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The Ninastako Cultural Centre has over 50 years of cultural teaching, developing learning resources, and offering classes and camps.
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A new Indigenous-led research project is bringing together community members, Elders, knowledge keepers, educators, students and researchers to address misinformation about Canadian Indigenous people, culture and communities.
The project, Ihtsitomaniista’po’tako’p (Working Together), is led by the Ninastako Cultural Centre in partnership with Lethbridge Polytechnic’s Centre for Public Safety Applied Research (CPSAR) and seeks to understand how misinformation about Indigenous people spreads, the impact it has on communities and what can be done to address it.
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NINASTAKO CULTURAL CENTRE
Chief Mountain, or Ninastako, is a prominent geographic feature which encompasses cultural and spiritual significance for the Blackfoot. The proposed First Nations’ cultural centre, named Ninastako Cultural Centre, will preserve the Blackfoot culture and promote cross-cultural awareness by capitalizing on traditional storytelling.
The stories will be shared from the pinnacle view of Ninastako, sharing the lives of the Blackfoot in and around southern AB as they roamed the prairies and adapted to the introduction of settlers, horses, firearms, the railway, and eventually, the changes to their lifestyle with the depletion of the buffalo and the introduction of reserves.
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The Ninastako Scholarships are given to students in Cardston High School and Kainai High School with the highest marks in Blackfoot 30.
Cardston High School
Selah Sweet Grass
2025 - 2026
Jordan Vielle
2025 - 2026
