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This site contains a myriad of stories, knowledge and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Alberta. Indigenous peoples in Alberta come from diverse cultures, languages, and communities. Voices of the Land includes joyous, celebratory, difficult, and traumatic stories, all of which are authentic and important.

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Edmonton Public Library
Category
Culture and Worldviews, People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings
Summary
In this video, we have recorded our online event with Dr. Lana Whiskyjack about her experiences with digital storytelling and the ethics behind it.
First Meeting MJ
Community
Voices of Amiskwaciy
Category
History and Resistance, Skills and Teachings, Art and Artists
Summary
This project includes the research and re-creation of the First Meetings between Alberta’s First Nations people and the French Voyageurs along the setting of Edmonton’s River Valley.
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
People and Personal Stories
Summary
Join Marigold Library System's Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Rose Reid, for a brief book review of "Valley of the Birdtail" by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson.
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
History and Resistance
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
Culture and Worldviews
Summary
Join Marigold Library System's Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Rose Reid, as she reviews White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo.
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Join Marigold Library System's Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Rose Reid, for a book review of "There There" by Tommy Orange.
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
People and Personal Stories
Summary
Join Marigold Library System's Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Rose Reid, for a book review of "Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City" by Tanya Talaga.
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
People and Personal Stories
Summary
Join Marigold Library System's Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Rose Reid, for a brief book review of "My Life's Work - 2018" by Roland Rollinmud.
Community
Marigold Library System
Category
Art and Artists
Summary
Join Marigold Library System's Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Rose Reid, for a book review of "As Big as the Sky, as Tall as the Trees" written by Leah Yardley and illustrated by Adam Blacksmith

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The creator of this content has indicated that this story contains discussion, mention or description of: Residential school and/or day School.

Hudson's Bay Company
Community
Valleyview Municipal Library
Category
Place, Land and Territory
Summary
This collection of photographs contains historical images from the Sturgeon Lake and surrounding areas of Alberta, located on Treaty 8 Territory - home to Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.

The creator of this content has indicated that this story contains discussion, mention or description of: Residential school and/or day School.

Our Buffalo Hunts
Community
Voices of Amiskwaciy
Category
History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings, Place, Land and Territory
Summary
A first hand account of one of the Métis people's last great buffalo hunts on the Alberta prairie
Community
Edmonton Public Library
Category
Culture and Worldviews, Skills and Teachings, Art and Artists
Summary
Artist and Elder Jerry Saddleback, whose craftsmanship is featured in the Milner Library, discusses the process of traditional bow-making and its importance in Plains Cree culture.