritage Coalition - The Economic Case for Heritage in Saskatchewan
October 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Call for Submissions – From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series

We are thrilled to announce the eighth year of our partnership with the @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social and Folklore magazine.

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Call for Submissions – From Coulees to Muskeg: A Saskatchewan Environmental History Series
We are thrilled to announce the eighth year of our partnership with the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society and Folklore magazine, a quarterly print magazine edited by Bethany Knowles, PhD Candi...
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October 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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ICYMI:

“As we mark the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6 and the Indian Act, I feel called to think about their impacts within the context of these buffalo and their eventual decimation.” - Sara Pilon

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askiy wahkohtowin: The Buffalo’s Home
Settler colonialism, Treaty 6, and the Indian Act decimated Redberry Lake's buffalo, replacing Indigenous land-sharing with settler-dominated property ownership.
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September 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Some more scenes from our Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society - @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social board gathering in and around Elbow and Lake Diefenbaker.

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August 31, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Today we have "askiy wahkohtowin: The Buffalo’s Home" by Sara Pilon

This post is part of the Treaty 6 at 150: Reading the Land, Reckoning the Past series with @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social

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askiy wahkohtowin: The Buffalo’s Home
Settler colonialism, Treaty 6, and the Indian Act decimated Redberry Lake's buffalo, replacing Indigenous land-sharing with settler-dominated property ownership.
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August 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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What's your favourite Saskatchewan saying?

Check out @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social's Leanne Tremblay and Kristin Enns-Kavanagh discuss this topic on The Morning Edition - Sask

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August 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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If you are looking for a place to dive into provincal sports history, the SK Sports HOF is it! Take a look at their AAGPBL exhibit 👀 They have a huge collection of Bonnie Baker and Arleene Noga artifacts!

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March 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Want proof that women have always belonged in the game?

Check out "Rule Breakers – Farm Girls in Baseball & The Saskatoon Pats."

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March 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"Today, paying attention to the wheat stem sawfly positions us to note how at least one solution to 1930s soil drift itself led to new problems." - @stundenbower.bsky.social

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Strip Farming and the Wheat Stem Sawfly on the Canadian Prairies, 1930s-1940s
Dust and grasshoppers dominated 1930s prairie agriculture, but wheat stem sawflies also impacted farming, complicating soil conservation and pest control efforts.
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July 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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"There is no meaningful pathway towards reconciliation in Saskatchewan that does not include bison/buffalo on public lands." - @fhisey.bsky.social, @chancefinegan.bsky.social, and Andrea Olive

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Bison Reintroduction as Reconciliation in Saskatchewan
Using the Prairie Pasture Conservation Areas for bison reintroduction provides the ability to affirmatively support reconciliation by renewing Indigenous/bison kinship ties while also returning the gr...
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June 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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4 "Drought" by Ken Mushka - niche-canada.org/2026/04/16/d...

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Drought
Ken Mushka recalls the 1988 drought: early hope fades into crop failure, financial stress, resilience, and an eventual life-changing shift away from farming.
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June 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Call for Papers – Treaty 6 at 150: Reading the Land, Reckoning the Past - edited by @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social

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Call for Papers - Treaty 6 at 150: Reading the Land, Reckoning the Past
To mark the 150th anniversary of Treaty Six (and the Indian Act), NiCHE and SHFS invite submissions that explore the environmental impact of Canada’s treaties in this particular region of the country.
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June 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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"Reservoir Modernity: Lake Diefenbaker and the Great Acceleration on the Prairies" by John W. Bessai is the third post in a series about Canada's Great Acceleration, published in collaboration with @activehist.bsky.social

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Reservoir Modernity: Lake Diefenbaker and the Great Acceleration on the Prairies
Lake Diefenbaker unified postwar engineering, agricultural expansion, ecological transformation, and colonial authority, embedding the Great Acceleration within a state-managed prairie watershed.
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May 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Excellent short documentary by Devon Rumpel on the history of Saskatoon's Meewasin Valley Authority's logo.

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A Vision For The Valley: The Untold Story of the Meewasin Logo
YouTube video by Devon Rumpel
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April 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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"Drought" by Ken Mushka is the latest article in our Coulees to Muskeg – A Saskatchewan Environmental History series, published in collaboration with @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social!

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Drought
Ken Mushka recalls the 1988 drought: early hope fades into crop failure, financial stress, resilience, and an eventual life-changing shift away from farming.
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April 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Call for Papers – Treaty 6 at 150: Reading the Land, Reckoning the Past

A NiCHE & @skhistoryfolklore.bsky.social series
Proposal Deadline: 30 June 2026
Series publication beginning in August 2026

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This plan depicts lands associated with Big River I.R. 118A (Canada Lands #06608). The lands depicted in this plan are associated with Big River First Nation. “854 CLSR SK. Plan, Indian Reserve No. 118A, Addition for Big River Indians of Reserve no. 118. Treaty 6, Saskatchewan. [cartographic material].” 1908. Library and Archives Canada.
April 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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"Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss" by Carmen Gilmore is the fourth post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with The Metropole - @urbanhistorya.bsky.social

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Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss
Volunteering revealed urban conservation’s failures as Saskatoon Grasslands lost biodiversity, accountability, and fescue prairie, prompting calls for memorialization and justice.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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"Farmers imported seeds to make the landscape feel more familiar, revealing transnational environmental links." - Cristina Wood

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Seeds, Roots, and Local Knowledge on the Prairies
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles on the 2018 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium. The symposium was held in Saskatchewan in early June and focused on the theme of...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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4) "'Bright Leaves of Cottonwoods Whirling Away': Plants, Place-Making, and Nostalgia in Folklore Magazine’s First Five Years" by Taryn Goff - niche-canada.org/2025/06/19/b...

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“Bright Leaves of Cottonwoods Whirling Away”: Plants, Place-Making, and Nostalgia in Folklore Magazine’s First Five Years
Folklore magazine’s early archives preserve rich plant-centered memories, evoking prairie life, seasonal change, settler survival, and complex cultural histories.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Today on our site Cheryl Troupe introduces us to her new book, Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community ( @umanitobapress.bsky.social 2025)

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New Book - Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community
Putting Down Roots explores Métis women’s land-based labour and resilience in Qu’Appelle road allowance communities amid colonial displacement.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Many don't know that Saskatchewan was a hub of alternative energy research and development in the 1970s.

Read "A Family Affair: Alternative Energy Research in 1970s Saskatchewan" by Justin Fisher

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August 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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"People have been telling stories about renewable energy since the nineteen-seventies..."

Yes! Read Justin Fisher on Saskatchewan's role in this history, "A Family Affair: Alternative Energy Research in 1970s Saskatchewan" - niche-canada.org/2023/11/09/a...

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July 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Today we have the latest in our series marking the 50th anniversary of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, "'Unjust and disastrous': The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Viewed from Saskatchewan" by Justin Fisher

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"Unjust and disastrous": The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry Viewed from Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan activists opposed northern energy projects, supported Dene land rights, and saw the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry as a hopeful model for resistance.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#WomensHistoryMonth Reading

In "Women and the Prairies Landscape," @erinspinney.bsky.social takes us back to our CHESS 2018 adventures.

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Women and the Prairies Landscape
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles on the 2018 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium. The symposium was held in Saskatchewan in early June and focused on the theme of...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM