Lowell Yellowhorn, manager of Indigenous service and Todd Caughlin, athletics and recreation services director, help unveils the new Lethbridge College Kodiaks Indigenous logo thanks to eight athletes outside campus on Sept. 29. Photo by Ma. Janine Doroca. Lethbridge College marked Truth and Reconciliation Week by unveiling the new Indigenous jersey for Kodiak athletes on Sept.…
Stone Pipe Days marks historical treaty signing at Lethbridge College
One of many Indigenous dancers celebrated during the treaty signing with their traditional dances. On March 15 Lethbridge College hosted Stone Pipe days, an annual event that recognizes the pride, history and culture of the indigenous community. The event was held in the Val Matteotti gymnasium and hosted many tables that any student or participant…
Students get crafty at first-ever Niitsitapipaitapiissin: Culture Craft Series
First-year nursing student Chelsea Onyia sews a ribbon on to fabric to make a ribbon skirt at the college’s Niitsitapipaitapiissin: Culture Craft Series on Feb. 8. Onyia believes it is important to have an Indigenous cultural presence on campus. Lethbridge College students learned more about Blackfoot culture through hands-on crafting workshops at the Niitsitapipaitapiissin: Culture…
RBC Student Success Series helps students prepare for success
Marni Hope, the event coordinator for Indigenous Services, has been a key part in getting these events to happen. Photo by Hayden Siemens For many students, finding time to build up their career, whether through their resume or job searching, can be an extremely difficult task. But for Indigenous students at Lethbridge College, getting the…
Indigenous community needs recognition past Truth and Reconciliation Day
On Oct. 8, Indigenous Elder Peter Weasel Moccasin talks about the Blackfoot culture in the Niitsitapi Gathering Place. On Sept. 30, Canada celebrated its first national Truth and Reconciliation Day. The day was established to bring awareness of the impact of residential schools. Even though Truth and Reconciliation Day is over, the trauma residential schools…
Blackfoot speakers optimistic about keeping their language alive
Peter Weasel Moccasin, a Blackfoot elder, chats with a student at the Long Night Against Procrastination in Lethbridge College’s Buchanan Library on Nov. 5, 2019. The Blackfoot language has been spoken for thousands of years, but decades of repression by government residential schools nearly extinguished it. It is a language once spoken by nations in…
Lethbridge locals given the chance to learn more about indigenous history
A dimly lit room was filled with the smell of candles, as local history buffs and elderly folk filled the board room to learn more about Lethbridge’s local indigenous history at the Galt Museum. The Indigenous History Program is a group of eight sessions exploring topics of Blackfoot history. The classes are held every Tuesday…
Lethbridge College preparing to further embrace indigenous culture
Lethbridge College is working towards a cross-campus strategy that will see the institution welcome, educate and support indigenous students and culture on an unprecedented level. The college has named indigenous education as its third-highest priority in its latest comprehensive institutional plan (CIP). This is the next step in the college’s Niisitapi Indigenization Plan. The plan…
Lethbridge College takes further steps toward cultural equality
The Lethbridge College Board of Governors took an important step toward bridging a long-standing cultural divide, by appointing an representative from a previously marginalized group. Travis Plaited Hair was named the first indigenous BOG member in the past 10 years, according to College records. “It tells you how far we’ve come in this community, not…
Fashion, Up Close
A garment, piece of art or a work of literature can be beautiful from afar, but the details that bring it all together are what really makes the difference between a show stopper and a bargain bin piece of clip art. The canvas weaved onto a board or a sewing pattern as just one piece…