Piikani

Piikani Paitapiiyssin

About this app

Okii! Piikani Child and Family Services in Brocket, Alberta is proud to present version 2.0 of the 'Piikani Paitapiiyssin' Learning Application.

Piikani Paitapiiyssin v2.0 App continues to build on our Piikani Blackfoot vocab library. Version 2.0 now contains 300+ Blackfoot words, translations, phonics, and audio files. We've also included rich cultural learning on Piikani Clans, Piikani Symbols, the Winter Count, along with a new section which includes Piikani Sign Language with videos.

- Over 300 words and phrases
- Piikani Cultural learning videos
- Piikani Historical Images archive & Piikani Clans
- Piikani Sign Language
- Napii and the Rock translation
- Piikani Symbols and Winter Count
- Piikani Prayer

This app represents version two (v2.0) of the Piikani Paitapiiyssin initiative. We will be reviewing the app content and updating versions to include more words, videos, images, and learning tools as we continue to progress. We sincerely hope you will utilize this app as a learning tool for better understanding our Piikani heritage, culture and community.

Please stay up to date on current events in our community at www.piikanicfs.ca and stay posted on Piikani News for further application updates.

Ratings and reviews

Great app. Can only ask for an even larger vocab and a lunar calendar that uses a turtle's back. But I do have questions. Is this the same language spoken by Blackfeet tribe in Montana? Also why are words so long? Almost every word is twice as long as most other languages & I know English & studied Japanese, Spanish, Catalan, Arab, Chinese, etc. Also why exactly was sign language developed? To sign over great distances, but how you could see it?Thanks

Excellent source; really well designed.

I love this, I just wished we could type in a word and then search it for ownership "Ni", "Gi" or "Ah"

What's new

Piikani Paitapiiyssin v2.0 language app. Increased vocab., sign language, Piikani clans & Symbols, Elder videos, and Story.