As part of Indigenous Peoples Week, the Galt Museum & Archives is releasing digitized versions of a local television program called The Buffalo Journal.

The Buffalo Journal is a television program preserved at the Galt Museum & Archives. The program was produced in the early 1990s as a collaborative project between the Blood Tribe (Indian News Media) and Lethbridge Television. According to the creators, the program "looks at the culture, history and contemporary lifestyle of Canada's aboriginal people." Please note that the creators use language and terms that were common at the time of production and do not reflect current terminology.

The program includes the following subjects:

• the Kainai Pow-wow and Rodeo at Standoff, Alberta

• the Indian Summer World Film Festival at Pincher Creek, Alberta

• the film “Where the Spirit Lives” about the residential school experience, which premiered at the Indian Summer World Film Festival.

A production by 2 & 7 Lethbridge Television and Indian News Media, 1989.
Courtesy the Galt Museum & Archives, 20011106011

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We are releasing digitized versions of The Buffalo Journal, a local television program from the early 1990s. Episode 1 of the program features the Kainai Pow-wow and Rodeo at Standoff, Alberta and the film “Where the Spirit Lives” about the residential school experience, which premiered at the Indian Summer World Film Festival. Check out the full episode at %u (this will display the post’s URL)