Brain Building Blogs
Music Comes Naturally to Children
Children respond to music at a very early age. Infants can be soothed by music. Young toddlers naturally move their bodies to the beat of the music. Read more about music and child development in this week’s blog and learn some tips to promote music participation at home.
Traditional Land Based Teachings
William Singer lll shares traditional land based teachings with us in this week’s blog. We have so much to learn!
Niitsitapi Values
Blackfoot elders describe Niitsitapi values as those that make for a good life and an orderly life. Learn more about these important values in this week’s blog.
The Creator’s Game
In this week’s blog post Chad Chief Moon teaches us about the histroy and tradition behind the game of Lacrosse - also known as The Creator’s Game.
Maintaining Indigenous Parenting in a Modern World
“To understand traditional parenting of children, one must firstly understand the Blackfoot ways of knowing and how the indigenous people used to live together as a community of their tribes, their land and animals within the universe”.
Parenting from Western and Traditional Indigenous Perspectives
This week’s blog looks as some of the differences between western and traditional indigenous parenting practices.
Blackfoot Stories
“Stories have a great imaginative power that engages the brain” Learn more about Blackfoot Story telling on this week’s blog.
Napi and the Elk - ponoká
“Napi was watching the elk; ponoká. They were playing follow the leader and making patterns and zigzags. Napi was hungry, so he set up a scheme. “ Read more on this week’s Blog.
Raven and Thunder Omahkai’stoo ki Ksiistsikom
This month we are featuring traditional Blackfoot stories as told by Carl Brave Rock. This week we learn about the story of Raven and Thunder.
Making Indigenous Games
In this week’s Blog Post, Mary Ellen Little Mustache shares her experience of making traditional games in nature. “When we make traditional games, we are very conscious about the importance of each tree before harvesting it to make game equipment.”
Running Games
The “Run and Scream” is a Blackfoot game to develop and maintain endurance of running.
Indigenous Games
Traditionally, playing Indigenous games and activities were a daily occurrence and were embedded into a natural way of life. Today, we have a reclamation of the traditional Indigenous games and activities to embrace the cultural activities of our Indigenous forefathers of Southern Alberta.