Red Crow Event- March 26

Last week I attended the Red Crow Community College Career Fair located in the heart of Blackfoot territory near Cardston Alberta. Joining me at this event was Walter MacDonald White Bear who is the Chinook Lodge Aboriginal Project Coordinator. Walter’s role is to advise/counsel students, coordinate Chinook Lodge events and support initiates that involve recruitment and retention.

Chinook Lodge Aboriginal Resource Centre is a space on campus dedicated to serving the learning and training needs of Aboriginal students at SAIT. Students can make use of resources, study areas, or socialize with other students.

Walter and I promoted Chinook Lodge and the career and training opportunities that are offered at SAIT. The Career Fair was attended by over 200 students within Kainai High school and the Red Crow Community College



Traditional Native views of the environment hold that Mother Earth is a living breathing entity and provides humanity with all the necessities to sustain life. The beating of a human heart is the same as the beat of the Earth’s core, this is the symbolism behind the drum. The circle of the drum reflects the circle of life and the drum beat simulates the pulse of the Earth’s core.