灵感来自第7号条约的土地，这幅壁画捕捉了动物、景观和文化元素的美丽，这些元素对该地区具有深刻的意义。使用丙烯颜料在三周内绘制完成，这幅壁画迅速成为学校及其社区的骄傲之源。  

这幅壁画是布莱克富特传统的生动代表，通常反映在绘制的圆顶帐篷上。尽管这个空间无法容纳绘制的圆顶帐篷，但这幅壁画以一种新的、可访问的形式为学生和社区展现了这些故事的生动魅力。  

丹曾经通过仪式获得了为尼特塞特皮学习中心绘制圆顶帐篷帆布的权利，并对参与这个项目表示了感激之情。  

“能够参与这样的事情对于如此出色的学校和社区而言是一种荣誉，”他说。“我试图表现自己的骄傲。”  

“我们的很多骄傲都是通过住校学校系统被剥夺的。这是我回馈我的族人的方式，我希望每个人都感到骄傲。”  

揭幕活动中还放映了一段视频，特里葛莱老人讲述了最初通过仪式将学校的圆顶帐篷赠送给学校的经过。  

尼特塞特皮学习中心 ​ 壁画揭幕。 

这幅作品不仅展示了山脉（miistak）、水（oahkists）、野牛（iinii）、老鹰（piita）等元素，还作为一种教育工具。它让学生、教师、家庭以及更广泛的社区有机会全年学习圆顶帐篷象征意义。  

在布莱克富特语中，圆顶帐篷被称为moyis，意思是住所或家。 一旦圆顶帐篷被绘制并拥有，就像NLC的情况，那里的学生和教师就成了看管者，它就成为了moyis。CBE有几个未绘制的圆顶帐篷，并且并不像传统意义上那样“被拥有或有看管者”。  

校长特蕾西·兰德指出，学生经常停下来欣赏这幅壁画，在其形象中找到了自己的影子，尤其是故意不分性别的土著儿童形象。  

“我记得一名学生在看卡卢姆绘制壁画时说，‘我看到了iinii。我看到了piita。看到iinii和piita让我为自己感到骄傲，”兰德说。  

“这幅壁画对我们的学校和社区产生了很大的影响。它培养了我们学生的骄傲，鼓励所有学生去理解这些文化象征。”  

《真相与和解委员会 行动呼吁14号 强调保护土著语言的重要性，呼吁制定一项土著语言法以保护这些语言传承给后代。  

“我们承诺加强我们对土著语言的了解，并支持与学生一起定期进行实践活动，尊重我们所在的传统领地以及参加我们学校的多样化土著人口的机会，”兰德说。  ​

Inspired by the lands of Treaty 7, the mural captures the beauty of animals, landscapes, and cultural elements that hold deep significance for the area. Painted over the course of three weeks using acrylics, it has quickly become a source of pride for the school and its community. 

The mural stands as a vibrant representation of Blackfoot traditions often reflected in painted tipis. While the space would not accommodate a painted tipi, the mural brings these stories to life for students and the community in a new and accessible form.  

Dan, who previously was gifted the right, through ceremony, to paint the tipi canvas for the Niitsitapi Learning Centre, expressed his gratitude for being involved in the project. 

“It’s an honour to be part of something like this for such an amazing school and community,” he said. “I try to portray pride.” 

“A lot of our pride was taken away through the residential school system. This is my way of giving back to my people, and I want everyone to be proud.” 

Accompanying the unveiling was a video featuring Kainai Elder Saa’kokoto, who had originally gifted the school's tipi through ceremony. 

Niitsitapi Learning Centre​ mural unveiling. 

The artwork, which showcases mountains (miistak), water (oahkists), buffalo (iinii), eagles (piita), and more, serves not only as a beautiful installation but also as an educational tool. It gives students, teachers, families, and the wider community the chance to learn about the tipi's symbolic meanings year-round.  

In Blackfoot, the tipi is known as a moyis, meaning lodge or home. Once a tipi is painted and owned, as is the case at NLC, where the students and teachers of NLC are the caretakers, it becomes a moyis. The CBE has several unpainted tipis that are not “owned or have caretakers” in the traditional sense. 

Principal Tracy Rand noted that students often pause to admire the mural, finding a reflection of themselves in its imagery, especially the intentionally non-gendered Indigenous child depicted. 

“I recall a student saying while watching Kalum paint the mural, ‘I see iinii. I see piita.  Seeing iinii and piita makes me proud of who I am,” Rand said.  

“This mural has greatly impacted our school and community. It fosters pride in our students and encourages all students to appreciate these cultural symbols.” 

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action 14 emphasizes the importance of preserving Indigenous languages, calling for an Aboriginal Languages Act to protect these languages for future generations.  

“We commit to strengthening our knowledge of Indigenous languages and supporting opportunities for regular practice with students that respects the traditional territory we are on and the diverse Indigenous population who attend our school,” Rand said.  ​