Our Secret Histories of Stuff

Dr. Christopher Churchill discusses overlapping networks of material cultures: Indigenous nations, local settler communities, and connections to transnational chains of production of "stuff" as part of our Made In exhibit.

Online PresentationDr. Christopher ChurchillFebruary 2, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesMade In, Exhibit, Curatorial, Presentation, University of Lethbridge, History, Niitsitapi, Blackfoot, Manfuacturing, Objects, Collection, Production, Supply Chain Comment

Siksikaisitapi Bags: Blackfoot Pockets and Pouches

Although Siksikaisitapi, Blackfoot people, did not sew pockets into their clothing, they did use personal bags and pouches to carry essential belongings.

Indigenous History, Online PresentationBlanche BruisedheadJanuary 26, 2021Galt Museum & ArchivesBlanche, Blanche Bruisedhead, Pockets, Parflesch, Bag, Suitcase, Luggare, Niitsitapi, Blackfoot, Exhibit, Pockets of PossibilitiesComment

The Galt Presents: Dr. Julie Young on the Refuge Canada Exhibit

Dr. Julie Young explains her research into refugee and immigration issues in Canada and abroad, tying in with the Refuge Canada exhibit on display at the Galt until January, 2021.

Online PresentationDr. Julie YoungNovember 8, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesRefugeCanada, Refuge Canada, Pier 21, Immigration, Refugee, Canada, Lethbridge, Julie Young, Galt Museum & archives, World History, Conflict, Exhibit, Curatorial, Travelling ExhibitComment

Marathon of Memories

The first Terry Fox Fundraising Run was held in Lethbridge on September 14, 1980. After 40 years, Lethbridge residents continue to organize and participate in runs to raise funds.

ArticleBobbie Fox Akaiksims’staki (Many Thoughts Woman)November 3, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesTerry Fox, Exhibit, Archives, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, Canada, History, Identity, CancerComment

Terry Fox and Lethbridge

Archives Assistant Bobbie Fox will interview Terry Fox Sr. about the history of the Terry Fox Run in Lethbridge and about the Fox family’s connection to southern Alberta in this online presentation.

VideosBobbie Fox Akaiksims’staki (Many Thoughts Woman)October 28, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesThe Galt Presents, Lecure, Presentation, Interview, Exhibit, Terry Fox, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta, Marathon of HopeComment

Piikanikoan with Ira Provost

Guest curator Ira Provost will explain the significance of his winter count and discuss his songs that are featured in the exhibit in this online presentation.

Online Presentation, Indigenous HistoryIra ProvostOctober 5, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesThe Galt Presents, Exhibit, Ira Provost, Guest Curator, Presentation, lecture, PiikanikoanComment

Southern Alberta Landscapes

Praised by Canadian artist Bart Pragnell for his “high calibre” artistry with a “thoroughness and technical excellence sometimes missing in contemporary work,” Riethman was able to incorporate these aspects of his training and experiment with modernist developments in art such as impressionism, cubism and abstraction.

ArticleMary-Beth LavioletteMarch 3, 2020Galt Museum & ArchivesPainter's Paradise, Exhibit, Curator, Bart Pragnell, Riethman, Ernest RiethmanComment

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 Place for all Citizens

What a place [a library] would be to spend a portion of Sunday, when time hangs so heavily on most men’s hands. It would save many a one from going out and raising Hades.
—C.S. Keller, Lethbridge News, January 14, 1889

Aimee BenoitApril 9, 2019Galt Museum & archivesLibrary, Lethbridge, Keller, Exhibit, Magrath, Books, Alberta Railway and Coal Company, Reading, BIlliard Room, Carnegie, Connecting CommunityComment