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Indigenous Science

Community Relationships

All Indigenous Science at Spark is guided by relationships with Community and Land.

The community is positioned in the East, the rising sun, and focuses on ways of connecting.

It is the relationships and knowings from community connections and Elders/Knowledge Keepers, that like the sun, that nourish and fertilize the growth of this journey of reconciliaction. The community brings ways of knowing through spirit into the Science Centre, by allowing for a reconnection with relational and holistic ways of knowing science, with land, and all relations. 

Spark Indigenous Advisory Circle

Casey Eagle Speaker

Sorrel Horse. Elder and Knowledge Keeper from Kainai First Nation.

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Hal Eagletail

Knowledge Keeper and Cultural Advisor from Tsuutina First Nation.

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Diana Melting Tallow

Elder and Knowledge Keeper from Siksika Nation.

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Rob Cardinal

Astronomer from Siksika Nation. Mentor/teacher for IndigeSTEAM.

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Alice Kaquitts

Knowledge Keeper from Îethka Nakoda First Nation.

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An older indigenous lady with grey hair wearing glasses and red lipstick sits for her headshot picture.

Doreen Bergum

Métis Elder from Métis Nation.

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Indigenous Art at Spark

Morningstar

Joey Big Snake, an artist from Siksika, created a digital art piece that hangs outside of the Infinity Dome, representing the sacred gifts gifted to humans by Morning Star. This artwork was created for the exhibit One Day on Venus.

Four United

Joey Big Snake (Siksika), created a digital art piece called "Four United," representing each of the four elements coming together at a significant location in the nearby Rocky Mountains. This artwork lives in the atrium, just outside of the Digital Immersion Gallery, and was created for Sacred Defenders of the Universe.

Makoiyohsokoyi - The Wolf Trail

Sikapinakii Low Horn, an artist from Siksika, painted the Wolf Trail (Milky Way) in the tunnel leading to the Gathering Circle. The mural features celestial symbols important to the Blackfoot People—like the lost boys, seven brothers, and Morning Star—flowing across a rolling nightscape.

Moss Bag

Artist Keegan Starlight from Tsuut'ina created this piece to represent the sacred relationships between baby and mother. It is located in the infant area in the Creative Kids Museum.

Indigenous Science Team Spring Equinox LOGO

Designed by Sikapinakii Low Horn from Siksika, this artwork represents the location of the Spark Science Centre and Nose Creek, facing West on Spring Equinox. It depicts a time of renewal and balance through the chinook winds, Tipi fire, and the star Ancestors.

Indigenous Science Team Fall Equinox Logo

Designed by Sikapinakii Low Horn from Siksika, this artwork represents the location of the Spark Science Centre looking West during Fall Equinox. It depicts balance through the changing seasons and incoming northerly winds, and the star Ancestors at dusk.

Indigenous Science

Experience and learn from the Science of the Land

Land Acknowledgement