Landing place: Meteorite sacred to generations of Indigenous peoples to be returned after routing through museums
“It came from the Creator and was brought here to help our people,” said Wally Fox, a Cree knowledge keeper and former chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation. The stone’s arrival generations ago placed it at the intersection of Cree and Blackfoot territories, near present-day Hardisty, Alta. The event was so well known even Dene people from farther north were known to venture south to visit the stone.
- ▪“It came from the Creator and was brought here to help our people,” said Wally Fox, a Cree knowledge keeper and former chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation.
- ▪The stone’s arrival generations ago placed it at the intersection of Cree and Blackfoot territories, near present-day Hardisty, Alta.
- ▪The event was so well known even Dene people from farther north were known to venture south to visit the stone.
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Open this photo in gallery:Minister Julie Dabrusin and Elder Leonard Weasel Traveller of the Manitou Asinîy-Iniskim-Tsa Xani Centre sign a Memorandum of Understanding securing land in Elk Island National Park for MAITX to establish a permanent home for the Manitou Stone.SuppliedShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe fireball would have lit up the skies as it streaked over present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan, visible for hundreds of kilometres in every direction.
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