The Blackfeet

by Lacey, Theresa Jensen; Rosier, Paul C.

• ISBN13: 9781604137958
• ISBN10: 1604137959
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

In The Blackfeet, learn how these people are a vibrant part of the present-day world and stand as a symbol of courage, endurance, and strength.

Author Biography

T. Jensen Lacey is freelance journalist, photographer, and author of more than 700 articles for newspapers and magazines. Lacey is of Comanche, Cherokee, and Seneca descent, a charter member of the National Museum of the American Indian, and a member of Western Writers of America. Paul C. Rosier currently serves as associate professor of history at Villanova University. His latest book, Serving Their Country: American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century (Harvard University Press), is winner of the 2010 Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
The Migration of the Blackfeet People	p. 14
Culture, Religion, and Traditions	p. 26
Women in Blackfeet Culture	p. 41
Famous Blackfeet Leaders in History	p. 50
The Nineteenth Century and ôProgressö	p. 58
The Blackfeet People in the Early to Mid-Twentieth Century	p. 70
The Blackfeet People in the Mid- to Late Twentieth Century	p. 79
Blackfeet in the Twenty-first Century	p. 88
Chronology	p. 103
Timeline	p. 104
Glossary	p. 106
Bibliography	p. 108
Further Resources	p. 110
Picture Credits	p. 112
Index	p. 113
About the Contributors	p. 120
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Excerpts

Formally known as the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Blackfeet are comprised of three tribes that lived in what is now central Montana, western Saskatchewan, and southern Alberta. In their first contact with Europeans, the Blackfeet resisted trade with French and British trappers. They became known for their fierce bravery in conflicts with other native tribes and with whites. Their only contact with the Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery ended disastrously with the deaths of some innocent Blackfeet boys. In response, Blackfeet people closed their lands to all whites, a futile effort. The Blackfeet people as a whole suffered through betrayals at the hands of both Canadian and U.S. governments, which demanded treaties without honoring them, inflicted starvation winters, and spread diseases to which the Blackfeet people were not immune. Still the Blackfeet survived, proving that they are as brave as they are resilient, and most now live on a reservation that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. In The Blackfeet, learn how these people are a vibrant part of the present-day world and stand as a symbol of courage, endurance, and strength.