The first person of European descent to describe the Assiniboine was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company named Henry Kelsey in the 1690s. Later explorers and traders Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye and his sons (1730s), Anthony Henday (1754–55), and Alexander Henry the younger (1800s) confirmed that the Assiniboine held a vast territory across the …

The Blackfoot Confederacy, Niitsitapi or Siksikaitsitapi (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or "Blackfoot-speaking real people"), is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Blackfeet people: the Siksika ("Blackfoot"), the Kainai or Blood ("Many Chiefs"), and two sections of the Peigan or Piikani ("Splotchy Robe") – the Northern ...

Their name for themselves is Nimíipuu (pronounced ), meaning, "The People", in their language, part of the Sahaptin family.. Nez Percé is an exonym given by French Canadian fur traders who visited the area regularly in the late 18th century, meaning literally "pierced nose". English-speaking traders and settlers adopted the name in turn. Since the late 20th century, the Nez …

In Canada, the Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples which amounted to cultural genocide.The network was funded by the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and administered by Christian churches.The school system was created to isolate Indigenous children from the influence of their own native culture …

The Blackfoot language, also called Siksiká (its denomination in ISO 639-3, English: / s iː k ˈ s iː k ə /; Siksiká, syllabics ᓱᖽᐧᖿ), often anglicised as Siksika, is an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot or Niitsitapi people, who currently live in the northwestern plains of North America.There are four dialects, three of which are spoken in Alberta, Canada, and one of ...

Lethbridge (/ ˈ l ɛ θ b r ɪ dʒ / LETH-brij) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada.With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people.The nearby Canadian Rocky Mountains contribute to the city's warm summers, mild winters, and windy climate.Lethbridge lies southeast of Calgary on the Oldman …

Calgary (/ ˈ k æ l ɡ ər i / KAL-gər-ee) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces.As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the ...

Name und Sprache. Die Eigenbezeichnung als Apsáalooke, Absarokee, Absaroka, Upsaroka, Absaraka (und weiteren Schreibvarianten) bezog sich in ihrer Sprache auf einen krähenähnlichen Vogel, der bereits vor dem ersten Kontakt zu weißen Pelztierjägern ausgestorben war. Daher wurden sie von den Franzosen als Corbeaux und von den Briten und später Amerikanern als …

The Tsuutʼina Nation (also Tsu Tʼina, Tsuu Tʼina, Tsúùtínà – "a great number of people"; formerly Sarcee, Sarsi) (Sarsi: Tsúùtʼínà) is a First Nation band government in Alberta, Canada. Their territory today is confined to the Tsuut'ina 145 reserve, whose east side is adjacent to the southwest city limits of Calgary.Their traditional territory spans a much larger area in southern ...

In dieser Liste nordamerikanischer Indianerstämme werden die wichtigsten nordamerikanischen Konföderationen, Nationen, Völker, Stämme und Gruppierungen gelistet, geordnet nach den nordamerikanischen Kulturarealen.Nicht jeder Eintrag ist als eigenständige Gruppierung zu verstehen. Teilweise handelt es sich um künstlich erschaffene übergeordnete Kategorien bzw. …