Digital Story- Blackfoot Nation

 This digital story explores the history, resilience, and cultural knowledge of the Blackfoot peoples of southern Alberta. It highlights the treaties and agreements that shaped their communities, the strength of the Blackfoot language and also the ways in which nature and language remain intertwined. Through this project I aimed to move beyond surface level understanding to appreciate the depth of Blackfoot teachings. Creating this story challenged me to reflect on my own role as an educator which helped me to recognize the importance of teaching from a place of humility, truth, and connection to the land.

References

Alberta.ca. (2019). Government of Alberta and Blackfoot Confederacy protocol agreement. Government of Alberta. https://www.alberta.ca/first-nations-agreements

Blackfoot Confederacy. (n.d.). Blackfoot Confederacy Nations. https://blackfootconfederacy.ca

Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT). (n.d.). Discovering languages: Blackfoot.https://www.caslt.org/en/blog-discovering-languages-blackfoot

Galt Museum & Archives. (n.d.). Conversational Blackfoot. https://www.galtmuseum.com/blackfoot-1/conversational-blackfoot

Glenbow Museum. (n.d.). Blackfoot language and symbols teacher toolkit. https://www.glenbow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Blackfoot-Language-and-Symbols.pdf

Legacy of Hope Foundation. (n.d.). Numbered Treaties in Alberta: Treaty 7.https://legacy.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/For%20Members/ProfessionalDevelopment/Walking%20Together/PD-WT-16f%20-%20Numbered%20Treaties%207.pdf

Tourism Lethbridge. (n.d.). Blackfoot territory of Treaty 7. https://tourismlethbridge.com/blackfoot-territory-of-treaty-seven

Treaty 7 Management Corporation. (n.d.). Treaty 7 and the Blackfoot Confederacy. https://www.treaty7.org/blackfoot-confederacy

Wikiversity. (n.d.). Blackfoot vocabulary: Animals. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Blackfoot_vocabulary/Animals

Wikipedia. (n.d.). Blackfoot language. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfoot_language

Wikipedia. (n.d.). Treaty 7. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_7

Comments

  1. BaileyOctober 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM

    Well done! Great integration of their language through your presentation!

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