Lorraine Stratkotter, a University of Calgary student, proposes a pilot project to invite Niitsitapi or Blackfoot Confederacy Elders to share their oral traditions with the anthropology department. She had a meaningful experience learning directly from an Elder during an archaeology field trip. Many students and faculty have not interacted with the Blackfoot Confederacy or understood their deep traditions due to colonization. The proposal is to respectfully invite Elder(s) to host two interactive sharing sessions on different days and times, providing transportation, gifts, refreshments, and accommodations with funding. Attendees would fill out a questionnaire to help make the sessions permanent and extend this knowledge sharing. The goal is to promote understanding and healing