Shawna Morning Bull whose traditional name is Ikannaisapiistikomii (Low Owl Hoot Woman) is of the Seldom Lonesome Clan and is a member of the Piikani First Nation which is apart of the Blackfoot Confederacy. She is the Manager Business Development at Community Futures Treaty Seven (CFT7) in Calgary, Alberta for the past 15 years. Prior, she was a Business Loans Manager with Alberta Indian Investment Corporation and a Business Support Officer with Indian Business Corporation, but her career in business began with Peace Hills Trust in 1997. She has attended Lethbridge College for Business Management and Criminal Justice. In June 2022, attended Harvard Business School and completed a one-week Leadership Program. Shawna has begun her MBA Journey at Athabasca University.
Shawna was on the Piikani Resource Development Limited Board of Directors from August 2011 to January 2020, an entity operating on her homelands of the Piikani Nation to develop, design and implement projects, programs and services for the benefit of her First Nation economy. Shawna also was on the Board of Directors with CANDO as the Alberta Representative from 2013 to 2022. Shawna is the 2018 recipient of the Chief David Crowchild Award; she was presented this award by Mayor Nenshi in June 2018 for her efforts to build bridges in and around Calgary between indigenous and non-indigenous people and entities. She currently sits on the CANDO – Business Department Committee, Alberta Indian Investment Corporation – Indian Equity Foundation Board and Calgary Indigenous Gathering Place Board as the Co-Chair
Shawna is married to Wade and she has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. Recently has been doing some MCing as a side hustle. She enjoys attending her children’s activities such as basketball, hockey and they all enjoy hitting the powwow trail, where Shawna is a traditional dancer.
