World Heritage: Canada

Áísínai’pi (Writing-On-Stone)

Alberta

Criteria suggested:

(i) Áísínai’pi is a masterpiece of artistic expression of the Niitsítapi people;

(iii) It is an exceptional testimony, through petroglyphs, pictographs, landscape features, archaeological sites, and oral traditions to continuing and changing life of the Niitsítapi on the Great Plains;

(iv) It is an outstanding example of a landscape associated with Aboriginal spirituality.

Áísínai'pi (Writing-On-Stone) © Parcs Canada