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  • Ancient Stone Monument to Napi Discovered on Canadian Prairies [Blackfoot]

    08/01/2010 7:01:22 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 28 replies · 3+ views
    Heritage Key ^ | Thursday, July 28, 2010 | owenjarus
    A stone effigy monument, in the shape of a Blackfoot creator god named Napi, has been discovered in southern Alberta -- south of the Red Deer River near the hamlet of Finnegan. The Blackfoot are a people that have inhabited the prairies since ancient times. The effigy dates to somewhere between AD 1000 and AD 1500. It would have been constructed before the time of European contact. Napi is a deity credited with creating the Blackfoot people and the landscape they inhabit. "According to Blackfoot tradition he's like the creator," said archaeologist Meaghan Porter, who investigated the site. She said...