Research Pods

Niitsitapi Pod

The Niitsitapi Pod is located in the heart of the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy and based in the Centre for Indigenous Arts Research & Technology (CIART) at the University of Lethbridge/Iniskim.

Centre for Indigenous Arts Research & Technology

University of Lethbridge

Community Partners:

A’tsimaani: the Blackfoot

Rematriation Committee

About the research

Meet the team

The Research:

Based in the Centre for Indigenous Arts Research & Technology (CIART) at the University of Lethbridge/Iniskim, the Niitsitapi Pod is located in the heart of the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Working closely with Indigenous Elders, faculty partners, students, artists, and Community Partners, this Pod focuses on incorporating Niitsitapi stories (in speech, song, poetry) into AI systems to understand the world, and how the underlying computational architectures might need to be reshaped to do so effectively. Research areas include but are not limited to: Indigenous digital media, Indigenous epistemologies, and Indigenous language and art.