All across the country, Canadians will celebrate National Aboriginal Day on Sunday.
In Saskatoon, the University of Saskatchewan will celebrate the day with a lineup of dignitaries and entertainers.
It will also be marking the 55th anniversary of the Aboriginal right to vote.
University spokesperson Candace Wasacase-Lafferty says the day is about celebrating Aboriginal people.
“We’ve had smaller National Aboriginal Days on campus in the past,” she says. “Due to the time of the year, we don’t have a ton of student traffic flow. But we’ve always shared the message that National Aboriginal Day is a day of peace, a day of education.”
The university celebrations will end with a round dance around 4 pm.
A National Aboriginal Day Community Prayer Service will be held at 3 pm at Saskatoon’s St. John’s Cathedral.
There are at least four other National Aboriginal Day events in the city.
Festivities have been scheduled in several other Saskatchewan communities, including Prince Albert, Nipawin, Lloydminster, Sandy Bay and Buffalo Narrows.
National Aboriginal Day was started in 1996 after being first proposed by a national conference called The Sacred Assembly chaired by the late Elijah Harper.