Tahner Blackwater is a member of the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe) and the Indigenous Student Success Navigator at SAIT, supporting Indigenous graduates through career development, employer connections and opportunities that help build meaningful pathways after graduation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society with a background in Political Science from the University of Calgary and is passionate about fostering relationships that support Indigenous student success and economic empowerment.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.