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Blackfoot Animals

Animals and Stories:
Source - Galt Museum

Animals that Roam the Prairie:
Stories about animals in Blackfoot

Animoves - Blackfoot Language Lessons:
Blackfoot language learning video

Blackfoot Alphabet:
Prezi by Ray Kingfisher that also includes the names of animals phonetically written

Digging up the Rez: Piikani Historical Archeology:
A video interview of members of the Piikani community on various archeological findings

Exhibits — Galt Museum & Archives:
Archival images of travelling exhibits from the Galt Museum collection. 


Blackfoot Ancestral Laws, Archaeology and Sacred Places

Archaeology In Paahtómahksikimi (Waterton):
A video discussion about archaeology in Waterton Lakes National Park or Paahtómahksikimi in the Blackfoot language.

Artifacts in the Ashes:
Following the 2017 Kenow Wildfire, this video is about some amazing artifacts that have been unearthed.

The Blackfoot Medicine Wheel Project:
A journal article about Blackfoot Medicine Wheels from the Archaeological Survey of Alberta

Blackfoot Tipis (Lodges)

Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park - Blackfoot Tipi's:
Introduction Video to Blackfoot History with Grant Many Heads

Tipi Teachings:
Video about the Blackfoot Tipi Style

Indigenous Math & Technology

Beading Lesson Plan.pdf:
A beading lesson plan that allows you to create a beaded bracelet using a cardboard loom.

Beadographer:
A beading app that lets you create your own bead patterns and bead designs. It runs in your web browser.

Native Arts and Culture How to Videos - YouTube:
A playlist of How to Videos from Portage College

The Stories/Movies - Math Catcher:
A series of stories with mathematical themes using First Nations imagery and storytelling from Simon Fraser University.


Inuksuit (Plural of Inukshuk)

History of Inuksuk:
Short video about the history of Inuksuk

Inuksuk (Inukshuk):
Article from the Canadian Encyclopedia

Make Your Own Inuksuk:
Cut and paste worksheet

Napi and the Rock

The Legend of the Big Rock, Okotoks Museum & Archives:
Video from the Okotoks Museum & Archives

Napi and the Rock - told with music:
Presented by Making Treaty 7 and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Okotok (Big Rock):
Video about Napi and the origin of the Big Rock


Totem Poles

Animal Symbolism:
A list of different values, concepts, and personality traits of animals and supernatural beings that are featured in Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork.

General Information on Totem Poles #1:
From Indigenous Foundations which was developed by the First Nations Studies Program at the University of British Columbia

General Information on Totem Poles #2:
From the Canadian Encyclopedia

Totem Poles - Myth and Fact:
An interview with the authors of the book "The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History"

Totem Trail Virtual Tour:
An interactive virtual tour of totem poles at Sitka National Historical Park


Treaties

Elder Casey Eaglespeaker Series Part II: What is Treaty 7?:
Video about Treaty 7

Numbered Treaties | The Canadian Encyclopedia:
Information about the 11 treaties made between the Crown and First Nations

Stories of the Land and Land Acknowledgement (Full):
Video acknowledging Treaty 7 Territory

Treaties with Indigenous peoples in Canada, explained | CBC Kids News:
Video about the practice of making treaties