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Indigenous peoples

amiskwaciy Academy

  • EPSAM-0010
  • Corporate body
  • 2002-

In 2002, a building near the Edmonton municipal airport was repurposed to become amiskwaciy Academy. amiskwaciy is the Cree word for "Beaver Hills."

Alex Janvier School

  • EPSAM-0012
  • Corporate body
  • 2021-

Named after renowned Indigenous artist Alex Janvier. School opened to students in fall 2021, opening ceremony June 3, 2022.

Garneau School

  • EPSAM-0087
  • Corporate body
  • 1913-1954

Garneau School is named after Laurent Garneau, a Métis person who fought with Louis Riel in the Red River Resistance of 1870. Garneau came to Edmonton in 1874, where he settled with his wife, Eleanor, on river lot 7. Garneau was a successful entrepreneur.

Capilano School

  • EPSAM-0213
  • Corporate body
  • 1958-2010

An addition was added to the school in 1962. Named after the residential district it was constructed in. The neighborhood was named after the Capilano River, Capilano River Canyon and Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver, BC. “Capilano” is an adaptation of a Salish word that means “people of Kiap.” It was also the hereditary name of the Chief of the Squamish, central coast Salish who traditionally lived in what is now known as North Vancouver. The Indigenous name belonged to the Squamish Nation and was spelled Kia’palano, meaning “beautiful river”. Kia’palano was the name of a great Squamish chief who lived in this area in the early 1800s. Suzuki Charter School now resides in the school.

Dr. Anne Anderson School

  • EPSAM-0227
  • Corporate body
  • 2021-

Named after Dr. Anne Anderson (1906-1997) pioneered the teaching of the Cree language in western Canada. Anderson was a nurse, a teacher, and the author of more than 90 books on Métis history and culture and the Cree language. Dr. Anderson received the Native Council of Canada Award and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta and the Order of Canada.

kisêwâtisiwin School

  • EPSAM-0271
  • Corporate body
  • 1980-

Additions were added to the building 1981 and 1990. Formerly known as Dan Knott School and was renamed in 2022. "kisêwâtisiwin" meaning kindness, kind-heartedness, compassion or goodness in Plains Cree.

Ekota School

  • EPSAM-0275
  • Corporate body
  • 1976-

An Indigenous-based name: Ekota is the Cree word meaning "special place." An addition was added to the building in 1978.

Kameyosek School

  • EPSAM-0300
  • Corporate body
  • 1977-

An Indigenous-based name: Kameyosek meaning "the beautiful," in Plains Cree.

Keheewin School

  • EPSAM-0302
  • Corporate body
  • 1981-

Keheewin was a Cree chief, his name means "eagle." Chief Keheewin signed the Treaty No. 6 in 1876. Additions were added to the school in 1984 and 1991.

Mee-Yah-Noh School

  • EPSAM-0331
  • Corporate body
  • 1960-

An Indigenous-based name: Mee-Yah-No means "fair view" in Plains Cree. An addition was added to the school in 1966.

Menisa School

  • EPSAM-0332
  • Corporate body
  • 1981-

An Indigenous-based name: Menisa means "berry," in Plains Cree. An addition was added to the school in 1982.

Meyokumin School

  • EPSAM-0333
  • Corporate body
  • 1981-

An Indigenous-based name: Meyokumin meaning "good water," in Plains Cree. Additions were added to the school in 1982 and 1983.

Meyonohk School

  • EPSAM-0334
  • Corporate body
  • 1980-

Named after the residential neighbourhood it was constructed in. An Indigenous-based name: Meyonohk (miyonohk) means "an ideal place to be," in Plains Cree. An addition was added to the school in 1982.

Nellie Carlson School

  • EPSAM-0344
  • Corporate body
  • 2016-

The school is named after Nellie Carlson, a respected Indigenous Elder. An inspiration for the movement of Indigenous women’s rights came from her experience. Carlson, a Cree woman, lost her treaty rights when she married Elmer Carlson, who was Métis. It took 18 years of Carlson advocating for amendments to the Indian Act to support the equality of Indigenous Women for changes to be made. In 1988, Carlson received a Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, an award that honours Canadians who advance gender equality.

Prince Charles School

  • EPSAM-0354
  • Corporate body
  • 1949-

Named Sherbrooke School from 1949 to 1953. In 1953, it was renamed Prince Charles School in honor of Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II. The community league adopted the name and petitioned to have the neighborhood renamed to Prince Charles. Additions were added to the school in 1956 and 1957.

As of 7 Sep 2021, Prince Charles School is pending a name change.

Sakaw School

  • EPSAM-0369
  • Corporate body
  • 1980-

An Indigenous-based name: Sakaw is the Cree word for "wooded area," this area was once part of the Papaschase Indigenous Reserve. An addition was added to the school in 1982.

Satoo School

  • EPSAM-0371
  • Corporate body
  • 1976-

Named after Chief Satoo of the Cree Nation. The Cree word satoo means "jumping." The Satoo area is on the traditional Papschase Reserve. An addition to the school was added in 1977.

Shauna May Seneca School

  • EPSAM-0373
  • Corporate body
  • 2017-

An Indigenous-based name: Shauna May Seneca is the co-founder of Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society.

Steinhauer School

  • EPSAM-0380
  • Corporate body
  • 1977-

Indigenous-based name: Named after Henry Bird Steinhauer (d.1884), an Ojibwa person from Rama First Nation and one of the first missionaries to live in Alberta. Rev. Steinhauer was born and educated in Upper Canada and came west as a Methodist missionary in 1840. Additions were added to the school in in 1978 and 1992.

Sweet Grass School

  • EPSAM-0385
  • Corporate body
  • 1979-

Named after the residential neighbourhood it was constructed in. The Sweet Grass neighbourhood was named in honour of Chief Wikaskokiesyin "Sweetgrass," a Cree chief in the 1870s who is considered the first western conservationist and who was instrumental in gaining protection of the endangered buffalo or plains bison. Sweet Grass School has the International Spanish Academy program, as well as the regular elementary program. An addition was added to the school in 1980.

Thelma Chalifoux School

  • EPSAM-0392
  • Corporate body
  • 2020-

The school is named after Thelma Chalifoux, a retired Senator and Métis activist who worked tirelessly on a variety of issues that affected Indigenous Peoples and women. Chalifoux was one of the founders of the Canadian Native Friendship Centre in Slave Lake and she was the first woman to get a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, a Woman of Vision Award, the Monsignor Bill Irwin Award and was the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Canadian Senate.

Tipaskan School

  • EPSAM-0394
  • Corporate body
  • 1983-

Named after the residential neighbourhood it was constructed in. An Indigenous-based name: Tipaskan is the Cree word for "reserve." The name Tipaskan was chosen because the Mill Woods area, where this neighbourhood is located, lies within the original boundaries of the Papaschase Indigenous Reserve No. 136. In 1889, the 103.3 sq km reserve was allotted to Chief Papaschase and his band under Treaty No. 6.