{"id":606,"date":"2024-12-17T05:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T05:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:17:52","slug":"blackfoot-confederacy-bfc-guardianship-rocky-mountain-east-slopes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/en\/blackfoot-confederacy-bfc-guardianship-rocky-mountain-east-slopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackfoot Confederacy Guardianship Rocky Mountain East Slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"606\" class=\"elementor elementor-606\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5fa2fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e5fa2fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9adfad6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9adfad6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a19eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20a19eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aefa1c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aefa1c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3bc093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3bc093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Siksikaitsitapi Niitsitapi-led Network for Blackfoot Guardianship of Rocky Mountain East Slopes\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7505a3 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7505a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Blackfoot Confederacy Guardianship Rocky Mountain East Slopes Knowledge Hub (BFC Hub) centers Blackfoot principles and knowledge systems to guide conservation and stewardship of a diverse and ecologically significant landscape spanning from alpine mountains to prairie grasslands in Alberta\u2019s East Slopes. This landscape includes five ecoregions and holds profound cultural and biocultural importance, including sacred sites such as the origins of the Sacred Beaver and Sinopaksipistaan Bundles.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hub is led by Blackfoot Elders, knowledge holders, and experts in partnership with government and non-government entities. It prioritizes elevating Blackfoot ethical frameworks (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pomaaksin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), monitoring ecological and cultural health through biocultural indicators (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aatstimaapi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and advancing self-determination and resistance to colonial impacts (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aksinnstowaapsim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservation efforts include training Blackfoot Guardians in both Blackfoot and Western scientific methods, patrolling and monitoring for illegal activities, conducting species inventories, and exploring restoration of extirpated and at-risk species. The Hub fosters cultural continuity by promoting traditional practices, ceremonies, and intergenerational knowledge transfer, especially involving youth.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governance respects the sovereignty of the four Blackfoot Nations while enabling collaboration on shared priorities. The Hub also delivers real-time knowledge tools rooted in Niitsitapi traditions to support decision-making amidst climate change, species loss, and ecological shifts. Protecting and transmitting Blackfoot knowledge according to community ethics remains central to all efforts.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91a3c89 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91a3c89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb5a14 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1eb5a14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff305a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff305a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d5d86a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d5d86a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83719a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83719a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowledge Leaders:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e001d8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e001d8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a7739e about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a7739e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Kimmy Houle \u2013 Environment &amp; Economic Development Director, Blackfoot Confederacy Tribal Council<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin Bruised Head \u2013 Coordinator, Blackfoot Guardianship of the East Slopes of the Rockies Initiative<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31de088 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31de088\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dec2b0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dec2b0d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692e7ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"692e7ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hub Goals:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb66da8 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb66da8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elevate Blackfoot ways to protect knowledge and build capacity in Western scientific approaches<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ground Hub governance in Blackfoot ethics, values, and knowledge transfer (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pomaaksin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use Blackfoot biocultural indicators (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aatstimaapi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) to monitor ecological, cultural, and biological health as sacred balance<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promote leadership and action for knowledge mobilization, benefits to the Confederacy, self-determination, and resistance to settler colonialism (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aksinnstowaapsim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore establishment of Indigenous Protected &amp; Conserved Area(s) (IPCA) in Blackfoot Territory<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue Native Trout Recovery Project assessing bull and westslope cutthroat trout in transboundary watersheds<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiate Blackfoot Guardianship in and around Waterton Lakes National Park<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conduct baseline inventories of keystone flora and fauna for restoration planning, including Species at Risk Act (SARA) listed species<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promote Indigenous well-being through land-based, hands-on learning with youth, Elders, knowledge holders, grassroots individuals, and the public<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support food security, sovereignty, and human health through traditional Blackfoot sustainable practices and ceremony<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure shared governance among the four Blackfoot Nations respecting political sovereignty and consensus-building<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide real-time decision support tools grounded in Niitsitapi knowledge connecting youth, Elders, and decision-makers<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5fa3d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5fa3d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blackfoot-hub.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1860\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blackfoot-hub.jpg 512w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blackfoot-hub-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blackfoot-hub-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c37708 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c37708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackfoot Territory, Alberta East Slopes, Canada \u2014 includes mountain, foothills, and prairie landscapes<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78621c7 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78621c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Partners and Funders:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackfoot Confederacy Tribal Council<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siksikaitsitapi Society Environment Department<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional regional Indigenous organizations and collaborators<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siksikaitsitapi Niitsitapi-led Network for Blackfoot Guardianship of Rocky Mountain East Slopes The Blackfoot Confederacy Guardianship Rocky Mountain East Slopes Knowledge Hub (BFC Hub) centers Blackfoot principles and knowledge systems to guide conservation and stewardship of a diverse and ecologically significant landscape spanning from alpine mountains to prairie grasslands in Alberta\u2019s East Slopes. 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