Module 3 Post 2
Reflecting on the importance of the land, oral histories, and story-telling, I have collected a series of sites that reflect important places and histories around the Calgary area.
The above names Treaty 7 regions and relates stories behind their names.
The above includes some oral history of Treaty 7 nations in the Bow Valley.
The above link above profiles The Chiniki Elders Advisory Council and Municipal District of Bighorn collaborated over a two-year period to select the locations, stories, and artwork for eight Stoney Nakoda story signs around the Bow Valley as a joint Canada 150 Project.
Above is a brochure that summarizes the region and stories of the project:
The link above tells how the Big Rock, outside Okotoks, is connected to the Blackfoot creation story. This is a location where the world began; where supernatural mischief-maker Napi was pursued by the rock as he traveled from south to north, creating the mountains and rivers.
The video/audio file is awesome and is noted above to avoid you missing it on the webpage.