By Crystal St.Pierre  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Leonard Bastien, knowledge keeper, Elder and chair of the Manitou Asiniy-Iniskim-Tsa Xani Center, said it was several years ago that he and Blaine Favel, former chief of the Poundmaker Cree Nation, visited the Manitou Asiniy, or Manitou Stone, currently housed at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton. Bastien and Favel had spoken for many years about the meteorite, known by many names, including awasis kohtakocihk kisikohk (the child who fell from the sky). The men had an overwhelming desire to bring the stone back to where it had fallen to earth near Hardisty, Alta., about 100 kms from the Saskatchewan border. “It was always on my mind,” explained Bastien. The Manitou Asiniy is of great spiritual significance to the Indigenous people of Alberta

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