Between 1888 and 1958, several hundred government surveyors worked across the mountainous regions of what is now western Canada to create topographic maps. To do so, they used a made-in-Canada technique employing photography and a transit. Left in the wake of their map-making are more than 120,000 photographic negatives. Today these images are used to better understand changes in Canada’s mountain landscapes. Yet it must be remembered that – in mapping out a new nation – these photographs contributed to policies that discriminated against and excluded Indigenous peoples. Can these pictures be re-envisioned? Can they contribute to the continuation of Indigenous traditional knowledge and help recover and sustain relationships with the land? Can they create a more diverse and equitable future? Working in partnership with the Nakoda Oil and Gas, and in collaboration with the Stoney Nakoda Nations of Alberta, this project will develop a model for using historical and contemporary photographs in the service to Indigenous resurgence.