When driving Saskatchewan’s highways, you may have noticed several signs signifying Treaty boundaries that the highways are crossing.

Eight more of these signs are being installed in the near future. Locations include Highway 2 north of Prince Albert to mark the Treaty 6/Treaty 6A Boundary, Highway 102 / 905 southeast of Southend to mark the Treaty 6A /Treaty 10 Boundary, Highway 55 east of Nipawin to mark the Treaty 5/Treaty 6 Boundary, and Highway 955 north of La Loche to mark the Treaty 8/Treaty 10 Boundary.

Each sign incorporates Indigenous languages specific to their locations, as well as the phrase “as long as the sun shines, grass grows, and rivers flow.”

Office of the Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan Executive Director Angie Merasty said, “It started with one pair of signs and now across Saskatchewan, people will be able to see when they are crossing a Treaty boundary, that has been here longer than the creation of the province.”