All timeline stories.
Fifteen students enrolled in the Aboriginal Licensed Practical Nurse (ALPN) Program, a joint venture with Old Sun Community College and Bow Valley College. Eleven students graduated from the program. Niitsitapi Education Assistant Training partnership with Red Crow Community College. Read More…
To honour our Siksika way of documenting history, this winter count was commissioned to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Old Sun Community College and the Siksika Nation Post Secondary Student Support Program 20th Anniversary. This story robe became the catalyst to the development of the Siksika Knowledge Studies.Read More…
The Blackfoot App was created by Old Sun Community College and the Siksika Board of Education and launched in 2016. Siksika (Blackfoot) phrases organized under 29 theme categories complete with audio, images, quizzes and games. Also included in the app is a cultural section of historical images; a short sign language video; and a variety of songs including: owl dance songs, hand game songs, lullaRead More…
Old Sun Community College: Graduating class of 2019 Read More…
Construction begins on the new building that will house Old Sun Indian Residential SchoolRead More…
Fire destroyed the frame school building on June 27, 1928 and was soon replaced by a brick building. Day school classes are offered for three years until replacement school is built.Read More…
A large new residential school opens with authorized pupilage of forty on July 14 Principal Rev. Millard C. Gandier chose the name “Old Sun” in honor of Chief Old Sun.Read More…
The government granted long term funding for the school and a larger building was constructed at South Camp the following year. It was expanded a decade later to accommodate more students. The school’s farm, first located at the North Camp and expanded at the South Camp, provided vocational training for boys.Read More…
1907 – 1911 Rampant disease outbreaks in the residential school and recurring unsanitary conditions force government to close the school for extended periods. Needed renovations are stalled due to lack of funding. From July 1909 to December 1911, the building is used as a day school.Read More…
White Eagles Boarding School closes and boys return to original Old Sun Boarding School, which is remodelled. The White Eagles building is used as an isolation ward during 1902-1903 smallpox epidemic.Read More…