34 Facts About Blackfoot

Blackfoot Confederacy, Niitsitapi or Siksikaitsitapi, is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Blackfeet people: the Siksika, the Kainai or Blood, and two sections of the Peigan or Piikani – the Northern Piikani and the Southern Piikani .

The Blackfoot used these to expand their territory at the expense of neighboring tribes.

Today, three Blackfoot First Nation band governments reside in the Canadian province of Alberta, while the Blackfeet Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Piikani in Montana, United States.

Four Blackfoot nations come together to make up what is known as the Blackfoot Confederacy, meaning that they have banded together to help one another.

The other three Blackfoot-speaking peoples and the Sarcee are located in Alberta.

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The Blackfoot did not follow immediately, for fear of late blizzards.

The Blackfoot had relied on dogs to pull the travois; they did not acquire horses until the 18th century.

Up until around 1730, the Blackfoot traveled by foot and used dogs to carry and pull some of their goods.

The Blackfoot had established dealings with traders connected to the Canadian and English fur trade before meeting the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1806.

The group camped together that night, and at dawn there was a scuffle as it was discovered that the Blackfoot were trying to steal guns and run off with their horses while the Americans slept.

Blackfoot threatened to ally with the NWMP to fight them if they came north into Blackfoot country again.

Blackfoot chose to stay out of the North- West Rebellion, led by the famous Metis leader Louis Riel.

The Plains Cree were one of the Blackfoot's most hated enemies; however, the two nations made peace when Crowfoot adopted Poundmaker, an influential Cree chief and great peacemaker, as his son.

When news of continued Blackfoot neutrality reached Ottawa, Lord Lansdowne, the governor general, expressed his thanks to Crowfoot again on behalf of the Queen back in London.

Hungry and desperate, Blackfoot raided white settlements for food and supplies, and outlaws on both sides stirred up trouble.

Blackfoot was threatened by the cavalry for reporting that the people they attacked were friendly.

Blackfoot used sweet grass smoke, or sachets of sweet grass in their clothing, as an effective insect repellent.

Similar to other Indigenous Peoples of the Great Plains, the Blackfoot developed a variety of different headdresses that incorporated elements of creatures important to them; these served different purposes and symbolized different associations.

Blackfoot have continued to wear traditional headdresses at special ceremonies.

Blackfoot thought that she must have another lover since she never did this before.

Blackfoot then told his wife that he was going to move a web and asked if she could bring in the meat and wood he had left outside from a previous hunt.

Blackfoot knew by doing this that his wife would become enraged, so the man returned home.

Blackfoot told the children to flee and gave them a stick, stone, and moss to use if their mother chased after them.

Blackfoot remained at the house and put a web over his front door.

Blackfoot did so, and where the stone landed a huge mountain popped up.

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Blackfoot's then asked the ants if they could burrow through the mountain with the same stipulations, it was agreed and they get her the rest of the way through.

Blackfoot taught them how to forge and make advanced weapons, which is how the Blackfoot people believe the whites became so technologically advanced.

Blackfoot became known as Left Hand, and later by the Blackfoot as Old Man .

Blackfoot took the mud and rolled it in his hand and created the earth.

Blackfoot let it roll out of his hand and over time, it has grown to what it is today.

The Blackfoot referred to them as the Piik-siik-sii-naa or Atsina, because of years of enmity.

In 1896, the Blackfoot sold a large portion of their land to the United States government, which hoped to find gold or copper deposits.

The nations have operated such businesses such as the Blackfoot Writing Company, a pen and pencil factory, which opened in 1972, but it closed in the late 1990s.

Blackfoot continue many cultural traditions of the past and hope to extend their ancestors' traditions to their children.