Blackfoot and Blanche

Blanche Bruisedhead and her follow Niitsitapi students were forced to stop speaking Blackfoot at St. Mary’s Residential School. Learn about her experience learning English by force, and now teaching Blackfoot to students of all ages.

Indigenous History, ArticleBlanche BruisedheadApril 20, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesBlanche, Blanche Bruisedhead, Language, Blackfoot language, Culture, Residential School, St. Mary's Residential School, Reconciliation, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, NiitsitapiComment

The Transferring of Knowledge from Miistakists

Mike Bruised Head, Chief Bird, discusses his ongoing effort to restore Niitsitapi, Blackfoot, names to mountains, coulees, and communities on traditional Blackfoot territory.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryMike Bruised HeadJanuary 5, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMountains, Mike Bruised Head, Blackfoot language, Blackfoot history, Blackfoot, Blackfoot geography, Sacred Blackfoot Sites, Blackfoot Geography, NiitsitapiComment

Sacred Blackfoot Sites

Rebecca Many Grey Horses discusses the importance of several sites including Chief Mountain, Crowsnest peak, Devil's Thumb, the Sweetgrass Hills, Writing-on-Stone, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, as well as the significance of medicine wheels and tepee rings.