The group recommended the neighbourhood be named Sunrise and that the word in five Indigenous languages (Cree, Michif, Nakwe, Nakota and Dene) also be considered by the committee. In Cree, sunrise is translated as sakastew.

“Members recommended that Sunrise be used as an English term to support the broader non-Indigenous community of Saskatoon who may be challenged with the pronunciation of Indigenous words,” the report says.

As a white woman all I hear in that quote is “Let’s be white about it but not to white!”