Alternate Names
Siksika Nation
Blackfoot
Latitude
50.85913341
Longitude
-113.0508325
Province
Alberta
Region
Alberta
Type
First Nation Location
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Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park and Siksika Nation

Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Bragg
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of the largest Aboriginal owned and operated tourist attraction in Canada.
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Boulder Effigy Monuments in the Northern Plains

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Kehoe
Alice B. Kehoe
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 72, no. 284, April-June 1959, pp. 115-127
Description
Description and discussion of human and other effigy sites.
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Copy of Treaty and Supplementary Treaty No. 7, Made 22nd Sept. and 4th Dec., 1877, between Her Majesty the Queen and the Blackfeet and other Indian Tribes, at the Blackfoot Crossing of Bow River and Fort Macleod

Alternate Title
Copy of Treaty and Supplementary Treaty #7, Made 22nd Sept. and 4th Dec., 1877
Copy of Treaty and Supplementary Treaty 7, Made 22nd Sept. and 4th Dec., 1877
Copy of Treaty and Supplementary Treaty Seven, Made 22nd Sept. and 4th Dec., 1877
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
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.
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Effectiveness of an Outreach Model of Care for Rheumatology Specialty Clinics to an On-Reserve First Nations Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sujay Nagaraj
Margaret Kargard
Brenda Hemmelgarn
Marvin J. Fritzler
Tyler White ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 157-167
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch. 1 Images - Blackfeet Boys with Bows and Arrows

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne and May
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Camp at Great Sun Dance, Blackfoot Reserve

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Norman Caple
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - "Group of Blackfeet with Missionaries"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 images - "Indian Sun Dance, Making a Brave"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne and May
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.1 Images - Old Sun, Blackfoot Chief, and Woman

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Baby Contest at Reserve Hospital

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description

Black and white photograph of the contestants in a baby contest at the Blackfoot reserve hospital in Southern Alberta. In the front row are winners (left to right) Mrs. Charles Royal, Mrs. Harry Red Gun, and Mrs. A. Young Man. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides. 

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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Classroom at St. Mary's School

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - Mr. and Mrs. Big Tobacco

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 images - Mrs. Joe Littlechief and friends

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Potato Roast

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Unidentified man

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
Photograph of an unidentified man taken in front of building. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Vincent Yellow Old Woman and Friends

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Jean Lessard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - "Beaver Old Woman"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.4 images - Chief Duck and John Drunken Chief

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Yellow Horse, Head Chief

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Harry Pollard
Description
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.
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The Face Pullers: Introduction - Calgary Photographer eats with Indian hosts

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Description
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.
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A First Nation Framework for Emergency Planning: A Community-Based Response to the Health and Social Effects from a Flood

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Montesanti
Wilfreda E Thurston
David Turner
Reynold Medicine Traveler
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 85-106
Description
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.
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The Historical, Legal and Current Basis for Siksika Nation Governance, Including Its Future Possibilities within Canada: A Case Study in Aboriginal Governance

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Aboriginal Governments in Canada Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Bear Robe
Description
Consists of community profile, description of traditional, recent and current (at that time) administrative processes, and discussion of fiscal relationships.
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Indian Boulder Effigies - Thomas F. Kehoe. - Booklet. - 1963.

Alternate Title
Popular Series (Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History) ; no. 12
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Kehoe
Description
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.
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"Lord Lorne meeting with the Indians"

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Sydney Hall
Description
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.

Historical note:

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Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles

Alternate Title
Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles
Profiles: Métis Settlements and First Nations
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
[Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Government of Alberta]
Description
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.
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Notes from Blackfoot Agency Letter Books

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Magnus Begg
Description
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.
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Old Sun ...

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Description
Discusses the exhibition of installations by Adrian Stimson which focus on the Chief Old Sun Residential School.
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Old Sun Community College

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website for the Siksika Nation Community College that develops post secondary programs and services to promote their culture, language and history.
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Old Sun Indian Industrial School Attendance Registers

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Old Sun Industrial School
Description
"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."
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Old Sun School — Gleichen, AB

Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Presents a brief history of the Old Sun school from its establishment in1883 to the year it was destroyed by a fire in 1928.
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Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Report: Alberta 2002-2003

Alternate Title
Alberta First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002/03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rhonda King Blood
Description
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.
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