The Buffalo People Arts Institute hosted a Tatanga Day Festival and Powwow on Monday, at Regina’s Buffalo Meadows Park.
The event was an opportunity for folks to celebrate and acknowledge Indigenous history on July 1st.
Festivities kicked off with a pipe ceremony and a tipi raising, beginning bright and early in the morning.
“It’s about coming together being together with people who wanna celebrate the Indigenous culture,” Buffalo People Arts Institute co-founder Lorne Kequahtooway explained.
“You know it goes hand-in-hand with the celebrations of Canada Day, which are at another place in the city here and that’s fine. People can go to both. We all walk on this land. We all share this land. It’s just our way of celebrating our culture.”
Throughout the day, activities such as face painting, storytelling, a feast, and performances were …