Only at recess is English spoken. Or rather, yelled. In the small, dirt-patched back yard of the Piegan Institute’s Nizipuhwahsin language school, 3rd graders play soccer in a dusty lot, yelling “Over ...

Feb. 12—"ōk̇ii niisṫoō ǐǐnnōk̇´ ṗiik̇ǔnii niṫtsin´k̇ǎasim o´nōk̇īyk̇ǔṫtsis, nitṫīyǎaṗiitsin´k̇ǎasim," Robert Hall speaks in Blackfoot. This is how he introduces himself in his native language, ...

“To have a group of kindergarteners that are spending half their day learning Blackfeet language and culture is remarkable.” It’s easy to tell the students aren’t just hearing the Blackfoot language, ...

SWIFT DAM — Children crowded around Jesse DesRosier on a hot summer day as he stroked a horse’s mane. “The (Blackfoot language) name for horse is ‘elk dog,’” DesRosier explained.“Pohokaamiita.” ...

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Charting Jesse DesRosier’s 28-year journey is a dizzying endeavor, even if he’s right back where he started - living on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, a community that at ...

Unravel the mystery behind an iconic photograph of Blackfeet tribe leader Mountain Chief. Host Vincent Brown challenges a common assumption about a photo of ethnographer Frances Densmore and Piegan ...

A southern Alberta woman's short film about her Blackfoot culture is being broadcaston television. Shawanda Backfat was one of 36 Indigenous-led projects that were produced during the STORYHIVE ...

On Monday the Blackfeet Tribe released a herd of 24 bison in the Chief Mountain Wilderness. The animals could end up in Glacier National Park, the first herd in the park in almost 150 years. The last ...

BROWNING — The kindergartners in Carolyn Zuback’s Blackfoot language immersion program spill through the classroom door, buzzing off each other’s contagious energy in a morning mob of childhood ...

In this Oct. 5, 2017 photo, Jesse DesRosier, a Marine veterans and Blackfoot language instructor at Cuts Wood School poses in Browning, Mont. DesRosier’s 28-year journey is a dizzying endeavor, even ...