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Gathering at Buffalo Child Stone (Mistasiniy), a 400-tonne glacial boulder and sacred site, in 1966. Elder Wilfred Tootoosis in background with headdress. In December, 1966 it was dynamited by the Saskatchewan government prior to the damming of the South Society…
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…Saskatchewan River in 1967 and the formation of Lake Diefenbaker. Pieces of the rock were retrieved for a cairn at Elbow, Sask., marking tribute to the Plains Cree culture associated with the rock. Other remnants of Buffalo Child Stone…
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…were taken to Chief Poundmaker’s grave just outside of Cut Knife, Sask. #indigenoushistorymonth © Saskatchewan Archeological Society