Prince Albert’s River Street will be the first location named under the City’s Indigenous Naming Initiative. Signs will be installed on River Street at 1st Ave West, 1st Ave East and 6th Ave East, translated in the City’s six Indigenous languages: Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, Woodland Cree, Dakota, Dene, and Métis.
The project is part of the City’s Municipal Cultural Action Plan.
The location was chosen in part because of the significance of the river to Indigenous communities as the historical meeting place.
Judy MacLeod Campbell, Arts and Cultural Coordinator for the City of Prince Albert says, “Although 42% of our community identifies as Indigenous, we were only able to identify nine locations in Prince Albert with an Indigenous name.” She says, “This initiative has helped us to start that conversation and begin to reflect on the people, places and names that are appropriate for Prince Albert.”
A number of other names and locations were considered by the Knowledge Keeper Committee with a recommendation to consider a welcome sign in Indigenous languages.

To learn more about the Culture Plan, go here.