Saskatchewan’s Wanuskewin Heritage Park has gained a nationwide tourism award as Canada’s prime Indigenous tourism vacation spot.
The award was one among many offered on the Tourism Business Affiliation of Canada annual awards night time. That is the third time Wanuskewin has gained the ITAC Indigenous Tourism Award, having additionally been honoured in 2016, and in 2019.
The award was based mostly on a number of components together with cultural sustainability, financial affect, and the standard of tourism experiences.
“We’re deeply honoured to have been chosen for this award,” Darlene Brander CEO of Wanuskewin Heritage Park stated in a press launch. “I learn about lots of the unimaginable Indigenous tourism experiences our province has to supply, not to mention all the nation, and it actually humbles us to be chosen amongst our friends.”
An ariel view of the Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
Courtesy of Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Wanuskewin is situated on Treaty Six territory and may be discovered simply outdoors Saskatoon. The park options over seven kilometres of mountaineering trails, exhibit halls, and convention and occasion area together with a restaurant, artwork galleries and present store.
The park is presently on the tentative listing for UNESCO World Heritage Standing and, if profitable, will change into the primary UNESCO website in Saskatchewan’s historical past.
The park has been a part of Saskatchewan’s panorama for over 30 years.
“This lovely place is for all peoples to return and share in appreciation and celebration of Northern Plains Indigenous cultures, because it has been for over 6,400 years,” Brander stated.
Wanuskewin was additionally chosen as a finalist within the class of the Culinary Occasion of the Yr, though it didn’t win.
The nomination was for the Han Wi Moon Dinner, which is an annual collection of dinners, held in August and facilitated by Indigenous chef Jenni Lessard.
The dinners function a 3 course meal foraged from the land and served on an historical bison soar. Earlier than the meal, company are entertained with tales and a theatre efficiency that takes place alongside the banks of the South Saskatchewan River.
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