Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika nation - Learning with the land

 Please watch my digital story here

This week, I created a digital story that shares what I learned about the Siksika Nation and the Blackfoot language. This story highlights history from before, during, and after contact with Europeans. Their language and how unique and wonderful it is, as well as some new words I learned, are connected to my time at Camp Connect. 

In my digital story, I share many new words from the Blackfoot language: 

aapámiaapiikoan = European

isskóóhtsika = long ago 

annohk = now

i’pówahsin = language

ponokáómitaa = horse

áápotskina = cow

i’nssimáát = plant

ksikkapístsisskitsi = aster flower 

máóhtoksko = many trees/ forest 

ótapi’sin = people

itákkaa = friend, of the same age

I enjoyed learning more about the land where I live. I know in the future I will use these resources in my classroom to make connections to Indigenous ways of learning and create a culturally relevant classroom. Until next time! 

About. (n.d.). Siksika Nation. https://siksikanation.com/about/ 

Blackfoot: online dictionary: Home. (n.d.). Dictionary.blackfoot.atlas-Ling.ca.

    https://dictionary.blackfoot.atlas-ling.ca/# 

Niitsitapiisini - Our Way of Life - Teacher Toolkit. (n.d.). Www.glenbow.org.

    https://www.glenbow.org/blackfoot/teacher_toolkit/english/culture/contactWithEuropeans.htm 

Siksika (Blackfoot). (2025). Thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.

    https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/blackfoot-siksika