River Street to be named in multiple languages – paNOW

Nov 14, 2019

Residents of Prince Albert will soon have a chance to see the first results of the city’s Indigenous naming initiative.

Expected by the end of the year, a new signpost will be erected at the intersection of Central Avenue and River Street.

The top will read River Street in English, followed by translations into six local Indigenous languages. Three blades will feature Swampy Cree, Plains Cree and Woodland Cree, while another three will have Dene, Michif and Dakota translations.

“The goal is that we have more Indigenous and diverse naming of the different places and spaces in our city to reflect our population,” P.A. Arts and Culture Co-ordinator Judy Macleod Campbell told paNOW.

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