Grants aimed at Indigenous businesses are helping create jobs and nurture downhome success stories across Alberta, the legislature heard as…Continue Reading

A new book celebrates Indigenous cultural awareness and diversity. Forgotten Dreams: A New Look at Ancient Rock Art Sites combines…Continue Reading

Parks Canada and the Blackfoot Confederacy Tribal Council have launched the Blackfoot Guardianship of the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies project. This program will be Siksikaitsitapi-led, with support from Parks Canada staff in Waterton Lakes National Park. “As stewards of these ancestral lands, the Blackfoot Confederacy takes great pride in this opportunity to ensure the…Continue Reading

A Blood Tribe warrior’s contributions in the Second World War are commemorated with a new grave marker. The Last Post…Continue Reading

Celestine Twigg’s life-long dream to share the Blackfoot language with the world through cartoons is hitting the big time. Twigg’s recently released cartoon Poos, which means cat in Blackfoot, will screen this fall in Calgary, Los Angeles and New Westminister. Poos builds on the success of the Blackfoot language animation project produced by Xstine Cook…Continue Reading

A new mosaic mural near the entrance to F.P. Walshe school helps to celebrate the school’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation. The brightly coloured mural sits in an alcove in the hangar, the area near the school entrance where students and staff gather. “I think it looks awesome,” art teacher Shanan Hunter said Friday. The…Continue Reading

The University of Lethbridge will honour Francis First Charger with an honourary degree at Fall 2024 Convocation ceremonies Saturday, Oct.…Continue Reading

Charles Weaselhead of the Blood Tribe is one of the newest members of the Order of Canada. Governor General Mary…Continue Reading

A traditional First Nations blessing ceremony paid tribute Thursday to the Class of 2024 at F.P. Walshe school. Elders Peter Strikes With A Gun and Jeannie Provost carried out the ceremony before an audience of about 75 family members, friends and school staff members in the gymnasium. Strikes With A Gun used an eagle feather…Continue Reading