Blackfeet History Conference

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Nitawahsin-nanni (Our Land) History Conference

The Piegan Institute will hold a one-day history conference Nitawahsin-nanni 
(Our Land) which will examine Blackfeet land use practices and the ancestral 
landscape on Friday, August 20, 2004 at the Nizipuhwahsin School in Browning 
from 10:00am to 4:00PM. The conference is free and open to the public.

The conference will be moderated by Darrell Robes Kipp, Executive Director of 
Piegan Institute, and feature presenters who will discuss land use practices, 
the ancestral landscape and places of significance to the Blackfeet in 
present day Alberta and Montana.

Narcisse Blood and Francis First Charger from the Kainai Studies Department 
at Red Crow College, Alberta will discuss their on-going project on Blackfeet 
place names and developing a map of the Blackfeet landscape. 

Gerald A. Oetelaar and Joy Oetelaar from the Department of Archaeology at the 
University of Calgary will discuss the lost landscape of the Blackfeet and 
understanding Blackfoot perceptions and uses of the landscape on the Northern 
Plains.

Glen Still Smoking, a graduate student in the Anthropology Department at the 
University of Montana will discuss Blackfeet uses of pisskan or buffalo jumps 
across ancestral Blackfeet territory.

Piegan Institute is a private not-for-profit organization with programs 
dedicated to researching, promoting and preserving the Blackfeet  language. This 
conference is co-sponsored by the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West 
and the Native American Studies Department at the University of Montana. 

For more information on the conference or directions to Nizipuhwahsin please 
call Rosalyn LaPier at 406-338-3518 or rrlapier at pieganinstitute.org.





Rosalyn LaPier
Piegan Institute
www.pieganinstitute.org
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