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History Resources
The Lethbridge Public Library has partnered with several organizations to provides access to a wide range of educational resources.
The Blackfoot Digital Library is a venue for sharing the stories of Blackfoot families and communities, past and present. It is intended to be an educational resource for all those now living in kitawahsinnoon.
"The Blackfoot Digital Library is meant to honor akaitapii, and their desire to speak through a variety of recording media to the grandchildren they never had a chance to meet, thereby ensuring that their knowledge is carried through to future generations."
The Blackfoot Revitalization Project's goal is to build technologically innovative language learning tools to aid in the revitalization and preservation of the Blackfoot language.
The information found on the "National Aboriginal Document Database can be used for research projects such as documenting land claims, or for studying independent Statutes and Acts, Treaties and Court Decisions. This information can be used for research by any or all levels of education (e.g. elementary up to university level). Content also includes links to additional information sites for First Nations in Canada and Native American sites in the United States.
The Canadian Encyclopedia is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of Canadian Heritage.
Available for free online in both English and French, The Canadian Encyclopedia includes more than 19,500 articles in both languages on numerous subjects including history, popular culture, events, people, places, politics, arts, First Nations, sports and science.
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is a dictionary of biographical entries for Post-Colonial Canadian Figures.
As of January 1, 2019, Canadiana.org now provides open and free access to a large collection of full-text historical content about Canada, including books, magazines and government documents.
Peel's Prairie Provinces is a resource dedicated to assisting scholars, students, and researchers of all types in their exploration of western Canadian history and the culture of the Canadian prairies.
The twin goals of the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digtal Library (LHCADL) digitization program are to digitize materials of importance to Albertans and to create electronic repositories to manage and preserve born-digital Alberta content. In order to meet these goals, the University of Lethbridge Library's digitization team has worked with The Alberta Library and representatives from the other three university libraries to coordinate efforts.
