Derived from the Cree word, wah-nus-kay-win, Wanuskewin, meaning ‘seeking peace of mind’, has been a sacred place for the First Nations Peoples for thousands of years.

Wanuskewin is a site on the north bank of the South Saskatachewan River just to the north of Saskatoon that has an interpretive centre, a buffalo jump and a medicine wheel. The central cairn of the wheel is hollowed out and has a central depression. There is a outer circle with an entrance to the East-southeast which is the direction of the river at this point. Some information dates it as being 1700 years old (c300AD.)

I visited it in October 2008 and the wheel itself is a short hike from the visitor centre. The entire site is easily accessable from the City of Saskatoon. It carries a feeling of being a place of great spiritual significance, and it seemed to have a measure of affinity with other Medicine Wheels that we have visited.