Name of new north Calgary high school honours Indigenous culture – Calgary | 24CA News
The college underneath development in Calgary’s Coventry Hills neighbourhood has a reputation that pulls inspiration from Indigenous tradition.
On Friday, the Calgary Board of Education introduced the brand new college will probably be referred to as North Trail High School.
CBE mentioned it gathered enter on the title from a neighborhood survey, a naming committee and consulting an Indigenous Elder.
“The north trail includes the trails used by the Siksika and honours the warriors and ancestors,” CBE mentioned of the data the Elder shared. “Warriors would travel this trail to prepare for new birth (spring). The trail may also have been used by the Cree to enter Blackfoot territory to negotiate treaties and possibly trade.”
The Elder famous the world might have as soon as been a spot for harvesting tobacco, conventional medicines, saskatoon berries and chokecherries.
The college is anticipated to open for the upcoming college yr to Grades 10 and 11, and can increase to incorporate Grade 12 the next yr.
The college has been in a single type of planning or one other for over a decade.
– With recordsdata from Slav Kornik, Global News
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