Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Alberta Parks

Blackfoot Glossary

    aatsímoyihkaani prayers
    Áísínai'pi it is pictured
    ákaitapiiwa the ancestors of the Blackfoot
    Asinaa Cree
    Iihtsipáítapiiyo'pa the Creator, the source of all life
    iinííski bison
    Iinííwa the plains bison
    Iipisówaahs morning star
    iitáítsiiyiiso'pistsi vision quest sites
    ikkítstakkssiniistsi offerings
    imitáiksi dogs
    inaamaahkaanistsi coups
    innaihtsiisin peace
    itsiiyisi vision quest
    kaahtomáániksi enemies
    Kááyikimiko Divided Hills or Cypress Hills in Alberta and Saskatchewan
    kano'tsisissinistsi ceremonies
    Katoyissa a legendary hero who made the world safe for the Blackfoot
    Kátoyissiksi Sweetgrass Hills
    Kináksisahtai the Little River, the Blackfoot name for the Milk River
    Poyíítahtai opaque river, term ow used by many Blackfoot to refer to the Milk River
    Kipitakii opisskan Women's Buffalo Jump
    Ksísskstaki beaver
    Ko'komíki'somm moon
    Ksaahkomitapiksi earth beings
    Ksiistsikóm sky beings
    Ksiistsikómiipi'kssiiwa thunderbird
    makóyi wolf
    manistsistaan travois (a triangular wooden frame made of tipi poles and dragged behind horses and dogs)
    Masinasin from the Cree words for "writing stone", used to refer to the new community around Writing-on-Stone
    Miistákisti the Rocky Mountains
    miistáksoomahkihkinaawa bighorn sheep
    Mi'ksiníttsiim buffaloberry
    mookimaan pemmican made of meat, berries and fat
    Náámaiksi guns
    naamsk horned lizard
    Náápi old man
    Náápiikoaiksi Europeans
    Naató'si sun
    Naatoyitapiiksi spirit beings
    niipo summer
    Niitóyisyi tipi
    Niitsitapi original people / Blackfoot people
    Ninaiistako Chief Mountain
    Nitawahsin land of the Blackfoot people
    ohkotoki'tapiiksi rock beings
    Omahkai'stoo Raven's or Crowsnest Mountain
    Óóhkotok the big rock at Okotoks
    Otahkoíítahtaa Yellowstone River of Montana
    Otsskoisisttsi mountain bluebird
    Otsskoisisttsiiksi bluebirds
    ponokáwa elk
    Ponoká'sísaahtaa Elk River, North Saskatchewan River
    ponokáómitaawa elk dog - the term used by the Blackfoot for horses, because they were as big as elk but tame like dogs
    saokiawakaasi pronghorn
    sináákssiistsi writings
    Spiitsii Spitzee/High River
    Soyiitapiksi water beings
    Sspomitápiksi above beings
    sstoyi winter
Updated: Mar 20, 2025