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Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Knight, Lindsay Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2022-2023 $19,997 To mentor and then host an itwewiniyiniwak("word people") storytelling gathering based on creation story(ies) of Treaty Six Territory, including contemporary/traditional rap, comedy, poetry and songwriting.
Friday, Tekeyla Webb — Share and Connect 2022-2023 $20,000 Create the Stop-Motion Animation short film Escape from Residential School by mentoring youth to help with the production, pass on my skills and build community.
Big River Metis Local #59 Big River — Share and Connect 2022-2023 $20,000 The project animates community through our stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward.
Aubichon, Holly Regina — Share and Connect 2022-2023 $2,000 Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events.
George Heese, Tracey Regina — Share and Connect 2022-2023 $10,000 The project will have three components; an artist residency, a 3 session workshop circles and exhibition of final pieces. For the personal residency, I will focus on on the creation of a Treaty 4 Dress that reflects on my ancestors who were signatories of the Treaty 4 document.
Dene High School La Loche — Share and Connect 2022-2023 $5,492 Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples.
Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School Pinehouse Lake — Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $32,000 The proposal for the residency would be the instruction of the program they will be presenting to the students as a whole class or groups.
Turtleford Community School Turtleford — Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $7,850 Bonny Macnab will work with students from k-12 on art inspired by land based learning. She will also mentor select students.
Gabriel Dumont Local #11 Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $19,400 Sewing Circle hosts Metis cultural arts workshops and then gathers weekly where artists mentor and support the learning of our members.
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $11,780 To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory.
Petit, Marcel Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $2,000 Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art.
Belanger, Maureen Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $6,084 The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) .
Friesen, Marcy Carrot River — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $6,084 I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships.
Pewapsconias, Janelle Paynton — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $9,900 For youth descendants of Indian Residential School to capture survivance stories through family tree art, spoken word, and storytelling for Orange Shirt Day 2023.
GGFN Elders @level1.client.city@ — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $19,752 Create an after-school program aimed at First Nation Arts in collaboration with Students, Elders, and community members, showcasing students' work in a final celebration.
Marion Graham Collegiate Saskatoon — Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $7,940 Marion M. Graham will host the spoken word poet/hip hop artist Dash Reimer for a 1 month arts residency.
Bert Fox Community High School Fort Qu'Appelle — Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $16,000 In collaboration with the Artist, we will build solid relationships with several Indigenous female students whom have expressed interest in reconnecting to their culture.
Ledoux, Maureen Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $12,664 To hold a three day Moccasin-making class in Mistawasis reserve.
Big River Metis Local #59 Big River — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $17,000 The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward.
Knight, Lindsay Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $16,336 To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024.
Indigenous Poets Society Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution.
Gladue, Raeanne Regina — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $1,000 Fund research hours for cultural film. Documentary on a native man's journey how sixty scoop and residential schools had an impact on cultural self identity.
Cando Metis Local 55 Incorporated SASKATOON — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $18,000 We'd tell the story of the Cando and District Metis. Cando, Willowfield and Beljennie had a big Metis population with a story to tell.
Anderson, Skyler Regina — Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 To lead, mentor, and direct a group of young and emerging indigenous artists from Treaty 4 through a devised performance at the Treaty 4 Grounds.
Chief Payepot School Zehner — Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $40,000 Language, Arts Festival cultural residency using visual arts to explore, themes of self discovery for students to create art projects/mural through traditional & contemporary themes.
Cowessess First Nation Cowessess — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $12,957 Urban Indigenous Art Workshops: Learn traditional techniques and contemporary expressions in Indigenous art, Revitalizing cultural connection and creative exploration.
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $16,834 To continue teaching the art of porcupine quillwork at an intermediate level on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan.
Ledoux, Maureen Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $15,000 We will have a Women's Wellness Weekend at Wanuskewin Heritage Park for Adult Indigenous Women aged 30 and up.
Stobart Community School Duck Lake — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,500 We wish to start a hoop dance program to accompany our existing drum and dance program. Requiring funds to make hoops and hire an instructor.
L'Hirondelle, Cheryl Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $17,752 To share, with Metis songwriter Berk Jodoin, my method of co-writing songs with incarcerated relatives in 2 SK correctionals & arrange/record/produce/master a song from each.
Stonechild, Jacob Regina — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,000 I am currently looking for funding to continue my art projects not only to share but to teach those who might be interested thank you
Prairie Spirit Connection Regina — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $10,000 The teepees will be centralized for teaching, ceremony, song, providing connection to heritage, for families, children, youth, and foster parents to experience culture connections.
Armstrong, Audrey Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,000 Large visual artworks identify Treaty 6 and Métis territory. A community art wall invites participants to deepen their awareness of and relationship to this land.
Gabriel Dumont Local #11 Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $20,000 3 different cultural arts workshops including a Capote making workshop, a series of 3 different forms of beading workshops and a finger woven sash workshop
Moosomin, Miranda North Battleford — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $9,104 beading, capes, moccasins, leggings, hair ties, earrings, cuffs, sewing; ribbon skirts, shirts, jingle dresses, shirts, traditional day dresses. for ceremony purposes in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Big River Metis Local #59 Big River — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $19,550 Connecting communities through stories, music and a sense of place that can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage.
Asapace, Laten Raymore — Share and Connect 2024-2025 $2,000 A project to share and preserve First Nations culture through dance, beadwork, and singing, fostering community healing, learning, and cultural pride.
CARFAC Saskatchewan
Linda Duvall		 Regina — Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 CARFAC SASK’s Travelling Mentorship program supports a dedicated intake of rural artists with artistic mentorship facilitated by 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence: Linda Duvall.
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Jade Wolfe		 Swift Current — Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 To provide professional classes utilizing art to encourage well-being, connection, storytelling, and empower long-term care residents, highlighting the value of preserving inter-generational relationships.
Farnan, Colin
Spinal Cord Injury (Saskatchewan) Inc.		 Saskatoon — Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 The Artist in Residency proposal is a partnership with artist Colin Farnan and Spinal Cord Injury Sask. A physical disability advocacy organization in Saskatchewan
Smith, James Muskoday — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $18,000 Building a medicine wheel based on stories and actual testimonies from Elders and existing wheels. Making a legacy project to last for generations.
Northern Village of Ile a la Crosse Ile-a-la Crosse — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $18,000 Kihteyak kiskinahihmewak oskayak (Elders teaching youth) This project is in preparation of the Ile a la Crosse 250th celebration in 2026.
Brass, Philip Balcarres — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $16,400 Artist(s) Philip Brass and Stephanie Bellefleur will partner with Mid Summers Arts Festival to create a Public Art Mural for Fort Qu'Appelle Valley Friendship Centre.
Knight, Lindsay Saskatoon — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $10,000 Two streaming online musical performances similar to NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts with Indigenous artists from Saskatchewan.
Muskoday First Nation Community School Muskoday — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $20,000 We need to inspire Indigenous youth through cultural regalia making classes. We will hold afterschool sessions with students and their families as support.
Hundt, Paige Battleford — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $600 The Blessing Box is an unlocked, accessible place where you can donate gently used items for others to take whenever they need.
Half Breed Creations Maple Creek — Share and Connect 2025-2026 $2,000 To establish a collective to apply for funding in January 2026 for an arts and culture day at Nekaneet First Nation during Culture Days 2026.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.