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The Blackfeet Nation (Blackfoot: Aamsskáápipikani, Pikuni), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, [4] is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Montana.
The Blackfoot Confederacy, Niitsitapi, or Siksikaitsitapi [1] (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or "Blackfoot-speaking real people" [a]), is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Blackfeet people: the Siksika ("Blackfoot"), the Kainai or Blood ("Many Chiefs"), and two sections of the Peigan or Piikani ("Splotchy Robe") – the ...
The Blackfeet had controlled large portions of Alberta and Montana. Today the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana is the size of Delaware, and the three Blackfoot reserves in Alberta have a much smaller area. [3] The Blackfeet hold belief "in a sacred force that permeates all things, represented symbolically by the sun whose light sustains all ...
Bison are seen on the Blackfeet reservation in "Bring Them Home" a film documenting the reintroduction of bison on the landscape after they were nearly brought to extinction a century ago. (photo ...
The Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office is enforcing Tribal Resolution 251-92, passed in the early 1980s and amended in 1992, according to Deputy Compliance Officer Gheri Hall. She said ...
The Navajo Nation also launched a program called Operation Rainbow Bridge to help members get into legitimate programs or back to the reservation. Blackfeet members who recruit on the reservation ...
Earl Old Person (Blackfeet names Stu Sapoo, "Cold Wind", and Ahka Pa Ka Pee, "Charging Home"; [1] April 13, 1929 – October 13, 2021) was an American Indian political leader and the honorary lifetime chief of the Blackfeet Nation (Amskapi’Piikáni) in Montana, United States.
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; Blue Lake Rancheria, California; Bridgeport Indian Colony (previously listed as Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony of California) Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Burns Paiute Tribe (previously listed as Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon)