Blackfoot Tribe Research Paper

The Indian tribe that was researching was the Blackfoot Tribe. The Blackfoot Tribe is an Indian tribe that found most of its settlements on reservations in Montana, Idaho, and Alberta Canada that are still founded today. Since some of the tribe found their settlements in Canada which is in a different country, the tribe had two different names. The common saying in America is Blackfeet and in Canada people say Blackfoot, but the tribe accepts both sayings. The Blackfoot comes from a dark colored moccasins which most indians wear on there feet. There is about 25,000 people who belong to the Blackfoot Tribe. 10,000 belong in the United States and 15,000 belong in Canada. Most of the tribe speaks english but some of the tribe speaks in a more musical verb speaking which is also used today. The Blackfoot tribe is similar to other tribes within there culture. The Blackfoot Tribe children are like any other children they play with each other, go to school, and help around the house. Most children go hunting and fishing with their fathers on there free time. The Blackfoot Tribe mothers carry their babies in cradleboards and it has adapted to a cultural thing. Also the mothers were in charge of the house like cooking cleaning, building the house. …show more content…
Napi (commonly known as Old Man) is the culture hero of the Blackfeet Tribe. He was a trickster, troublemaker, and a foolish human being, but he is also portrayed as being the person responsible for shaping and creating the Blackfeet Tribe. Napi taught the knowledge of the Blackfeet Tribe as well as how to live. Napi got help from his wife (Old Women) to do this task and to create the tribe. Some of the tribe say both his wife and Napi were associated with coyotes, but some say there is no connection what so ever and they are described as the first woman and man by the Creator, and made them humankind. Without Napi the Blackfeet Tribe probably won’t have