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Blackfoot Culture and History

As a complement to our Blackfoot language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Blackfoot people and various aspects of their society. The emphasis of these pages is on American Indians as a living people with a present and future as well as a past. Blackfeet history is interesting and important, but the Blackfoot are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary artwork as well as archaeology exhibits, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. Suggestions for new links are always welcome.

Tribal and Community Links

Blackfeet Nation:
    Homepage of the Blackfeet tribe of Montana.
Blood Tribe:
    Homepage of the Kainai First Nation in Alberta.
Blackfeet Tribal Business Council:
    Contact information and links for the Blackfeet Tribe.
Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council:
    Coalition of ten Indian tribes in Montana and Wyoming.
Blackfeet Community College:
    Tribal school serving the Blackfeet Indians in Montana.
Siksika Nation High School:
    Homepage of the Siksika First Nation highschool.
Glacier Peaks Blackfeet Casino * Discovery Lodge Casino:
    Homepages of the tribally operated Blackfoot casinos of Montana.

Maps of Blackfoot Lands

Virtual Museum of New France: Plains Indians:
    Historical maps and articles about the Blackfoot, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other Plains Indian tribes.

Blackfoot Lifestyle and Tradition

Blackfoot Nation:
    Online Native Studies courses, history, and cultural information from a Blackfoot elder.
Blackfoot Indians:
    Overview of Blackfoot culture and history.
Blackfoot Nation * Blackfoot/Siksika * Blood/Kainai * Peigan/Pikuni:
    History of the Blackfoot tribe in Canada.
Algonquians of the Plains:
    Ethnography of the Blackfoot, Cree, and Plains Ojibwa.
The Piegan:
    Curtis' early 20th-century ethnography of the Piegan, Bloods, and Blackfeet Indians.
Blackfoot People:
    History and culture of the Blackfoot First Nation of Alberta.
Blackfeet Homeland Map:
    Map showing the location of the Blackfoot Confederacy territory, in Siksika and English.
Piikani * North Peigan Pikuni * Piikani Nation * Pikuni Indian Bands:
    Pikanii (Piegan) culture, lands, and people.
Siksika * Siksika/Blackfoot * Siksika Nation * Siksika Indian Nation:
    Siksika culture, lands, and people.
Blood Tribe * Kainai * Kainaiwa Nation * Blood/Kainai Indian Bands:
    Akainawa (Blood) culture, lands, and people.
Blackfeet * Pikuni/Blackfeet * Blackfeet Reservation:
    General Blackfeet customs and traditions.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump * Head-Smashed-In:
    Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a sacred Blackfoot site.
Blackfoot Legends:
    Collection of Blackfoot Indian legends and folktales.
Blackfeet Nation Flag * Siksika Flag:
    Blackfoot flags.
Coopee' (Berry Soup) Recipe * Blackfeet Lima Bean Soup * Wild Rice Stuffing * Blackfeet Frybread:
    Traditional Blackfoot food recipes.
Standup Headdress:
    Explanation of traditional Blackfeet headdresses, with a picture of Mountain Chief wearing his.
Blackfoot Clothes * War Shirt and Leggings * American Indian Dress * Warbonnets * Indian Hairstyles:
    Blackfoot clothing and other Plains Indian traditional dress.
Niisitapiikwan (Blackfoot Confederacy) * Siksika (Blackfoot) Indians * Piikunii (Peigan) Indians * Kainai (Blood) Indians:
    Online exhibit of artifacts from the Blackfoot tribes of Canada.
Native American Religions:
    Advice for people researching Blackfoot religion and other American Indian spirituality.
Medicine Wheels:
    Article on Blackfoot medicine wheel monuments in Saskatchewan, with a photo of an ancient site.

Blackfoot Literature and Arts

Native American Authors: James Welch * James Welch * Fools Crow * The Heartsong of Charging Elk:
    Winter in the Blood * The Indian Lawyer * The Death of Jim Loney * Killing Custer:
    Riding the Earthboy 40 * Interview with James Welch:
    Blackfoot/Gros Ventre writer James Welch.
Mike Mountain Horse * My People, the Bloods:
    Kainah author Mike Mountain Horse.
Beverly Hungry Wolf * Daughters of the Buffalo * The Ways of My Grandmothers * The Blood People:
    Shadows of the Buffalo * Children of the Circle * Children of the Sun * Legends of the Old People:
    Blackfoot Craftworker's Book * Powwow Dancers *Traditional Dress * Teachings of Nature:
    Blood authors Adolf and Beverly Hungry Wolf.
Native American Authors: Blackfoot Tribe * Blackfeet Authors * Emma Lee Warrior (Peigan):
    Native Blackfoot authors, their lives and work.
Song Stick:
    Homepage of a Blackfeet flute carver and musician.
Blackfeet Songs:
    Pictures and information about Blackfoot songs and dances.
Black Lodge Singers * Tribute to the Elders * People Dance * Powwow People * Kids' Pow-Wow Songs:
    Enter the Circle * Round Dance Tonight * Weasel Tail's Dream * It's Been A Long Time Comin':
    Blackfeet music by the popular drum group Black Lodge Singers.
Just For Old Times' Sake * Straight From The Rez:
    Pow-wow music by the Siksika Ramblers.
Where The Spirit Lives:
    Film about Blackfoot children's harrowing experiences at boarding schools.
American Indian Art:
    Information, photographs and links about Blackfoot and other native art.

Blackfoot Politics, Issues, and News

Kainai News:
    Canadian First Nations newspaper based on the Blood Indian reserve in Alberta.
Badger-Two Medicine:
    The Blackfeet Indian fight against oil drilling on their sacred lands.

Blackfoot Genealogy

Blackfeet Enrollment Department:
    Enrollment information from the Blackfeet tribe.
Ancestor Search:
    Online lookup of Blackfoot and other Indian records through the Archives genealogy service.
Cherokee-Blackfoot Natives:
    Interesting theory that people of "Cherokee-Blackfoot" ancestry are actually of Cherokee-African descent.
Blackfoot Genealogy:
    Small database of Blackfoot family trees, also offering paid genealogy services.
Native Heritage:
    Direction for those seeking Blackfoot and other American Indian ancestors.

Blackfoot History

The Pikuni * The Early Days:
    History of the Blackfoot tribe, their Indian neighbors, and white Americans.
The Marias Massacre * Notes On An Obscure Massacre * Witnesses to Carnage:
    The 1870 Marias Massacre of Heavy Runner's band of Piegan by the American government.
History of the Blood Tribe:
    Kainai history.
Lewis and Clark and the Blackfeet Indians * Lewis and Clark: Blackfeet (Siksika, Piegan):
    Blackfoot Indian interactions with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Blackfoot Treaty:
    Text of the 1855 Blackfoot Treaty.
Crowfoot * Chief Crowfoot * Chiefs of the Blackfeet:
    Sites about Blackfoot chief Crowfoot.
Many Horses:
    Biographies of Blackfoot leaders.
Staking a Claim to Blood Brotherhood:
    The truth behind L. Ron Hubbard's claim to be a Pikuni Blackfoot "blood brother."

Books for sale on the Blackfoot

Blackfoot Dictionary * Blackfoot-English Vocabulary * Blackfoot Grammar:
    Blackfeet language books.
The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt * The Piikani Blackfeet: A Culture Under Siege * My People, the Bloods:
    Story of the Blackfoot People * Old Indian Trails * Rebirth of the Blackfeet Nation:
    Blackfoot history books.
Firewater: The Impact of the Whiskey Trade on the Blackfoot Nation:
    Detailed historical study of the alcohol trade's effects on the Blackfoot.
Crowfoot, Chief of the Blackfeet:
    Biography of Crowfoot.
Charcoal's World:
    Interesting historical examination of a Blackfoot man's clash with white culture and the law.
Daughters of the Buffalo Women * The Ways of My Grandmothers:
    A Blackfoot woman's biographies of her elder relatives.
Standing Alone:
    Biography of a contemporary Blood Indian.
Blackfeet Crafts * Blackfoot Craftworker's Book:
    Blackfoot craft books.
American Indian Genesis * The Sun Came Down * Blackfoot Lodge Tales * The Vengeful Wife:
    Blackfeet Tales of Glacier Park * Apikuni's World * Blackfeet Indian Stories * Legends of the Old People:
    Blackfoot mythology and legends.
Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians * Ni Kso Ko Wa:
    Blackfoot spirituality and beliefs.
Akak'Stiman * Modern Blackfeet * The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture * Blackfoot Musical Thought:
    Anthropology studies of the Blackfoot Indians.
Fools Crow * The Heartsong of Charging Elk * Winter in the Blood * The Indian Lawyer:
    The Death of Jim Loney * Killing Custer * Riding the Earthboy 40:
    Books by Black foot/Gros Ventre writer James Welch.
My Life as an Indian * Blackfeet and Buffalo:
    Books by James Willard Schultz, an early 20th-century adventurer adopted by the Piegan Blackfeet.
Sky Dogs * Star Boy * The Legend of Scarface * Storm Maker's Tipi * When Bear Stole the Chinook:
    Children's picture books about the Blackfoot Indians.
War Paint * No More Buffalo:
    Art collections featuring the Blackfoot Indians.
Handbook of North American Indians: Plains Indians:
    Reference book about the Blackfoot and other Plains Indians.
American Indian Literature:
    Evolving list of books by and about the Blackfeet and Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

   Blackfoot Indians:
   Encyclopedia entries about the Blackfoot tribe.
   Black feet * Blackfoot Tribe * Siksika:
   Blackfoot links.



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