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Times
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
The opening of San Fermin Festival in Pamplona — and other news in pictures
Times picture editors select the best images from around the world, including the Jane Austen Regency Country Fair. Which is your favourite? The Times The Times Fireworks over Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which stayed open until late to allow punters to ride their favourite rollercoasters by night GREGG WOLSTENHOLME/BAV MEDIA The Calgary Stampede in Canada is hosted on the territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy of First Nations and includes the world's largest outdoor rodeo as well as stand-up comedy and Nashville country music AMY HARRIS/INVISION/AP Children choose kittens for adoption during the AdoptMe Days festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, where more than 50 shelters, animal-protection organisations and volunteers introduced visitors to rescued animals SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/GETTY IMAGES DANNY LAWSON/PA Tibetan women in Kathmandu, Nepal each carry a ceremonial khata, a scarf woven from pure cotton, as a symbol of devotion to gift to their spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, on his 90th birthday NIRANJAN SHRESTHA/AP Blythe Scott prepares for Joy, her solo show of paintings of the east coast of Scotland, at the Morningside Gallery in Edinburgh PHIL WILKINSON Still waters at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on Saturday before thunderstorms rolled across the county on Sunday BEN JONES FOR THE TIMES Children in costume parade on the streets of Dakar in Senegal as part of the Tamkharite celebrations, in which local culture combines with the Sunni Muslim festival of Ashura to celebrate the day when Moses and the Israelites were saved from the tyranny of the Pharaoh in Egypt CARMEN ABD ALI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Pygmy goats at the Dalscone Farm outdoor park in Dumfries have gone viral after pictures were posted online of them wearing knitted hats to keep them warm during chilly weather Participants stroll along the parade route in eye-catching outfits during Cologne Pride THILO SCHMUELGEN/REUTERS A telephoto lens makes the moon appear giant above the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday
CTV News
19-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
New exhibit showcases tradition and spirit of buffalo hunt at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
A new exhibit on traditional Blackfoot buffalo hunting techniques opened at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump on June 18, 2025. (Supplied) A new exhibit is open at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. The immersive exhibit illustrates the traditional hunting methods and spiritual significance of the buffalo hunt, which sustained Blackfoot people for generations until the near extinction of buffalo in 1881 following the arrival of European settlers. 'This is Blackfoot territory. Always has been, always will be,' said Blood Tribe Chief Traveller Plaited Hair. 'The buffalo … we're linked. We're brothers and sisters.' The exhibit was adapted from an original diorama created for the Canadian Museum of History and reimagined with guidance from Piikani Elders and Knowledge Keepers. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy and highlights their stories, traditions and knowledge. It sees about 60,000 visitors each year. 'This entire jump, this entire centre, really, has done a lot to preserve our culture and our heritage,' said Piikani Nation Chief Troy 'Bossman' Knowlton. 'This new addition will add to that and educate people worldwide when they come.' The Canadian Encyclopedia reports that single buffalo herds were described by early settlers to be in the tens of thousands of animals; however, large-scale slaughter of the animals in the 1870s, motivated in part by Canadian policies to starve Blackfoot people into dependence, nearly wiped out the species. In 2018, the first bison calves to be born in 140 years in southern Alberta were born in Banff after the species was reintroduced to traditional Blackfoot lands the year before. 'We just brought home buffalo to the blood tribe about a couple years ago,' Plaited Hair said. They're coming back home, and it's just awesome to have them there." 'The buffalo is a keystone species,' he added. 'When you have buffalo, everything around that flourishes.' The new exhibit was created by the Canadian Museum of History in partnership with the Piikani Nation and the Government of Alberta. The province said it's part of $51 million being spent over three years on 20 provincial museums and heritage sites. 'For over 6,000 years, this buffalo jump supported generations of Plains Peoples – a testament to community ingenuity and survival,' said Tanya Fir, minister of arts, culture and status of women. 'This exhibit brings those stories to life with honesty and care.' More information on Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump can be found on its website.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
'Groundbreaking' ancient DNA research confirms Pueblo peoples' ties to famous Chaco Canyon site
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A "groundbreaking" DNA analysis of a small Pueblo tribe in New Mexico supports what their oral tradition has long described — that they're related to ancestral people who lived on their land, as well as to Indigenous people who lived a few hundreds miles away at Chaco Canyon. The new research is the first DNA evidence that the federally recognized tribe, known as Picuris Pueblo, has ancestral ties to Chacoans buried at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a place many Southwest Indigenous peoples consider sacred. "We've always said we have this deep connection to Chaco Canyon," study co-author Craig Quanchello, the lieutenant governor of Picuris Pueblo, said at a news conference on April 29. "It not only runs through our veins, but now through science." Picuris Pueblo, where the tribe lives, is in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, about 60 miles (100 kilometres) north of Santa Fe. It was historically one of the most populated pueblos, with over 3,000 tribal members around 1600. But in the decades following European contact in 1591, death, disease and religious persecution reduced the Picuris population significantly. Now, tribal membership is around 300 individuals. Related: Ancient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA reveals Oral histories from Picuris elders have long connected the tribe to Chaco Canyon, Picuris Pueblo Governor Wayne Yazza said at the news conference. But knowledge lost over centuries of violence has led to gaps in historical knowledge. To learn more about their genetic heritage, Picuris Pueblo leadership contacted researchers in 2020. In that study, whose results were published Wednesday (April 30) in the journal Nature, researchers analyzed ancient DNA from 16 individuals buried in Picuris Pueblo dated to between 500 and 700 years ago, as well as 13 genomes from currently enrolled members of Picuris Pueblo. They compared these genomes to 590 ancient and modern genomes from the Americas and Siberia, since the first Americans traveled across a land bridge connecting Siberia with Alaska during the last ice age at least 23,000 years ago. Their results revealed that the modern Picuris are related to those who lived in the pueblo centuries ago. The analysis also indicated that the Picuris are related to Anzick-1, a child who lived 13,000 years ago in what is now Montana and was part of an Indigenous American group called the Clovis. But "part of their [the Picuris] ancestry is actually older than the ancestry that we find in the Clovis individual," study lead author Thomaz Pinotti, a geogeneticist at the University of Copenhagen, said at the news conference. The study also found a genetic link between the Picuris and nine individuals buried centuries ago in Chaco Canyon's Pueblo Bonito between 800 and 1130. Those individuals were analyzed in a 2017 Nature Communications study that faced backlash from tribal nations and researchers for failing to consult with local tribes during the study's design. "We were pretty twisted up about using these data, because we knew how controversial they were," study co-author Mike Adler, an associate professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University, said at the news conference. "When we brought this up to the tribal council, it was a very simple response: 'That's not your call. That's our call. You should use these data, because it's an avenue to better our understanding of our own past.'" RELATED STORIES —The 1st Americans were not who we thought they were —13 of the oldest archaeological sites in the Americas —Did humans cross the Bering Strait after the land bridge disappeared? Meradeth Snow, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Montana who wasn't involved in the study, told Live Science the new study is "groundbreaking in a lot of ways." "The fact that this was really something that was initiated by the Picuris [people] — that is amazing and really interesting," she said. However, she emphasized that this type of partnership may not be of interest to other Indigenous peoples. Western scientists have a long history of taking Native American ancestral remains and conducting studies without permission from tribes. "I understand that there's definitely going to be different tribes in that region that are not going to be for this [type of DNA analysis]. And that's totally understandable. There's certainly been plenty of abuse of DNA data."
CBC
09-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Blackfoot leaders cautiously optimistic after signing memorandum with City of Calgary
The Blackfoot Confederacy signed a memorandum of understanding on communication and co-operation with the City of Calgary. Officials say the protocol agreement formalizes a renewed relationship built on mutual trust, respect, reciprocity and honesty.
CTV News
09-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
‘A collaborative future': City of Calgary, Blackfoot Confederacy sign historic agreement
A 'memorandum of understanding on communication and co-operation' has been signed by the City of Calgary and nations of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
