U of L, Red Crow College teaming up for Niitsitapi Teacher Program – Lethbridge Herald

August 30, 2017

The University of Lethbridge and Red Crow College are teaming up to provide a new teaching program to help teachers work with Blackfoot children and youth.

The Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program will begin in the fall of 2018.

“We look forward to working with the U of L on the Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program,” Roy Weasel Fat, president of Red Crow Community College, stated in a recent news release. “The program will prepare students to teach from a Blackfoot perspective and ultimately, to pass along language and culture to future generations.”

“We are happy to once again offer the Niitsitapi Teacher Education Program in collaboration with our partners at Red Crow Community College,” stated Nancy Grigg, acting associate dean of the Faculty of Education. “We first offered the program in 2004 to a full cohort of students and we look forward to building on that success.”