The indigenous people of North America did not have scientific equipment to help them explain natural occurrences in their environment. Therefore, a story or legend would be told to help make sense of the world around them such as how the sun, moon, and stars came to be in the sky or how the salmon came to live in the river.

"Supernatural beings are prominent in many myths about the origin of places, animals, and other natural phenomena. Nanabozho is the "trickster" spirit and hero of Ojibwa mythology (part of the larger body of Anishinaabe traditional beliefs). Glooscap, a giant gifted with supernatural powers, is the hero and "transformer" of the mythology of the Wabanaki peoples. Supernatural experiences by ordinary mortals are found in other myths. For example, the Chippewa have myths explaining the first corn and the first robin, triggered by a boy's vision.^[9] Some myths explain the origins of sacred rituals or objects, such as sweat lodges, wampum, and the sun dance.^[10] explain an occurrence."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_folklore

The Okotoks Erratic is the largest rock in the Foothills Erratic Train. The Blackfoot Legend of Napi and the Rock tells how the erratic broke in two. Read the Native American legend of Napi and the Rock as it was told to Blackfoot elder Stan Knowlton by his elders and old chiefs when he was a young boy on the Piikani Reserve in Alberta. Napi is the supernatural trickster of the Blackfoot.

After you read the legend, open your Learning Guide and complete Activity 2.1.