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Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi

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Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is located about 100 kilometres southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, or 44 kilometres east of the community of Milk River, and straddles the Milk River itself. It is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a nature preserve and protection for many First Nations (indigenous) rock carvings and paintings. The park is important and sacred to the Blackfoot and many other aboriginal tribes. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its UNESCO application was filed under the name Áísínaiʼpi, a Blackfoot language word meaning "it is pictured / written". The provincial park is synonymous with the Áísínaiʼpi National Historic Site of Canada.[3]

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