Learn about how the creation of Niitsitapi clothing materials and styles changed from pre-colonization through the fur trade era into the reservation period.

Indigenous History, Online PresentationRebecca Many Grey HorsesJune 11, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesRebecca Many Gray Horses, Blackfoot, Niitsitapi, Clothing, TextileComment

Blackfoot Legends of the Cosmos with Rebecca Many Grey Horses

Rebecca Many Grey Horses recounts Niistitapi, Blackfoot, legends of the cosmos.

Indigenous History, Online PresentationRebecca Many Grey HorsesMarch 9, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesNiistipapi, Blackfoot history, Legends, Cosmos, Stars, Constellation, Pleiades, Big Dipper, Milky Way, Traditional Knowledge Comments

Niitsitapi and Epidemics

The Niitsitapi, or Blackfoot people, have been hit repeatedly by epidemics. Rebecca Many Grey Horses shares her research about the impact of smallpox, measles, scarlet fever and the Spanish flu.

Sacred Blackfoot Sites

Rebecca Many Grey Horses discusses the importance of several sites including Chief Mountain, Crowsnest peak, Devil's Thumb, the Sweetgrass Hills, Writing-on-Stone, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, as well as the significance of medicine wheels and tepee rings.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryRebecca Many Grey HorsesAugust 10, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesBlackfoot language, Blackfoot history, Blackfoot, Chief Mountain, Crowsnest peak, Devil's Thumb, Sweetgrass Hills, Writing-on-Stone, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpComment

Kítao’ahsinnooni (Blackfoot Territory)

Rebecca Many Grey Horses presents an overview of Indigenous history in southern Alberta.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryRebecca Many Grey HorsesJune 15, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesIndigenous Peoples Week, History, Territory, Blackfoot, Video, Map, Tradition, Reconciliation, Letbridge Comments

Miksiksipoksapowowa (Revenge Walker) and Rosie Davis

Miksiksipoksapowowa (Revenge Walker) was the half-sister of Mékaisto (Red Crow). She was politically and socially engaged in her community and her tribe.

Article, Indigenous HistoryRebecca Many Grey HorsesOctober 15, 2019Miksiksipoksapowowa, Revenge Walker, Rosie Davis, Blackfoot, Blood, Tribe, Historical Figures, Tepees, Buffalo Comment

Natawista (Holy Snake Woman), Peacemaker

A diplomat and mother, Natawista played a key role in helping establish treaties and navigate negotiations between American and British traders with Blackfoot tribes.

Article, Indigenous HistoryRebecca Many Grey HorsesOctober 8, 2019Indigenous History, Blackfoot, Figures, southern Alberta, CulbertsonComment