The Blackfoot Perspective of the 153-year-old Battle of the Belly River. with speakers Camina Weasel Moccasin and Kris Hodgson-Bright

The Galt Museum & Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa, in partnership with Lethbridge College, Reconciliation Lethbridge, Lethbridge Historical Society and the City of Lethbridge Indigenous Relations Office, are embarking on a project that will focus on and highlight Niitsitapi knowledge and perspectives of the event. We believe this project will continue efforts toward reconciliation and relationship building by informing residents of the impact the battle had on the development of the Lethbridge. In order to focus on the Niitsitapi voices that have been ignored in the past, the Galt has engaged with Elders and Knowledge Keepers from the Blackfoot communities about this specific event.

Speaker: Camina Weasel Moccasin and Kris Hodgson-Bright

Moderator: Marni Hope

Camina Weasel Moccasin is a member of the Kainai nation and part of the Many Children clan. She is currently one of the curators at the Galt Museum and Archives | Akaisamitohkanao’pa and has been in her role for the past year. In addition to her museum work, Camina is also pursuing a master’s degree in anthropology at the University of Lethbridge while also raising her two small children, 5 and 3 years old. For the past decade Camina has worked tirelessly at redeveloping institutional policies to better support Niitsitapii traditional and ceremonial practices.

Kris Hodgson-Bright is an instructor in the Digital Communications and Media program and Multimedia Production diploma program and has been a writer and photographer for various publications across western Canada for the last 16 years. The completion of work on his master’s degree in Virtual Reality/360-degree journalism (2017) from the University of Alberta in the Communication and Technology program (MACT) kick-started applied research opportunities at Lethbridge College surrounding the ever-evolving world of journalism and immersive storytelling.