Join Galt Archives Intern, Avery Raine, to explore the written memorials of Lethbridge’s past and what they can tell us about our ancestors.
Come join in the festivities with Yoruba tales from Adedeji Bowoade, local educator and board member for the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association, and create polymer clay turtles while you listen!
Join photographer Mark Vitaris for a discussion about his book Borderlands. The book is a photographic discourse on the country that straddles the forty-ninth parallel from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to the grasslands of Saskatchewan and to the western Dakotas.
Join Chris Roedler as he goes back to his roots in music, as he plays songs that have, and continue to, inspire him musically.
Only the toughest of shrubs and trees have managed to survive in southern Alberta and they in turn provide refuge for an array of other biodiversity. Our thirsty communities depend on these same scarce waters and we struggle to balance our water demands against the needs of the trees.
Come celebrate Heritage Day with wagon rides, a petting zoo, explore the fort’s community garden and learn more about traditional food preservation methods.
Join us for a screening of the short documentary Small Town Queer — Conversion. Two intersecting storylines explore the current conversation surrounding conversion therapy. After the screening, Jay Whitehead, Devon Hargreaves and Jennifer Takahashi will participate in a discussion regarding the film and efforts that led to the ban of conversion therapy in Canada.
Craft and learn the Niitsitapi words for prominent locations in southern Alberta with the Galt's Blackfoot Interpreter Blanche Bruisedhead.
Make creative word art at the Galt with local artist and author Freyja Catton (He/Him or They/Them).
Forget about realism, and create your own surrealist self portrait at the Galt.
Learn and practice the basics of a traditional Niitsitapi dance style at the Galt with powwow dancer Chris "Nugget" Bull Bear.
Local artist Mary Ellen Little Mustache will guide participants through the process of making a simple and fun traditional Niitsitapi game with locally sourced materials.
Experiment with beeswax clay modelling at the Galt with local artist Claire Reid.
