ESTEVAN — The Souris Valley Museum had a variety of activities and celebrated National Indigenous People's Day during its annual Heritage Fun Day on June 21.
Director-curator Melanie Memory said approximately 150 people attended. Highlights included a craft time with the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, wagon rides, face painting, a petting zoo, a variety of games and museum tours. The wagon rides, offered by Graham Collie, were a new attraction this year, and Memory said they proved to be popular with the attendees.
Since it was also National Indigenous People's Day, the local Métis Society served a traditional hamburger soup and bannock for lunch. Métis-inspired crafts were offered during the day, thanks to a grant, including a chance for people to make their own ribbon skirt.
"There was everything in this kit to do that … and then we had some Métis colouring sheets with some inspired sayings and markers."
The museum was also selling 50-50 tickets to raise money for its locomotive restoration, children's programming and other needs.
The strong winds and the threat of rain put a damper on the day, she said, because it was difficult to keep the tents up, but everything went ahead as planned.
