Pow Wow Trail Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
Presents
Pow Wow Trail
2009

June 2009

June 19 - 21
Sakimay First Nations Contest Pow wow ……..Grenfell, SK…………….306 – 697 – 2831

June 19 – 21
Moosomin First Nations Pow wow ………N of North Battleford, Sk……306 – 386 – 2206

June 20
National Aboriginal Day Celebration…Friendship Pk, Saskatoon, SK…306 – 244 - 0174

June 21
Paspiwin 4th Annual Traditional Pow wow…..P.A. National Park………..306 - ­­663 – 4508

June 23 – 25
Sakicawasihk Contest Pow wow………N Battleford Civic Centre………306 – 446 – 3833


July 2009
July 3 – 4
Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Pow wow…Muskeg Lake First Nation, SK….306 – 466 - 7175

July 10 – 12
Kahkewistahaw Pow wow………Kahkewistahaw First Nation, SK……...306 – 696 - 3291

July 17 – 19
Onion Lake Contest Pow wow………Onion Lake First Nation, SK……...306 – 344 – 7225

July 18 – 19
Mistawasis Traditional Pow wow ………Near Leask, SK …………………306 – 466 – 4800

July 24 – 26
Thunderchild Pow wow ……………Thunderchild First Nation, SK……...306 – 845 – 4300

July 24 – 26
Carry the Kettle Pow wow ……….Sintaluta, SK……………………………..306 – 727 – 2135

July 23 – 28
Back to Batoche –Metis Days…………East of Rosthern, SK…………….306 – 343 – 8285

July 31 – August 2
Ocean Man First Nation Pow wow…….Near Stoughton, SK……………..306 – 457 – 2679


July 31 – August 2
Touchwood Agency T.C. Pow wow…Kawakatoose First Nation, SK…..306 – 835 - 2125

August

August 6 – 9
John Arcand’s 12th Annual Fiddle Festival…..W of Saskatoon, SK…….306 – 382 – 0111

August 7 – 9
Standing Buffalo Pow wow ………….Fort Qu Appelle, SK………………..306 – 332 – 4685

August 11 – 13
Cowessess Traditional Pow wow…….Cowessess First Nation………….306 – 696 – 2520

August 21 – 23
George Gordon First Nation Pow wow…..S of Punnichy, SK…………….306 – 835 – 2232








* these dates could change at any time, please call phone numbers provided before you depart for the Pow Wow
John Spyglass

Assiniboine Geneology Mosquito Grizzly Bears Head Lean Man First Nation

During the summer months in my childhood years, the whole family would start to plan the summer with trips to various locations in the province. One of the trips that the family would take is our annual visit to the Cypress Hills on a reserve called The Nekaneet First Nation. This reserve is not a big reserve but it is set in one of the most beautiful environments found anywhere in Saskatchewan and the world, complete with an ecosystem that could only be found in exotic countries.

My Kohkum Grandmother Agnes Starchief was born to Gilbert Mosquito and Wechiyan (Little Girl) in April 1897 in the Eagle Hills into a family of four boys and two girls.The oldest son, Herbert Fish moved to an Assiniboine Reserve in the United States called "Fort Belknap Indian Reservation" located in Montana. John Mosquito moved to the " Nekaneet First Nation" which is a small reserve located in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan, Adam Mosquito the youngest of the boys, lived on the "Mosquito GrizzlyBears Head Lean Man First Nation" all of his life, there was one more son but he accidently fell in a well and drowned as a teen. There were two girls born to Gilbert and Wicheyan and were the youngest of the family, they were Agnes Mosquito (Starchief) and Helen Mosquito (Sauve), Agnes married Peter Starchief at the age of 13 and Helen married Alex Sauve from North Battleford.

The Cypress Hills is a beautiful place to visit and we were fortunate to stay on the Nekaneet First Nation with my Kohkum's neices and nephews, who were more than happy to take us on tours within the park. I have many fond memories of the trips we used to take visiting relatives across the country.