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The Blackfoot
The Blackfoot Confederacy was composed of three
nations.
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The Blackfoot, or Siksika, were the most
northerly group of the Blackfoot confederacy. |
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The second group was the Bloods or Kainai. |
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And the most southerly group was the Peigan.
The Peigan can now be divided into two groups, the northern Peigan
living in Canada and the southern Peigan living in the USA, but this
is an artificial division of the single group. Americans sometimes
refer to the Peigan as Blackfeet, and to the confederacy as the
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The Blackfoot Confederacy was allied with the Sarcee.
The Blackfoot were a plains people and used to roam the
lands, using dogs to pull their travois. They acquired horses from their
enemies, the
Snake People, around 1730, thus ending "the dog days".
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