This book would not have been possible without help from the following people and organizations: Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts, Canada Council, Alberta Culture, Alberta Historic Sites, Bob Kidd at the Provincial Museum of Alberta, Chris Williams, Kenneth Eagle Speaker, Wilford the storyteller, Joe Crowshoe and other members of the staff and volunteers at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Fort Macleod Museum, Lethbridge Community College, Eldon Yellowhorn, David and Ian Rowe, Rika Ruebsaat and Karen Kovach from Learning Disabled Student Services at the University of Alberta. Special acknowledgement to Guy Chadsey and Antonia Banyard at Beach Holme for their enthusiastic support.
A very special thanks is due to David and Lucy Spalding who untiringly read, re-read and commented on the many drafts. Without Dave’s untiring correction of my garbled spelling that baffles spell checkers, this book would not have happened. David also prepared the glossary.