Stoney Nakoda

“All of our facilitators, they’re all from the community. The hunters that came out to take the youth out, they’re active hunters. They do all of these teachings with their families, but they took the opportunity to work with new youth as well. It’s all contributing to the oneness of our community. It’s all about connection and supporting the roots at the core, which is our identity, to be proud of who we are, to walk with our heads held high.”

“This is not government moneys, this is not industry just giving you moneys for consultation or anything— This is our own source revenues that are created from the production of non-renewable resources, oil and gas primarily, on the Stoney reserves. This is us taking our per capita percentage.”

A look at the past week in photography in the Bow Valley as it appeared in the pages of the Rocky Mountain Outlook.

An infant’s death on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation is being investigated as a homicide, the RCMP said Friday afternoon.

“I am disappointed by many Conservative MPs, but some of them deserve more … ire from their constituents than others, and one of them is the MP of this riding, Blake Richards. He’s the whip of Erin O’Toole and he’s carrying O’Toole’s water out here."

As voters prepare to head to the polls for a federal election on Sept. 20, the current governing party has unveiled its candidate for the Banff-Airdrie riding.

Blake Richards, the member of Parliament for the Conservative Party and the incumbent the Banff-Airdrie riding, submitted his nomination to run in the upcoming federal election on Sept. 20.

“Finally, the day has come when justice has been done and this mountain will move forward. The renaming is especially significant to the Stoney Nakoda Elders who have endured years and years of disrespect to their gender. I know they would be proud on this moment.”

A look at the past week in photography in the Bow Valley as it appeared in the pages of the Rocky Mountain Outlook.

In the Banff-Airdrie constituency, Conservative Party incumbent Blake Richards is expected to face-off against at least five opponents, including David Gamble of the Liberal Party, Tariq Elnaga of the Maverick Party, Nadine Wellwood of the People's Party of Canada, Aidan Blum for the Green Party and Derek Sloan as an independent.