Blackfoot

Imagine living off of anything you can find, and giving up your life so others could live. Well, this was what the Blackfoot tribe did in their daily lives. In the Blackfoot language, which was based of the Algonquian language, they called themselves Siksika meaning "Those with Black Moccasins." Originally the nomadic American tribe migrated from the Great Lakes to live in the plains region including Montana, Idaho, and even Alberta, Canada. The Blackfoot tribe was split into three smaller tribes the Blood tribe, the Peigan tribe, and the North Peigan. The Blackfoot tribe had important spiritual beliefs, had adaptable and creative clothing, and were resilient when it came to food. This tribe fascinates modern Americans. Spirituality for the…

The Blackfoot language is an endangered Native American language with only about 3,000 fluent speakers remaining. Cultural communities who use this language are the Blackfoot tribe bands which are the North Piegan, the South Piegan, the Blood, and the Siksika who reside in the northern plains of Montana, Idaho, and Alberta, Canada (Redish and Lewis "Blackfoot Indian Fact Sheet"). Each tribe band has the same culture and uses the same language, however they differentiate politically. The overall…

looking different, but when everyone looks the same, society crumbles. In a world where many people are ridiculed for how they look and what they believe, others are considered social outcasts simply for not conforming to the role society wants them to play. In the short story, Borders, by Thomas King, a Blackfoot Indian is treated very poorly because she stays true to her heritage. The border patrol between Canada and the United States refuses to recognize her citizenship as a Blackfoot, and…

lawyer, and I think that comparing different cultures ' legal systems will provide a greater understanding of the topic as a whole. The societies compared in this essay do not have a justice system as large as the United States, but the United States has a different subsistence strategy than those in this essay. Does subsistence strategy have a correlation with the justice system of a society? I believe that this essay will reveal that the more developed a society 's subsistence strategy is, the…

this task would take time and not easily be accomplished. The Blackfoot people immediately tried to drive them out through a series of bloody battles. After several of these brutal battles the Blackfoot settled to trade between them. They realized that the trade would benefit them. They endured for the sake of the goods they acquired. The fur companies brought forts and attempts to settle land with ownership. This was a huge conflict for the Blackfoot Nation. British and Canadian Traders.…

The Blackfoot Tribe Who was the Blackfoot tribe? The Blackfoot Tribe was a tribe that signed its first peace treaty in 1855. They are located mostly in Montana,Idaho, and the Great Plains. They are called the blackfoots because they wore black leather shoes called moccasins. They lived in teepees. A teepee is a small tent that is supported by wooden poles and the covered with animal skin. The blackfoot tribe was a big migrating tribe. They were a big and peaceful tribe. As children in the…

Blackfoot is an Algonquian language with 25,000 active speakers. (Stout 21) Most of the Blackfoot lives in Canada and some of them live in the southern part of Alberta and Northern part of Montana. (Stout 21) Blackfoot comes from the world siksika that means “Blackfoot” in English. (Stout 21) Blackfeet Indians used to wear dark colored moccasins. In Canada people calls them Blackfoot and in USA people calls them as Blackfeet. There are 4 branches of Blackfoot 3 branches lives Canada and one of…

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…

Unknown Title I have changed and grown as a learner over my past four years here at Blackfoot High School in a positive way. During my first two years of school I was a terrible student and learner. I never really cared about the assignments that were given to me. I always feel asleep in class,and I did not realize that what I was doing then would affect me now a few years later and how hard it would before me to raise my GPA. As a student/learner now I’m a good student, I actually work on my…

The First to Succeed Not many people enter college knowing exactly what they want to do for a career or exactly what they want to major in, and if they do, they generally end up changing it. However, because of Blackfoot High School I consider myself one of the few. I know exactly what I want to major in and it is because of the classes and activities that I have been a part of that I am so prepared. BHS is responsible for who I am, who I’m going to become, and most importantly, BHS…