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Crossing the Border

Who built Fort Whoop-Up and why? #FortWhoopUp150

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 2, 2020Fort Whoop-UpCivil War, Gold, Montana, Hamilton, Healy, Fort 150, FortComment

Traditional Ways of Living

What are the traditional ways of living of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) Fort Whoop-Up tells visitors about the history, culture and traditions of the Niitsitapi.

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesAugust 26, 2020Fort Whoop-UpFort 150, Indigenous History, Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Southern AlbertaComment

Previous Exhibit: Kaahsinnooniksi Ao’toksisawooyawa

In 2010, the Galt Museum & Archives hosted an exhibit called Kaahsinnooniksi Ao’toksisawooyawa Our ancestors have come to visit: Blackfoot Shirts.

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 24, 2019Exhibit, Blackfoot, History, ResearchComment

A Shopper’s History

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesDecember 27, 2016Comment

Canada Day: Reason to Celebrate Our History

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesJune 28, 2016Comment

The Horse and Its Uses

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesJune 21, 2016Comment

Annora Brown: Daughter of the Prairie

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesJune 14, 2016Comment

The Yukon Gold Potato

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesFebruary 21, 2016Comment

The Lethbridge Colliery Band

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesFebruary 16, 2016Comment

Fort Macleod NWMP Barracks

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesJanuary 12, 2016Comment

Real-life Spider-man

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesJuly 10, 2014Archives, Fort Macleod, Galt Museum, unidentifiedComment

The Last Will & Testament of a 12 year old

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesJanuary 23, 20141920, Alberta, Archives, Bentley, Daysland, Dorothy Bentley, Galt Museum, Last Will and Testament, books, classics, girl, historyComment

For Genealogists - Dominion Electors List 1938

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesOctober 23, 2013Comment

Tribute to Senator Joyce Fairbairn

International Women's Day: 100 Years

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesMarch 8, 2011Alberta history, Archives, Cafe Galt, Galt Archives, Galt Museum, Programs, photographsComment

From recently processed Archives files...

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesDecember 1, 2009Archives, Canada Post, letter, prohibition, temperanceComment

Adopt-an-Artifact is back!

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesNovember 12, 2009Comment

Galt Hospital Hauntings

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesOctober 31, 2009Dainty Hospital, Galt Hospital, Galt Museum, George Bailey, children, ghost, ghosts, storiesComment

The People on the Museum Wall: Elliott Galt

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesApril 28, 2009Alberta, Canadian Pacific Railway, Galt, Indian Commissioner, Lethbridge, Nicholas Sheran, Northwest Mounted Police, Oldman, Sir Alexander Galt, coal, irrigation, railway, river, Galt Museum, Elliot GaltComment

The People on the Museum Wall: Red Crow

ArticleGalt Museum & ArchivesApril 1, 2009Blackfoot, Blood Tribe, Canada, Community College, Europeans, Galt Museum, Kainai, Red Crow Community College, Red Crow, Treaty 7, cattle, customs, grain, reserve, woodComment