Blackfoot

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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 Blackfoot self-linksurface differs
surface form: Blackfeet Nation

Kainai Nation
Piikani Nation
Blackfoot self-linksurface differs
surface form: Siksika Nation
culturalRevitalization Language preservation programs
Revival of traditional ceremonies
culturalTrait Complex ceremonial societies
Sun Dance
surface form: Sun Dance ceremony

Use of medicine bundles
Warrior traditions
enteredTreaty Treaty 7
ethnolinguisticGroup Algonquian peoples
hasAlternativeName Blackfoot
surface form: 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 Great Plains
surface form: Northern Great Plains

What is now Alberta, Canada
What is now Montana, United States
What is now Saskatchewan, Canada
treatySignedWith Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

United States government

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Treaty 7 signatoryPeople Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Siksika
Hide painting hasCulturalOrigin Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot people
Gros Ventre relatedEthnicGroup Blackfoot
Gros Ventre historicalEnemy Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
Kainai Nation partOf Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
Kainai Nation ethnicGroup Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot people
Kainai Nation tribalAffiliation Blackfoot
Kainai Nation sharesCultureWith Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfeet Nation
Sun Dance lodge usedBy Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot people
George Catlin ethnicGroupDocumented Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfeet
Gros Ventre people relatedEthnicGroup Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
Gros Ventre people historicalAlly Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
Milk River region associatedWithEthnicGroup Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
Aaniiih people historicallyAssociatedWith Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
Aaniiih people historicalEnemy Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy
southern Idaho hasMajorCity Blackfoot
subject surface form: Southern Idaho
Assiniboine people historicalConflict Blackfoot
this entity surface form: Blackfoot Confederacy