Beyond Local: Îyârhe Nakoda First Nation restores historic Mînî Thnî name to former Morley townsite – St. Albert Gazette
Aug 30, 2024
“I know it’s been over 150 years that we’ve utilized Morley in our community, but it’s now time to move on and bring back that reconciliation aspect to our Nation.”
ÎYÂRHE NAKODA – It was and always will be Mînî Thnî.
Despite European settlers assigning the name Morleyville – which was eventually shortened to Morley – to the Îyârhe (Stoney) Nakoda First Nation community, to those who inhabited the land long before colonialism, it was always much more than a place named after a white settler.
“We had our own traditional community names already before even the white settlers came, so that’s what we’ve been trying to bring back,” said Goodstoney First Nation Chief Clifford Poucette.
