Aiitoohtsimit ‘Blackfoot Trails’
| dc.contributor.author | Provost, Conroy (Piinotóyi Saahkómaapi) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-18T19:01:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-18T19:01:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "The purpose of this project was to explore how technology can be used and or embraced to help keep our culture and language alive in the Blackfoot context. By creating a story of language re-membering through the field of Language reclamation in the form of an autoethnographic documentary film, I wanted to share the story of my Blackfoot language journey. I returned home to Canada in the winter of 2025 to film for 8 eight weeks. Using a narrative method I reflect on who I am, where I come from and what it means to truly connect with my Language and Culture by learning from an Elder William Big Bull of The Piikani Nation for myself and for the future generations. This research project was done in a Blackfoot framework and done with an approach that is rooted in Blackfoot values and conscience. Through my journey to explore the stories and histories of our Language (Niitsipowahsinn) and Culture I begin to develop relationships with the plants, the land, the ceremonies, and the people. I gain a thoughtful understanding of the importance of pronunciation and the knowledge that is encoded with proper articulation of Niitsipowahsinn (Blackfoot Language). I relate my emerging understanding that Language acquisition necessitates confronting my own colonial shame and insecurities. Finally I reflect on the healing of the journey, and on the experiences and feelings of reconnecting with Niitsipowahsinn (Blackfoot Language)." | |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Dr. Belinda kakiyosēw Daniels, Supervisor Indigenous Education Dr. Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins, Committee Member Indigenous Education | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/22920 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Blackfoot Trails | |
| dc.subject | technology | |
| dc.subject | culture | |
| dc.subject | language re-membering | |
| dc.subject | language reclamation | |
| dc.subject | autoethnographic documentary | |
| dc.subject | Piikani Nation | |
| dc.subject.department | Department of Indigenous Education | |
| dc.title | Aiitoohtsimit ‘Blackfoot Trails’ | |
| dc.type | Other |