Operating since 2018, IRC was designed to create a path to improved quality of life by connecting to the balance of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual states of health and well-being, guiding a life of harmony and connection with self, community and creation. The IRC is operated by ARCHES Lethbridge, and is currently funded by Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples
Blackfoot (Niitsitipi) Principals
Soksipaitapiiwahssini
To live a good life and maintain the integrity of cultural knowledge and practices.
Ahkoitapiyop
The receiving of life giving gifts which support human development and honoured through an expression of gratitude.
Ihkaanahtopsi
Ethical responsibilities in maintaining good relationships.
Aksitoyipahtapsisin
Acquire personal resourcefulness and courage to overcome challenges.
Kimmaapipitsin
Compassionate way of being for collective wellbeing.
Apoomotsiyop
Receiving life giving knowledge for continuity of the collective.
Aawaatsimihkasao’p
striving for balance in our relationships to achieve good life.
Astomatop
Embody knowledge and practices as a way of being.
"Recovery is a path to improved quality of life by finding balance in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual states of health and well-being, guiding a life of harmony with self, community and creation."