The Michif Cultural and Resource Institute, conceived by the Honourable Senator Thelma Chalifoux, has initiated the collection of Métis specific items and pictorial history. The Michif Centre collection is endeavouring to preserve and protect the culture and heritage of the Métis people within Alberta and the West.
Escape and discover northern sport fishing at it's BEST. Ten lakes to choose from offering trophy Northern Pike, Lake Trout or Walleye. You are sure to catch your dream!
Moonstone Creation specializes in Natice Clothing, Accessories, Turquoise and Medicine Wheel Jewelry. They offer ongoing classes, unique healing workshops and also weddings!
100% Aboriginal owned, Mother Earth Essentials creates hand made, environmentally friendly bath products and teas,imparting the scents and healing properties of nature. Shop online! Call us at 780-907-7199
Alberta's oldest non-fortified community was established in 1861 as a Roman Catholic Mission. A Métis settlement quickly grew up around it. The land was divided into river lots, some of which still survive in today's modern City of St. Albert.
Built in traditional log style among serene woods and overlooking tranquil Chief Hector Lake, Nakoda Lodge will transport you back to a quieter, simpler time. Unique among Banff and Canmore resorts, the Lodge has an intimate, rustic charm, with all the modern conveniences you require.
Beatrice Sutherland is a Woodland Cree. She makes moccasins, gloves, mukluks, and small beaded items out of moose hide that she tans using generations-old techniques. She also takes commissions for custom orders.
The main gallery portrays the traditional lifestyle of First Nations and Metis people and the changes wrought by exploration and development.
This quartzite boulder weighs about 16,500 tonnes, is nine metres tall, and 41 metres long by 18 metres wide. Between 10 and 18 thousand years ago, rockslides from the Rocky Mountains in the Jasper area deposited quartzite debris onto the top of a glacier. All the boulders were carried by ice along the mountain front and dropped as the glacier melted.
Piikani Nation's PEIGAN CRAFTS is celebrating 30 years in business. We produce a variety of First Nations - Blackfoot Piikani style of moccasins including mukluks and mitts.
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