Foundational Knowledge for Indigenous Education

Built by ancient Indigenous People and long considered to be sacred, the Iniskim Umaapi medicine wheel in Alberta is one of the oldest religious monuments in the world. It is also known as the Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel

Located in southern Alberta, the site is known as Áísínai’pi, which means “it is pictured” or “it is written” in the Blackfoot language.

A long time ago, a charismatic chief from the south east of Turtle Island followed a vision leading his people to the shores of the sacred Lake Wakamne, or God's Lake

When Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019, it was an opportunity for the world to learn about the sacred Indigenous roots of this special place.

For First Nations, their identity, nationhood, and cultural survival are all interconnected to their relationship with the land and cannot be separated out from their specific lands.

Tribes of Indigenous peoples used to gather at Head-Smashed-In to hunt buffalo for their food.

The official site for Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump has information about Blackfoot History, how the site got its name, and school tours.

Learn about one of the important landforms in Alberta. For countless centuries, the Blackfoot people in southern Alberta have hunted buffalo using a buffalo jump.

This space was used for centuries to forage medicines for healing purposes. In Cree, kihcihkaw askî means this place here is sacred land.

First called Wakamne by the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation who live on the west end of the Lake and Manito Sahkahigan by the Cree.

The Indigenous Blackfoot peoples name for this glacial erratic is derived from their word for rock, which is okatok.

The Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel (EdPc-1) consists of a central cairn, which is linked to a surrounding stone circle by 28 spokes, and the cultural landscape which contains this monument.

This prominent southern Alberta geological landmark is a historical site of great spiritual significance to the Blackfoot peoples.

Near the town of Viking, Alberta, stand the only Ribstones that remain in their ancient homes. Ribstones are two large stones carved in the shape of an animal's rib cage.

These boulders were carved centuries ago to represent the ribcage of the bison that roamed over the land in the millions before the arrival of Europeans.

The Blackfoot people Nation (Siksikáítsitapi) has left engravings and paintings on the sandstone walls of the Milk River Valley, which bear witness to spirit messages.