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The Ninastako Cultural Centre has over 50 years of cultural teaching, developing learning resources, classes and camps.
Blackfoot Language RESOURCES
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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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FACILITY Progress
1996
Facility Location Proposed
2011
Completed Feasibility Study
2012
Presented to
Chief & Council
2014
10 Acre Allotment
from Akres Claim
2015
Plans Developed
by ATCO
2020
Development of Cultural Projects
1993
Funding
from CTAC
1988
Funding from Alberta Government
1987
Letter of
Encouragement
Ninastako
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
Kainai High School
Shaliya Jamie Tailfeathers
2021 - 2022
Lenaisha Day Chief
2021 - 2022
Adam Joseph Soop
2021 - 2022
Jacob Black Water
2021 - 2022
POWWOW TRAIL 2022
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