Blackfoot

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Indigenous people of North America Native American people Plains Indians

The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of North America → Native American people → Plains Indians →
comprises	Blackfeet Nation → Kainai Nation → Piikani Nation → Siksika Nation →
culturalRevitalization	Language preservation programs → Revival of traditional ceremonies →
culturalTrait	Complex ceremonial societies → Sun Dance ceremony → Use of medicine bundles → Warrior traditions →
enteredTreaty	Treaty 7 →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Algonquian peoples →
hasAlternativeName	Blackfeet → Niitsitapi → Siksikaitsitapi →
hasNotableArtForms	Beadwork → Hide painting → Quillwork →
historicalActivity	Buffalo hunting on horseback → Intertribal warfare → Trade with other Plains tribes →
historicalRivals	Assiniboine → Cree → Crow → Gros Ventre →
locatedInPresentDay	Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana → Blood 148 Reserve, Alberta → Piikani 147 Reserve, Alberta → Siksika 146 Reserve, Alberta →
region	North America →
religion	Christianity → Traditional Blackfoot spirituality →
socialOrganization	Band society → Tribal confederacy →
speaksLanguage	Algonquian language → Blackfoot language →
traditionalDwelling	Tipi →
traditionalEconomy	Horse culture → Nomadic buffalo hunting →
traditionalTerritory	Northern Great Plains → What is now Alberta, Canada → What is now Montana, United States → What is now Saskatchewan, Canada →
treatySignedWith	Government of Canada → United States government →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blackfoot ("Siksika Nation") → Blackfoot ("Blackfeet Nation") →	comprises
Algonquian languages ("Blackfoot language") → Indigenous languages of Canada ("Blackfoot (Siksiká)") →	includesLanguage
Blackfoot ("Blackfeet") →	hasAlternativeName
Alberta →	hasIndigenousPeoples
Native Americans ("Blackfeet") →	hasSubgroup
Crow ("Blackfeet") →	historicalEnemy
Great Plains →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Sun Dance ("Blackfoot Confederacy") →	practicedBy