This exhibit was designed to travel and is available on loan to schools, libraries, community groups, and smaller rural museums/galleries around southern Alberta. To learn more, read the full exhibit details.

Guest curated by Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete

Presenting photographs and stories from survivors and government workers, this exhibit shows the evolution of the colonial school system from mission schools to band-controlled education. Stolen Kainai Children: Stories of Survival demonstrates Kainai children’s experience of survival with the residential school era, while also highlighting the educational efforts and resiliency of the Blood Tribe.

Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete is a member of the Kainai (Blood Tribe) First Nation. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. Her work deals with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action where she researches the history and impacts of residential schools.

Apooyak’ii/Dr. Tiffany Hind Bull-Prete
Image courtesy Moonsong Photography