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On Monday evening, Wanuskewin Heritage Park received the Fulbright Canada Honouring Nations Award.
According to the Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority, this recognizes the park’s “outstanding Indigenous-led governance and innovation and its enduring role as an institution rooted in Indigenous knowledge, values and traditions.”
It’s also a celebration of the park’s Indigenous-led solutions, which have yielded results and offered lessons for others.
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The award was presented in Victoria, B.C., at the Victoria Forum 2026.
For Wanuskewin, it reflects “decades of work to build and sustain an Indigenous-led institution where culture, heritage, education, research, conservation and community come together.”
“This award gives us an opportunity not only to celebrate what has been accomplished, but to share what we have learned,” said Wanuskewin CEO Jenaya Chutskoff.
“We hope that by sharing Wanuskewin’s story, we can contribute to broader conversations about Indigenous governance, partnership through non-Indigenous people learning and contributing, cultural stewardship, and the ways Indigenous knowledge can guide strong and lasting institutions,” she added.
“The recognition celebrates Wanuskewin’s Indigenous-led governance, innovation and enduring commitment to Indigenous knowledge, values and traditions,” the park authority wrote. (Wanuskewin Heritage Park Authority/submitted)
The award’s timing coincides with Wanuskewin’s ongoing efforts to become a UNESCO World Heritage site.
This designation would recognise the significance of the land, its archaeological record and longstanding Indigenous relationships, according to the park authority.
Visitor Services Coordinator Breanna Tait touched on this pursuit while speaking at the Victoria Forum on Tuesday.
During the session, she also spoke about the importance of Indigenous leadership and knowledge in shaping institutions and their work.
Wanuskewin opened to the public in 1992 and has since become a place where people gather to learn, share, and celebrate the cultures of the Northern Plains Indigenous Peoples.
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