Julian Black Antelope for a long time wondered what might happen if an immortal being got bored. Now Black Antelope,…Continue Reading

The end of a successful hunt thousands of years ago was cause for celebration by the Blackfoot people at the base of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. As people laboured to process the meat, children laughed and played and the women prepared a feast. For one family 1,600 years ago, dinner was interrupted. Archeologists last week excavated…Continue Reading

On the day when Canada was celebrating First Nations culture, a special Blackfoot ceremony was held in Fort Macleod to…Continue Reading

The Alberta government has begun conversations about Bill 22 with indigenous communities across the province and will be continuing this…Continue Reading

Parents and grandparents went to school Friday on the Piikani Nation. They were taking part in the 2016 parent conference at Piikani Nation Secondary School. The conference had the theme “Healthy Minds, Healthy Communities, Healthy Families and Healthy Schools.” “The theme of this year’s conference is focusing on the medicine wheel,” principal Crystal Good Rider…Continue Reading

The Piikani Youth Education Foundation recently held its annual awards night. A large crowd of community members turned out at…Continue Reading

Lethbridge College will support students displaced by a fire that destroyed Red Crow Community College last week. An early-morning fire Aug. 14 destroyed the college, displacing as many as 500 students. Fire crews and police were called to the college and former residential school just north of Cardston at around 4:15 a.m. “This is a…Continue Reading

A record number of First Nations graduates at F.P. Walshe school were honoured Friday during an eagle feather blessing ceremony. Blackfoot elder Peter Strikes With A Gun carried out the ceremony with nine graduating First Nations in a tipi set up on the grounds of the 1184 North West Mounted Police Barracks provincial historic site.…Continue Reading

Anglican Church leaders know that a national tragedy needs immediate attention. Last week bells at Anglican churches across Canada rang…Continue Reading