Buffalo Mountain Drum

Primary Colours

France Trépanier discusses her work, guided by principles of respect, relevance, relationality, responsibility, and reciprocity,

A Room With A View

Banff Centre’s Leighton Artists Studios provide space for resistance.

Buffalo Mountain Drum

Bowing Beyond Genres

Cellest Cris Derksen braids traditional and contemporary with genre-defying music.

Buffalo Mountain Drum

Coming of Age

The Stoney Nakoda Youth Council gives local youth strength to make change.

Buffalo Mountain Drum

The Art of Traditional Storytelling

Reneltta Arluk brings Indigenous voices to the main stage.

Buffalo Mountain Drum

Mending the Blanket

Students at Oilfields High School reconnect to their ancestry through the Blanket Exercise.

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We acknowledge, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as "Minhrpa" (translated in Stoney Nakoda as "the waterfalls") and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley First Nations – as well as the Tsuut'ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.

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Buffalo Mountain Drum

Primary Colours

A Room With A View

Bowing Beyond Genres

Coming of Age

The Art of Traditional Storytelling

Mending the Blanket

Partners