Galt Museum Hosts Special Event Featuring Legacy of Hope Foundation Board President

Lethbridge – The Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa (eternal gathering place) is honoured to host the visit of Adam North Peigan, Board President of the Legacy of Hope Foundation on February 9, 2024. The occasion will feature Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Prete, guest curator of Stolen Kainai Children: Stories of Survival. Adam's visit coincides with the Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives exhibit, which is on loan from the Legacy of Hope Foundation. The exhibit is raising awareness about the Residential School System.

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Battle of the Belly River Project Seeks to Amplify Niitsitapi Voices

The Battle of the Belly River is a significant event that happened between the Blackfoot People and a group of Crees in 1870. The Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa, in partnership with Lethbridge College, Reconciliation Lethbridge and the City of Lethbridge Indigenous Relations Office, are embarking on a project that will focus on and highlight Niitsitapi knowledge and perspectives of the event.

Art Installation at Fort Whoop-Up Incites Conversations on Decolonization

The Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa is proud to host the latest temporary art installation by Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers in her ongoing nationwide project Hope and Healing Canada.

Galt Museum Receives Blackfoot Name

The Galt Museum & Archives is honoured to announce that it has been granted a Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) name: Akaisamitohkanao’pa.

Free Admission for Indigenous Visitors

On Thursday, March 17 the Galt Museum’s board of directors unanimously passed a resolution permitting those who identify as Indigenous free general admission to the Galt Museum & Archives and Fort Whoop-Up. The policy takes effect immediately; there is no expiration date.

Statement on Residential School Gravesites

We at the Galt Museum & Archives, a settler-colonial cultural memory institution, extend our deepest condolences to the families and communities who were forced to endure Indian Residential Schools and had loved ones taken from them.

Heritage Fair a Win for Students

Students gathered at the Galt Museum & Archives on Sunday, May 5 for the Southern Alberta Regional Heritage Fair.