Fishing Lake Saulteaux woman wins prestigious Nelson Mandela award – paNOW

Nov 7, 2025

A Saskatchewan woman who has been a longtime advocate for Indigenous rights, mental health and trauma-informed care has won a prestigious award from the United Nations.

Brenda Reynolds is one of two people to be given the Nelson Mandela Award, which is only handed out every five years to recipients who reflect the South African leader’s legacy. It is given to one man and one woman, but one of them must be from Africa.

“I was just completely, completely honoured to be selected and, for a prize under his name. To be awarded it and being from a reserve in Saskatchewan, from Fishing Lake, is just absolutely unbelievable and extraordinary,” said Reynolds.

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