Tsuut'ina Vision of Shared Future

We are all intertwined, braided and bound, like Sweetgrass to forge a new future across different backgrounds and borders – together. Each and every one of our members deserves the same opportunity, to have access and be engaged in a future that offers freedom, wellness, education, prosperity, and dignity – a future that levels the …

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What is TsuuT’ina about?

Taken from a recent talk at the Forward Summit in Calgary.  The talk was accompanied by a slide show, and some of the slides are included here. “Good morning to you all here. It’s kind of like school all over, all the bad ones are sitting in the back. You guys, if you want to …

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Dinner with Calgary Mayor and Council

My welcome remarks: Siyisgaas – thank you. Thank you Kendall, Thank you Elders for being with us tonight, Elder Big Crow for your blessing, Mayor Nenshi and all of you for coming to Tsuut’ina to be with us tonight. One of our colleagues from Lakeview sent me some photos from the 1920’s – they were …

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The Nihisgaka Ogha Dinner Series

The genesis of Nihisgaka Ogha– For our Children – “When I became Chief, it was important to me to open the window in the wall between our nation and our neighbours. Though we have a long history living side by side, we really don’t know each other. So we felt it important to come together …

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