The Blackfoot people say they have always lived here. Western science is slowly coming to the same conclusion, helped in part by the exceptionally low water levels of the past two years.
Until recently, only parts of a stone circle in Nose Hill Park were visible to passersby, many of whom unknowingly walked straight through a site that is now the subject of an archaeological excavation aimed at uncovering more about the life of the Blackfoot people.
A number of bird species in Alberta will soon be recognized by new names, as the world’s largest professional organization for ornithologists has decided to rename all birds in the United States and Canada named after people.
A collection of projectile point artefacts found by Harry Christensen on the family farm near Dalum, and which are estimated to range in age from approximately 2,000 to 4,600 years old, are being do