Colonisation and Contact: American Indians - The Blackfoot Confederacy by Zoe Evans https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb Features of the tribe prior to colonisation - By Zoe and Darcy en-us 2017-06-25 07:28:42 UTC 2025-09-29 02:25:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png Clothing zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363289 - Men wore animal hide leggings and shirts, and adorned themselves with necklaces and jewellery
- Women wore animal hide dresses, decorated and personalised with frills, beads, porcupine quills and geometric patterns]]> 2017-06-25 07:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363289 Weapons/tools zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363398 The Blackfoot used bow and arrows, spears, war clubs, lances and knifes. ]]> 2017-06-25 07:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363398 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363451 2017-06-25 07:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363451 Daily Life - Women zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363465 The daily life of a Blackfoot women would include working on the fields farming, looking after the children, cooking, cleaning, making medicine and participating in ceremonial activities.]]> 2017-06-25 07:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363465 Daily life - Men zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363563 Men would go out hunting and gathering the food, fighting against other tribes, trading with other tribes or protecting their own tribe, as well as participating in ceremonial activities.]]> 2017-06-25 07:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363563 Food zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363711 2017-06-25 07:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363711 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363750 2017-06-25 07:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363750 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363776 2017-06-25 07:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363776 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363797 Buffalo was the main source of food for the Blackfoot Indians. They also ate smaller prey such as deer and ground squirrels, and they ate fish if there was no buffalo or deer available. They gathered what fruits and vegetables they could, and grew some of their own as well. Some of the fruits and vegetables they gathered, grew and ate included maize, or corn, berries, nuts and steamed camas roots]]> 2017-06-25 07:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363797 Houses zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363965 During the Summer/Spring period, the Blackfoot tribes would sleep in tipis. Tipis would be set up in camps that would house entire clans within tribes. During the Winter/Autumn period they would build wooden lodges in the forests. These wooden lodges, like the tipis were set up in clans, with each clan holding about 100-200 people. these clans were big enough to protect themselves, yet small enough to be mobil]]> 2017-06-25 08:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177363965 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364109 2017-06-25 08:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364109 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364114 2017-06-25 08:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364114 Government/Social Structure zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364149 While most of Blackfoot tribes were quite equal, there was still a social hierarchy. ]]> 2017-06-25 08:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364149 Blackfoot Confederacy zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364228 Split into four tribes]]> 2017-06-25 08:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364228 The Blood zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364236 2017-06-25 08:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364236 The Siksika zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364240 2017-06-25 08:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364240 North Piegan zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364246 2017-06-25 08:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364246 South Piegan zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364256 2017-06-25 08:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364256 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364279 Each have a head Chief. Each are split into different clans, each with a different Chief. The chiefs of each clan get together to dicuss issues. The Head Chiefs of each tribe come together to discuss the tribes.]]> 2017-06-25 08:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364279 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364431 2017-06-25 08:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364431 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364436 2017-06-25 08:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364436 Sun Dance zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364486 Annual Ceremony with all the tribes]]> 2017-06-25 08:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364486 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364532 2017-06-25 08:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364532 zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364561 2017-06-25 08:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177364561 Sources zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177411311 Source One:
Legends of America, Blackfoot Indian Nation - “Real” people of Montana, Viewed 25 June 2017,
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-blackfoot.html 
 
Source Two:
NC Pedia, American Indians at European Contact, Viewed 25 June 2017, 
http://www.ncpedia.org/history/early/contact 
 
Source Three:
Blackfeet Nation, Constitution, Viewed 25 June 2017,  
http://blackfeetnation.com/government/constitution/ 

]]> 2017-06-26 04:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177411311 More sources zoe_evans12 https://padlet.com/zoe_evans12/dox5xlindkjb/wish/177411396 Source Four:
Blackfeet Nation, Our Culture, Viewed 25 June 2017, http://blackfeetnation.com/our-culture/ 
 
Source Five:
Amy Su & Michelle Zhu, The Blackfeet Indians, Clothing & Shelter, Clothing,
http://theblackfeetindians.weebly.com/clothing--shelter.html 
 
Source Six:
Amy Su & Michelle Zhu, The Blackfeet Indians, Social Structure, 
http://theblackfeetindians.weebly.com/social-structure.html 


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