Stories and Spaces

Nitsitapiisinni - Stories and Spaces: Exploring Kainai Plants and Culture

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To view videos on ways for teachers to use this web resource, and the Kainai community responses to the resource please go to the instructional videos.

Look at the Student Picture Gallery for beautiful pictures taken by students during the Kainai Plants and Culture project.

The web resource officially lauched at the 32nd AMTEC Conference.

Alberta Sweetgrass July 2005 *
Legacy Magazine Fall 2005 * Reprinted with permission of Legacy, Alberta's Heritage, Arts, & Culture, from the Fall 2005 issue.
NUTV Newscast Video clip produced and shown with permission from the New University Television Society (NUTV)**
Cardston Temple City Star *article
"The Homestretch" interview **
University of Calgary OnCampus * article Reprinted with permission of OnCampus.
University of Calgary Gaunlet *article Reprinted with permission of The Gaunlet.
Calgary Herald article *
CBC Newscast **

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Abstract

The website consists of:

· a partially immersive area that presents the plants in the context of the sights and sounds of the land
· plant descriptions in Blackfoot, French and English
· links to audio and video interviews with elders
· a fully searchable digitized books and artifacts
· student photography, music, and artwork
· an interpretive video
· teacher planning resources and ethnobotany inquiry

Some material is culturally sensitive and is presented only in Blackfoot.

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Project Partners (links open in new window)

Culture.ca [C] | Kainai Board of Education [K] mail link | Redcrow Community College [R] | University of Calgary IR [U] | Galileo Educational Network [G]