A new Indigenous Tourism Corridor in Saskatchewan is giving UK agents a clearer way to package Indigenous-owned and Indigenous-led experiences close to Saskatoon.
The Kich iota Indigenous Corridor brings together three internationally ready products — Pêmiska Tourism, Dakota Dunes Resort and Wanuskewin Heritage Park in a two-night, three-day journey designed around culture, land and connection.
Collin Alexander, Marketing Officer for Pêmiska Tourism, says the package gives guests an immersive introduction to Indigenous culture in the province while keeping the route easy to understand and sell.
At Dakota Dunes, on the traditional lands of the Whitecap Dakota Nation, guests can explore the night sky through Indigenous storytelling, join Dakota Fireside Bannock Stories and add an optional casino experience.
At Wanuskewin Heritage Park, a National Historic Site celebrating more than 6,000 years of Northern Plains Indigenous history, guests can learn about bison kinship, take part in cultural programming and experience tipi and dance presentations.
At Pêmiska Tourism, located around 45 minutes north of Saskatoon in Treaty 6 Territory, guests stay in eco-style lodges overlooking Fort Carlton in the North Saskatchewan River Valley and are welcomed into the Tipi Village.
The Pêmiska experience can include guided storytelling on the fur trade and treaty history, bannock-making, canoeing, kayaking, fat-tire biking, ATV touring and time on nearby trails.
Pêmiska also runs summer events, including dance demonstrations and occasional theatre dinners with music, giving agents additional hooks for seasonal itineraries.
Its location on the Trans Canada Trail also gives clients access to more than 60 kilometres of local routes that can be explored on foot, by fat-tire bike or by ATV.
This year also brings a significant anniversary: 150 years since Treaty 6 was first negotiated and signed at Fort Carlton in 1876.
Treaty 6 covers large areas of central Saskatchewan and Alberta and remains central to relationships, responsibilities and life on these lands today.
From August 20-23, 2026, Pêmiska and regional partners will mark the anniversary at Fort Carlton with treaty learning, cultural programming, historic interpretation and community gathering.
The commemoration is expected to include historically significant Treaty 6 material returning to the Fort Carlton grounds where the treaty was first negotiated.
Because of the British Crown’s role in the treaty, Treaty 6 leadership sent a delegation of chiefs to Buckingham Palace in March to extend an invitation to King Charles III.
“We extended an invitation for him to come out for the Treaty 6 commemoration,” said Alexander. “I made him a birch-bark invitation, which was laser-etched and received by His Majesty. We haven’t yet received a direct response, but were told there will be some kind of regal representation at the event.”
Pêmiska also offers a treaty talk, where guests sit with a community knowledge keeper in the Tipi Village and hear about treaty history, the relationships that grew from it and what it means to Canadians today.
Alexander added: “Our brand is an invite for others to ‘come and find it’, which is what the Cree word Pêmiska means in English.
“Visitors to the territory are our honoured guests and, hopefully, will leave knowing more about Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
“We invite Selling Canada readers to come see our land, hear our stories and connect with us.”
