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http://www.native-languages.org/blackfoot.htm - Language

http://blackfeetnation.com/lands/photo-gallery/ - Photos of Land

http://theblackfeetindians.weebly.com/location--climate.html - Climate

http://www.indians.org/articles/blackfoot-indians.html - Livelihood

http://www.manataka.org/page255.html - Population

http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Blackfoot-Economy.html - Economy

https://prezi.com/5sdbzjapkj4k/blackfoot-geography-and-government/ - Geography

http://www.indians.org/articles/blackfoot-indians.html - Culture

http://tribaldirectory.com/information/blackfoot-indian-tribe.html -culture

https://youtu.be/icE-xPDDDKM - Basic information

https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/blackfoot-tribe.htm  - More culture

http://native-american-indian-facts.com/Great-Plains-American-Indian-Facts/Blackfoot-Indian-Facts.shtml - Longevity of tribe and contact with europeans

http://blackfootblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/gender-roles-in-blackfoot-tribe.html - Gender roles

http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1897 - Political structure

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Most of the Tribes were democratic societies, however, when the europeans arrived, the most logical way was to converge and create a Monarchy. They merged to create the Blackfoot Confederacy. The Blackfoot Confederacy is made up of four groups; community, Kainah, Pikuni and South Piegan. The chief was the highest leading position. Their community was based around bison hunting.

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Women -
Women of the Blackfoot Tribe were in charge of the house. That included, cooking, cleaning, and building the house when on the move. They would tan hides and butcher and prepare meat. Some say many of the Blackfoot women were healers.

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Men were hunters and warriors. They were in charge of hunting down food and defending their families. Most of the time, chiefs were men. Both genders were storytellers, did artwork and music, and was involved in medicine.

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When the Europeans arrived in the 18th century, they changed the way of life for the Blackfeet. The Europeans brought over with them, horses, which made hunting easier. They also, however, brought over diseases which killed many of the Blackfoot population. It was very devastating to the survivors.

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The blackfoot tribe has lasted from the crossing of the land bridge to today where there are Blackfoot Indian Reservations in Montana and Canada. The Blackfoot Indian tribe may be more modern today but they still carry the same culture, beliefs, and traditions.

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'The Blackfoot nation consisted of three tribes: the Blackfoot, the Blood, and the Piegan. The Blackfoot nation was led by chiefs, chosen from each clan. They valued harmony, so their government worked by consensus, meaning each chief had to agree before a decision was made. Boys within the nation were invited into certain societies after proving themselves through passages and rituals. These included vision quests, and leaving the clan into the wild for four days. The different societies included but are not limited to the warrior society, the religious society, and the women's society. Warrior society prepared for battle by cleansing and painting symbolically. Religious Society protected sacred items and conducted ceremonies. The Women's Society cared for and taught the children. As we mentioned before, there was a sense of class ranks among them, like every other Indian group. The lower people were often poor and in poverty, while the higher were richer and had easy lives.

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Evidence shows that the Blackfeet migrated from the east around the year 1200 AD. They lived in forests in northeastern U.S. in search of more land. For a short amount of time, they settled in an area near the Great Lakes, but moved because of competition with other tribes. They held most of the territory out of any group in the Great Plains. They often lived around fertile lands near rivers and streams, and in villages where they could raise crops. Other times, they lived in portable teepees and hunted buffalo.

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The Blackfeet religion was Animism. They believe that all "natural objects" (rivers, rocks, plants, animals, etc.) had spirits. They believed in a Great Spirit called Manitou. They use pictographs and petroglyphs as writing and would carve them into rocks. They believed the spirits would talk back to them through the writing on the rocks.

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We travel through southern Alberta, Canada to learn more about the Blackfoot Confederacy, one of the most legendary tribes of the North American plains. This video was made possible with the support of Travel Alberta. For more information about the region, check out their website and social media info below: http://travelalberta.us/ https://www.facebook.com/travelalberta https://instagram.com/travelalberta/ https://twitter.com/travelalberta https://www.youtube.com/user/TravelAlbertaCanada Big thanks to everyone who helped us out!

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Because of their popularity, the Blackfoot were typically the classic example of The Great Plains. They were nomadic hunter-gatherers and they lived in tipis. The bison was the main point of the economy, and focus of their entire culture. However, they also hunted large animals and grew vegetables. Their economy today is based on ranching, farming, wage labor, welfare, and leased land income; there is potential for oil and gas production. Their biggest problem is poverty, just like our society, the higher people are better off than the lower. In the 1960s, their economic structure was described as "neo-colonial".

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The Blackfeet was one of the ten largest tribes in the nation. They consisted of around 9000 Native Americans. However, by 1780, there was as many as 15,000 Blackfeet members. The white settlers brought disease, and from the disease sprung an epidemic. The smallpox epidemic killed at least 6000 Blackfeet, not to mention all of the Blackfeet killed by the settlers.

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The Blackfeet mostly lived as a nomadic people. They hunted off of buffalo, and followed the herds. Before the white settlers, the Blackfeet thrived off of buffalo and the land, as well as trading buffalo hides with other Tribes. When white settlers came, they killed off most of the buffalo, and the numbers of the Blackfeet Indians decreased due to starvation and slaughter from the Americans, however, they still have reservations today.

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Siksika is an Algonquian language, spoken by 8000 people in Southern Alberta and Northern Montana. Siksika, also known as Blackfoot is a polysynthetic language, with complex verb morphology and free word order.

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Because the tribe was located in the Northern Hemisphere, it most likely became very warm over the  summers. The yearly temperatures ranged from around 10 degrees in the winter to around 90 degrees in the summers.
During the summers, they moved up North where the cooler weathers were, and in the winters, they moved South.

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Sometimes known as the Siksika, the Blackfoot tribe lived in what we call, The Great plains. They were hunter-gathers but their main source was buffalo. During the winter they'd split into groups and stayed in lodges. The lodges could hold 100-200 members. Tribe leaders were wealthy and successful. For religious ceremonies, men wore bright face paints and often wore war paint while fighting. All cloths were made of animal skin and usually tanned buffalo. Women wore ankle length dresses while men wore leggings. Food mostly consisted of buffalo meat, however, fish, other game, roots, berries, herbs, and fruit was also eaten. Most of the time meat was roasted but occasionally, boiled.

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The Native Tribe of Blackfeet Tribe of the Great Plains 

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The Native Tribe of Blackfeet Tribe of the Great Plains 

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Blackfoot Native American Photos and Images

Blackfoot Chief Dress

Blackfoot Indian Council

Blackfoot Indian Chief Big Spring

Blackfoot Indians Photographed

Blackfoot Indian Village and Tipi

Blackfoot Indian Man, Woman and Horse

Blackfoot Indians in Alberta Canada

Blackfoot Indians Dancing in Traditional Dress

Blackfoot Indian called Winnipeg Jack in Color Photo

Blackfoot Indian Family photograph with Children

Blackfoot Indian Painting

Blackfoot Indian Warrior on a Horse

Blackfoot Indian War Dance

Blackfoot Indian Chief in Ceremonial Dress Clothes

Blackfoot Indian Warrior on a Horse

Blackfoot Indian Family with Children in Front of a Tipi

Blackfoot American Indian Woman

Ceremonial Head Dress of Blackfoot Chief

Blackfoot Indians Photographed Inside Tipi

Blackfoot Chief Bear Bull

Canada Reservation for Blackfoot Indians

Blackfoot Indian Reservation in Montana

Blackfoot Indian Moccasin

Blackfoot Indians Chasing Buffalo

Painting of a Blackfoot Indian Chief

Blackfoot Indian Warriors

Blackfoot Indian in Ceremonial Attire

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Blackfoot Indian Tribe Pictures and Images

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Blackfoot Native American Photos and Images Blackfoot Chief Dress Blackfoot Indian Council Blackfoot Indian Chief Big Spring Blackfoot Indians Photographed Blackfoot Indian Village and Tipi Blackfoot Indian Man, Woman and Horse Blackfoot Indians in Alberta Canada Blackfoot Indians Dancing in Traditional Dress Blackfoot Indian called Winnipeg Jack in Color Photo