Wascana

Wascana Creek crosses the open prairie of southern Saskatchewan before reaching the Qu’Appelle River. Its name is connected with the Cree phrase oskana kâ-asastêki, “where the bones are piled.” Bison bones accumulated beside the creek, recalling the animals hunted and used by Indigenous peoples of the plains. The watercourse winds through a broad grassland landscape in which bison herds and the seasons shaped the movements of hunters.

The later city of Regina lies here.