Yesterday while I was standing in this spot in @TravelAlberta after a few hours learning from Quinton Crow Shoe of the Northern Piikani, I thought about an article I read several days ago. It was about a female Chef who practices whole animal butchering in her restaurant. Meaning she butchers the meat she cooks herself and she doesn’t waste any of the animal. It’s commendable! Yet it’s not, as the article seemed to suggest, a new or revolutionary idea. It’s what First Nation peoples were doing for thousands of years before settlers arrived to the continent of North America. They believed bison were provided to them to meet their needs and in turn they viewed the killing of bison as a sacred act to be done with proper gratefulness, respect and ceremony. There was no waste, every part of the animal was used and it happened on the land in this photo, here at @hsibj, protected by @unesco and staffed by Piikani and Blackfoot people. Quinton’s grandfather Joe Crow Shoe Sr. was instrumental i...