Little Bone First Nation happy to open new community centre [Video]

Little Bone First Nation, Sask. –

After years of planning, people of Little Bone First Nation are celebrating their new multi-purpose community centre.

Located 20 minutes outside of Yorkton, Little Bone is a reserve under Zagime Anishinabek First Nation, along with Minoahchak, Shesheep, and Sakimay First Nations.

“They’ve never had a community centre,” expressed Chief Lynn Acoose of Zagime Anishinabek First Nation.

“That means a lot of the family knowledge, the traditional knowledge, their history, doesn’t get transmitted from the elders to the children so this will help with that.”

Little Bone First Nation celebrated their new multi-purpose community centre on Friday. (Sierra D’Souza Butts / CTV News) The Chief Little Bone Community Centre will provide a space for cultural gatherings, public events, outdoor recreation space, as well opportunities for health care services.

“It will improve the health of the people. There’s less of a sense of isolation and there’s more opportunities for them to take …