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An introduction to Yorkton: its history, the Nations whose lands it sits on, and Indigenous community life today, with sources.
Yorkton serves the aspen parkland of east-central Saskatchewan, about 175 kilometres northeast of Regina, in Treaty 4 territory. The Yorkton Tribal Council serves six Treaty 4 nations: Cote, Kahkewistahaw, Keeseekoose, The Key, Ocean Man and Zagime Anishinabek. The Yorkton region has long been home to the Nêhiyawak, or Plains Cree, and later the Nahkawininiwak, or Saulteaux. When explorers and traders first travelled through, they also met Assiniboine and Métis people here. In 1874, Treaty 4 covered about 75,000 square miles of this southern country.
Yorkton is on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Métis.
Nearby: Cote First Nation · Keeseekoose First Nation · The Key First Nation · Melville · Canora · Kamsack
The Yorkton Tribal Council describes itself as a not-for-profit serving six member nations in Treaty 4 territory. It runs eight departments with more than 90 employees in five locations. Its work covers health and social development, education, community infrastructure and justice. It also operates Project Safe Haven, a domestic violence shelter, and the Eagle Sky Healing Lodge. The council's Tribal Justice Unit offers restorative programs for young people in the justice system. These include victim-offender mediation, community justice forums and accountability conferences. Justice Canada committed $1,401,477 to the unit over five years, from 2021 to 2026. Tribal Chief Isabel O'Soup has said the programs connect people with Elders, ceremonies and culture. For urban Indigenous residents, a friendship centre is back. Yorkton went without one from 2018 until the Yorkton Indigenous Friendship Centre incorporated around 2024. Led by executive director Mary Culbertson, it rents two offices and uses community spaces across town. Its programs include a youth drumming group, men's networking nights, grief and healing workshops, an LGBTQ spirit support group and Indigenous market events.
More on the region: Indigenous Saskatchewan · all of Canada.
XUSI is an Indigenous-owned business from Saskatoon, started in 2020 by two brothers from northern Saskatchewan. Along with our clothing, we bring Indigenous youth workshops and custom screen printing to Yorkton and across Treaty 4 territory.
Strong Roots Strong Future is our interactive workshop for Indigenous youth, led by the two brothers who founded XUSI. We travel to schools, First Nations and Indigenous communities, youth organizations and funding programs in Yorkton and across Treaty 4 territory. Youth ages 10 and up work through identity and culture, financial literacy, fitness, entrepreneurship and business skills, career readiness and hands-on screen printing.
Custom t-shirts, hoodies and crewnecks for Yorkton schools, sports teams, businesses, events and First Nations and Indigenous organizations. Send us an idea, get free design help and a full quote before anything is printed. We print in Saskatoon and ship to Yorkton. 10-garment minimum, up to 4 colours per design.
Heavyweight cotton tees, hoodies, crewnecks and A-frame hats with Cree words and the stories behind them. Fitness is part of how XUSI started, so our pieces are built for the gym and the street, and we ship them to Yorkton.
Yes. Custom screen printing starts at 10 garments, with up to 4 colours per design, and every order is quoted before printing. We provide design help, print in Saskatoon and ship the order to you.
Returns can be requested within 30 days. Orders ship from Saskatoon within 1 to 3 business days, and orders of $90 or more ship free within Canada.
Any Yorkton group can order custom screen printing from 10 garments. Designs can use up to 4 colours, design help is included, and every order is quoted before printing. We print in Saskatoon and ship the finished order to your Yorkton address.
Many of our designs carry a Cree word and the story behind it, which we share on our meanings page. We do not currently make Saulteaux-language designs. As an Indigenous-owned Saskatoon company, we would welcome working with a Yorkton-area group on a custom design of its own.
Last reviewed . Facts on this page come from the sources listed below.
Putting nêhiyawêwin on a shirt is a small way of keeping it in use. XUSI does it on purpose: each design carries a Cree word, and each one is explained in the founders’ own words for whoever picks it up in Yorkton.
The brand is Indigenous-owned and based in Saskatoon, on Treaty 6. Read every meaning on the Meanings page, or shop Cree language clothing.
