Meota and District News: Indigenous artist shares his work – SaskToday.ca

Darwin Atcheynum an engaging guest speaker at Meota Library.

MEOTA — It was an absolute delight to attend the Meota Library presentation by Darwin Atcheynum. Since it was advertised as a storytelling event, he started it off with folklore from his Indigenous roots.

He shared his experiences growing up on a farm in Saskatchewan and the many challenges his family faced at the time that the west was being settled. Because he was at the tail end of his family, the residential school experience was over by the time he was of school age. His older siblings were affected by their experiences, but fortunately, he wasn’t “wounded” by the residential school experience. He was determined not to go into farming because he had witnessed how hard it had been for his father, and he chose a different path. He described the strong connection he had with his Cree roots through his family, especially his mother and grandmother.

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