Mrs. Joely Marilyn BigEagle-Kequahtooway

  • Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division

  • Meritorious Service Medal

    • Awarded on: May 3, 2022
    • Invested on: June 25, 2025

    Joely Marilyn BigEagle-Kequahtooway, M.S.M.
    Lorne William Stanley Kequahtooway, M.S.M.
    Regina, Saskatchewan

    Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway and Lorne Kequahtooway founded the Buffalo People Arts Institute in 2015. Through traditional arts and buffalo hide workshops, they have shed light on the history of a once-thriving species that contributed to the formation of North America and continues to hold tremendous importance in the lives of Indigenous peoples.