About 850 people are gathered at the University of Saskatchewan today for a major Indigenous academic conference.
The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference runs from today until Saturday.
Chair Robert Innes says the international conference attracts renowned academics from all over the world.
“We have representation from the Sami in Sweden, people from Taiwan and New Zealand and Australia, Latin America — people basically from everywhere are coming here this week,” he says.
Innes says one of the reasons the renowned conference is being held in Saskatoon this year is because U of S researchers have been gaining attention and respect for their work in the area of Aboriginal studies.
He adds there will be a number of different papers on a variety of topics for participants to choose from.
This is the fifth year of the NAISA conference and the first time it has been held outside of the United States.
It is also the 30th anniversary of the Department of Native Studies at the U of S.