Learn about the effort in the early 1990s to save the plains bison and about locations sacred to the Niitsitapi people.

Indigenous HistoryGraham RuttanJune 20, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesBuffalo Journal, Lethbridge Television, Video, Pow-wow, Bison, Buffalo, Dancers, Sacred Blackfoot Sites, Chief Mountain, Belly Buttes, Porcupine Hills, Tepee Rings, Jim GoodstrikerComment

The Buffalo Journal: Episode 2

Discover the Bullhorn buffalo jump and an interview with nearby resident John Tallow; the Head-Smashed-In Interpretive Centre west of Fort Macleod, Alberta; a profile of Alvin Manitopiyes, a Cree Indian living and working in Calgary; and a review of the film “War Party.”

Indigenous HistoryGraham RuttanJune 16, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesBuffalo Journal, Indigenous Peoples Week, Indigenous History, Southern Alberta, Bullhorn, Buffalo Jump, John Tallow, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alvin Manitopiyes, Blackfoot, Cree, War Party, Indian News Media, Lethbridge TelevisionComment

The Buffalo Journal: Episode 1

Learn about the Kainai Pow-wow and Rodeo at Standoff, Alberta; the Indian Summer World Film Festival at Pincher Creek, Alberta; and watch the film “Where the Spirit Lives” about the residential school experience, which premiered at the Indian Summer World Film Festival.