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The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is located east of Glacier National Park and borders the Canadian province of Alberta. Cut Bank Creek and Birch Creek form part of its eastern and southern borders. The reservation contains 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2 ), twice the size of the national park and larger than the state of Delaware .
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 ...
In 1880, John Grass provided a list of the bands (tiyóšpaye) of the Sihasapa: Sihasapa-Hkcha or Sihasapa qtca ("Real Blackfoot") Kangi-shun Pegnake or Kanxicu pegnake ("Crow Feather Hair Ornaments" or "Wear raven feathers in their hair")
Siksika Nation is the second largest, land-based, in Canada. Siksika Nation Boundaries of Blackfoot Confederacy Traditional Territory. North-North Saskatchewan River, West – Rock Mountains, East-At the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers and South-Yellowstone River.
The Blackfeet Indians and their Indian allies in the Gros Ventre tribe hunted and pitched tipis here. Areas 398 (extending into Wyoming) and 399 is the Fort Laramie treaty (1851) territory of the Blackfoot Nation. [1]: 594–596 It is something of an oddity, since the Blackfeet did not attend the treaty councils.
“Congratulations, Lily!! All of Indian Country is celebrating with you,” Cherokee Film said in an X post. “The Blackfoot Confederacy is proud of you!”
Mountain Chief was a Piegan (South Piegan) and part of the Blackfeet Nation (Amskapi Pikuni), one of four tribal groups composing the Blackfoot Confederacy. [2] Mountain Chief lived on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. [6] Mountain Chief's father became chief around the time that Lewis and Clark visited in 1806. [1]
Blackfeet Man: Stories of the Famous Montana Indian Story Writer and an Original Map and Guide to the Beautiful Region He Loved (Montana Heritage Series). Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society. (published posthumously) Schultz, James Willard (1962). Blackfeet and Buffalo: Memories of My Life among the Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.