Napi, the creator god of the Blackfoot people in the Plains

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By contrast, tricksters like Napi are sometimes depicted as selfish and cruel.

On the Prairies, the Siksika tell stories about Napi the trickster.

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Napi comes from the sun, he is our quasi-Creator, he is crazy, funny, and is sometimes a fool.

In many of our stories, Napi is the creator – along with “Old Woman”– of many of our objects and creatures.

In some Prairie and West Coast Indigenous tales, Napi is accompanied by another trickster: Coyote.

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The Ward Effigy representing Napi, with the head at the top (courtesy Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park)

In the Blackfoot language, the story of Napi's travels is known as, "No wak tse mas si," which means "borderline.

This delimiting of his territory was therefore a way for Napi to let other people know they should not intrude upon it.

Hopefully this creates a space where we can imagine a future where Napi still gives us insight into our human condition and be a continuum of Indigenous/Blackfoot knowledge” (Adrian Stimson, 2019).

Hopefully this creates a space where we can imagine a future where Napi still gives us insight into our human condition and be a continuum of Indigenous/Blackfoot knowledge” (Adrian Stimson, 2019).