Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society

Things We Say in SK, Place Names Edition! Today's skill-testing question: Where is the "Midway Town?" Hint: If you like coffee, you'll like going there.

The SHFS Board: We're here to chew bubblegum and get stuff done for heritage. And we're aaaaaall outta bubblegum. #boardmeetings

We are so excited to be part of this work with Heritage Saskatchewan!

This is what you wear when you're Olive Diefenbaker and it's between 1957 and 1963 and you've just gotten a new dressing gown. Fashion Friday! Just one of the many images you can find on the MemorySask Website of the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists! https://memorysask.ca/olive-diefenbaker-modeling-gown

Women Working on Wednesdays! Courtesy of the U of S's site At Work: Historical Images of Labour in Saskatchewan. Waitresses serving customers at an unidentified restaurant, probably in Saskatoon, September 1981. Anyone recognize the restaurant or the people in the photo? http://digital.scaa.sk.ca/gallery/labour/search.html... Saskatchewan Archives Board, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Fonds, Saskatoon Office Photograph Collection, S-SP-A17326-21.

Ever wanted to watch a artist go about their daily creative life? Streaming live right now! From the Wanuskewin Heritage Park Youtube page: "Artist Curtis Peeteetuce will be doing a quarantine within a quarantine, by spending two weeks at Wanuskewin doing his artist in residency. He will be painting, writing, performing and connecting with the public, showing his process and exploring creative process during a self imposed lock down. Dec 7, 2020 - Dec 21, 2020. Curtis is a ...visual artists as well as a performer and playwright. Curtis hails from the Beardy's Okemasis First Nation in Treaty 6 territory and is best known for his Rez Christmas series through the Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre." See more

This past Monday (November 16th) was Louis Riel Day! Check out this video from the Gabriel Dumont Institute celebrating Louis Riel and Métis Veterans.

Congrats to the Western Development Museum!

Things We Say in SK! We're not all able to stay at home, but if you can, Just Stay Home and practice your Cree! sôskwâc ayapik : Just Stay Home! (all dialects) Courtesy of the Cree Literacy Network (https://creeliteracy.org/).

I know we say this every month, but there are seriously some amazing things to do in this edition of the Saskatchewan Archaeological Society E-Voice. I'm partial to the workshop on making tea-towels using block printing, myself.

From the article by Scott Larson: "For many, this week's blizzard in Saskatchewan may have brought back memories of the 2007 snowstorm that paralyzed much of the province. For historian Bill Waiser, the wintry blast hearkened back to major snowstorms of more than a century ago. The Nov. 5, 1906, storm that blasted through the province was one of the worst in Saskatchewan's history, Waiser told Saskatoon Morning host Leisha Grebinski Tuesday."... https://www.cbc.ca//bill-waiser-saskatchewan-snowstorm-190

Okay how about this (with thanks to a tweet from the University Archives & Special Collections for the original post)? School songs! Things we Say in SK! http://digital.scaa.sk.ca/gallery/uofs_students/index.php

Dan Zakreski tells the story of how "notorious drummer Keith Moon laid waste to Holiday House on 8th St. E."

Staying warm, turn-of-the-last-century style, in Arcola SK. Clockwise from top left: Gina Banforth (December 1917), Eva Florence Gibson wearing mitts, Mrs. Henry (1904), three girls posing with large furs, the Howy girls (1910s). #Fashionfriday Adrian Paton Photo Collection.

From the original post: SACHM Friends and Family, please join us in sending a huge thank you to Creative Saskatchewan for providing the funding that made it possible to publish the French edition of Li'l Shadd, Ti-Shadd. SACHM is so thankful for the continued support of our community partners, Thank you! creativesask

A little bit of creepy plague doctor mask history for your Halloween Saturday, courtesy of our favorite Youtube costume historian, Bernadette Banner. Get your masks ready and have a safe and Covid-friendly Halloween!

We were at this event :)

What a great story! With thanks to Kevin Whatley for the heads-up!

Fashion Friday! What is your all-time favorite homemade Halloween costume? Covid-Friendly Witch mask and hat under construction, 2020.

We updated our cover photo! Because we're worth it. (and also because we had to update our funder logo :))

Who can finish this sentence? :) "Strong like bull..." Things We Say in SK! ... Pokal's oxen. Hungarian names: Bondi, Yomber, Celoy, and Fitzkow - meaning: Valentine, Quiet, Frisky, and Rascal. Mildred (north of Spiritwood), August 1940. Everett Baker Slides.

It's time! It's time! It's time for another post from our "people stories' blog! This week: Connie Sykes "walks" us through her time on the Fort Walsh-Wood Mountain trail. #hiking #trails #pilgrimage #localhist #ruralhist #skhist #prairiehistory #cdnhist #sk #canada #history

Exciting new storytelling for the pandemic era!

YES. Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Check out the work of the current Edmonton Historian Laureate, filmmaker Amber Paquette, or the work of past Laureates such as the Let's Find Out Podcast by Chris Chang-Yen Phillips or Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail's work on the Charles Camsell Hospital: https://www.edmonton.ca//city/past-historian-laureate.aspx... Merle Massie McGowan

All right, I haven't heard this one in SK, but maybe someone else has? "Nest low, no snow" ...in relation to wasps. Anyone heard this one? ... Things we (May) Say in SK! :) Wasp's nest in SK, 2008. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Childhood memories of growing up in Prince Albert and rural Saskatchewan...

Exciting news from SACHM! "SACHM is pleased to announce the release of the French edition of our children’s book Li’l Shadd. Please join members of the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum - SACHM in celebrating this exciting and unprecedented project." Read the press release: https://shfsformsstorage.files.wordpress.com//press-releas

This is what you wear when it's 1963 and you're at a sophisticated party and your photo will eventually wind up in the John. G. Diefenbaker fonds at the University of Saskatchewan Archives & Special Collections (Reference Code JGD/MG01/XVII/Slide722). Fashion Friday! Just one of the photos you can find on the new Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists MemorySask website! Go here to see more: https://memorysask.ca/two-unknown-women-on-couch