Identify of long-awaited north Calgary highschool nods to Indigenous historical past
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Native Indigenous historical past will probably be honoured within the naming of a long-awaited CBE highschool within the metropolis’s north.
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Following consultations that included enter from the encompassing group and an Aboriginal elder, the varsity nonetheless below development within the Coventry Hills space will probably be known as North Path Excessive College, the CBE stated Friday.
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The identify is important to Siksika historical past and remembers trails utilized by their ancestors, stated the CBE.
“Warriors would journey this path to arrange for brand new delivery (spring),” the board stated in a press launch.
“The path can also have been utilized by the Cree to enter Blackfoot territory to barter treaties and probably commerce.”
The land occupied by the varsity may additionally have been utilized by Indigenous communities to reap tobacco and pure medicines, together with chokecherries and Saskatoon berries, stated the board.
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