Siksika Nation

Discusses a gathering of Kainai, Pikuni and Siksika Nations for a political convention conducted under the surveillance by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Comments on the effects Canada's educational assimilation policy had on the Blackfoot people of the Siksika Nation.

Brief case study of the largest Aboriginal owned and operated tourist attraction in Canada.

Consists of daily entries describing agricultural activities on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1995.

Book review of: Blackfoot Ways of Knowing by Betty Bastien.

Description and discussion of human and other effigy sites.

Treaty between the Crown and Blackfeet, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, and Stony Nations in what is now Alberta. Adhesion and Order in Council setting up Commission for Treaty No. 7 also included. Reprinted from Crown's text of Treaty edition of 1877.

Seven-year-long study involving 59 individuals looked at the effectiveness of incorporating specialty services into primary care systems on Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta. Assessment based on disease activity measures and patient-reported outcomes found that despite improvements in swollen and tender joint counts and adherence to current treatment regimes, there was no significant improvement in self-reported outcomes.

Identifies impediments to successful developments.

Photograph of four boys taken at north camp, Blackfoot Reserve, Southern Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and White Photograph of a camp on a Blackfoot Reserve in the North West Territories during a Sun Dance Gathering, with an indigenous person sitting in the foreground. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of a group of Blackfeet with missionaries on the Blackfoot Reserve in Southern Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of a brave-making initiation ceremony conducted during a Sun Dance gathering on the Blood Reserve near Fort Macleod. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and White Photograph of Old Sun, a Blackfoot head Chief, and an elderly woman.

Historical note:

Old Sun shared power with Crowfoot as head chief of the Blackfoot, but he was not as well-known. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of a group of boys playing hockey at Cluny on the Blackfoot Reserve in Southern Alberta.

Photograph of a Christmas Concert at St. Mary's School on the Blood Reserve near Cardston, Alberta featuring a group of girls dressed as angels. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of a classroom at St. Mary's Residential School on the Blood Reserve. Young women studying. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Big Tobacco in Western dress standing in front of steps. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of Mrs. Joe Littlechief and friends taken on Blackfoot Reserve near Cluny, Alberta. All wear Western clothing. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of a group of boys having a potato roast on the Blackfoot Reserve near Cluny. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of an unidentified man taken in front of building. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of Vincent Yellow Old Woman and two of his friends, all wearing western clothes. Taken on Blackfoot Reserve near Cluny, Alberta. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of an elderly woman with a pipe, captioned "Beaver Old Woman" From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of Chief Duck on horse in water and John Drunken Chief leading horse on bank. Idealized image, both wearing traditional clothing. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Photograph of Yellow Horse, Head Chief on the Blackfoot Reserve in Southern Alberta, wearing a combination of Western and Indigenous clothing. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Black and white photograph of Calgary photographer, Harry Pollard sharing a meal with indigenous hosts on Blackfoot Reserve. Teepees in background. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Researchers in a community-university partnership evaluate the Siksika First Nations response to severe flooding in Southern Alberta in 2013; using what was learned then, alongside research literature from other First Nations Communities the team has created a framework for disaster response planning in First Nations Communities.

Province of Alberta.

Study identifies several impediments to successful development on First Nations lands.

Consists of community profile, description of traditional, recent and current (at that time) administrative processes, and discussion of fiscal relationships.

Comments on the steps in Siksika teaching and learning.

This booklet lists Aboriginal boulder effigy sites in North America, with emphasis on Saskatchewan. Sites included are Minton, Onion Lake and Ogema, all in Saskatchewan, and Steveville and Cluny, in Alberta. It also lists other stone configurations made on the soil.

Photograph of sketch by Sydney Hall. The sketch shows a gathering of Indigenous people outside a set-up tent with NWMP standing behind a seated Lord Lorne and others. Dated September 19, 1881.

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Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta including population, land base, location and community contacts. Contains links to both superseded and current versions published between 2010 and April 2022.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.

Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta.

Committee consulted with service providers, stakeholders, justice system personnel, judiciary and clients for the review.

Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui. Scroll down to page 138 to read review.

Indian Agent's notes on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta. Includes comments about day schools, prairie fires, doctors and medical care, cattle, the Sun Dance, and the timber reserve at Castle Mountain.

Discusses the exhibition of installations by Adrian Stimson which focus on the Chief Old Sun Residential School.

Website for the Siksika Nation Community College that develops post secondary programs and services to promote their culture, language and history.

"Consists of lists of students who attended Old Sun Industrial School (also known as St. John's Boarding School or Old Sun Residential School) on the Blackfoot (Siksika) reserve in southern Alberta. The registers give the students' names, ages, and band, and include comments on their health and progress."

Presents a brief history of the Old Sun school from its establishment in1883 to the year it was destroyed by a fire in 1928.

Paper on oral traditions prepared for the Indigenous Literature in Native Studies Panel.

RCMP take over policing duties on the Blackfoot Reserve due to fiscal mismanagement, but native force had experienced other problems as well.

Statistics gathered from nine First Nations: Alexander First Nation, Kapawe’no First Nation, Siksika Nation, Blood Tribe, Nakoda Bearspaw Nation, Sucker Creek First Nation, Driftpile First Nation, Piikani First Nation, and Swan River First Nation. Response divided into adults, youth and children.