Overview

• Steven Crowchild, of the Tsuut’ina First Nation, greeted President Trump and other arriving leaders on the Calgary tarmac ahead of the G7 gathering in Kananaskis.
• Filled with rage at Trump’s global record, Crowchild prayed and consulted his people’s leaders before deciding that diplomatic engagement would serve his community best.
• During the encounter, he spoke in his traditional language, wore feathered headgear and displayed treaty medals he said predated Canada’s founding.
• Crowchild used the meeting to advocate for peace and to urge protection of clean water for future generations while representing his elders with dignity.
• Although Trump listened attentively in his MAGA cap, both sides declined to reveal the specifics of their intense conversation.