Indigenous Education

Superintendent Mike Nightingale receives Blackfoot name

Sept. 26, 2024 was an important day at the Lethbridge School Division Education Centre (Blackfoot Name Aakaipookaiski, Meaning: Many Children).
As the Division continues to recognize Reconciliation Week, the Indigenous Education team, with the help of students from Winston Churchill High School, along with central office staff, set up a tipi on the front lawn of the building.
Following that, a Blackfoot Naming Ceremony was held for Superintendent Mike Nightingale, who received the name Piitapootaa (Eagle in Flight).
Aakaipookaiski staff then had an opportunity to gather on the front lawn for a moment of reflection, before a lunch, which included Indian tacos and berry soup.
Please see the video below for more details on the event.

Lethbridge School Division, through the Indigenous Education department, continues to assist Division schools to be responsive to the needs of Indigenous students. The program has taken a leadership role in southern Alberta in the development of "Best Practices" in urban Indigenous Education with its wide variety of programming and community partnerships within Lethbridge School Division schools with an increasingly culturally relevant education and learning atmosphere.

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