"Chief Bullhead Trail -- that's my naming vote for the highway running through the Tsuu T'ina First Nation, provided the bickering ever stops, and the bulldozers get started.

Without the great chief, forefather of the modern Tsuu T'ina Nation, there'd be no neighbourly squabble, because there'd be no reservation to build a southwest ring road through.

Instead of forest, farms and sacred places, the land between the Elbow River and Fish Creek would likely be covered with salmon-stucco condominiums and beige houses, much like the rest of Calgary.

And if not for Chief Bullhead, the Tsuu T'ina -- assuming any of them survived -- would now be living in relative obscurity among the Blackfoot near Fort Macleod, instead of beside Calgary, as the scourge of city road planners.

Though most Calgarians haven't a clue who Bullhead is, that's a deficiency of public schooling, which tends to focus on the heroics of people somewhat paler-skinned than the chief and his people."

Get the Story:
Michael Platt: Chief led way (The Calgary Sun 1/19)

Relevant Links:
Tsuu Tina First Nation - http://www.tsuutina.ca