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The colonial impact of the erasure of Blackfoot Miistakistsi place names in Paahtomahksikimi, Waterton Lakes National Park

Bruised Head, Michael Dean, University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and ScienceLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of History2022

… (Waterton Lakes National Park) are sacred for Niitsitapi. The experience of fasting in the mountains is what brought us our healing wisdom from thousands of years ago. When we fast, we call the mountain by its name, for its spiritual presence to be connected to us. The colonial …

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