The Blackfeet Nation
http://www.blackfeetnation.com
This homepage is supported by the Blackfoot Confederacy. The
introduction gives the Pikuni name and uses the Pikuni word
for hello. Below that are links for many Blackfeet related topics
of both today and yesterday. There is a link to the Blackfoot
Community College page (http://www.bfcc.org/), where many historic
photographs of the people can be found. The main purpose is
providing information about the college, the classes and schedules,
and campus contact details, but it also has a page that gives
some Blackfeet legends, including the creation story.
Siksika Nation
www.siksikanation.com
This site is going to be the future location for the Siksika
Nation Public website. It will provide general information about
their land, their people, their culture and their events. The
site is currently under construction, and they ask that you
check back often.
Blackfoot Nation
http://www.blackfoot.org/
This site integrates some tribal information as well as features
many tribal commercial opportunities. It is supported by the
Spirit Talk Culture Institute.
Travel Montana – Lewis and Clark Page
http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/home.htm and http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/blackfeet.htm
This site describes the Blackfeet in a brief paragraph, but
it is more about Lewis & Clark, however it does give Montana
reservation information and depicts the tribes whose lands the
Corps of Discovery passed through.
Blackfeet and Piegan Literature
http://www.indians.org/welker/blacfeet.htm
This is a wonderful site with a set of Blackfeet and Piegan
stories including tribal authors and online tribal resources.
This is a great for stories and cultural information.
Language Immersion School
http://www.pieganinstitute.org
The Piegan Institute is Browning's excellent language immersion
school. See detailed information on our language page under
the Native American heading at the left.
Blackfoot mocassins
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/mocasin/mocbd1e.html
Canadian Museum of Civilization website focusing
on traditional Blackfoot mocassin design, and contemporary
use. Lots of information and images.
Blackfeet News Online
http://www.goldentrianglenews.com/glacier_reporter/
A Browning, MT newspaper, the Glacier Reporter -
Siyeh Development, contains online news serving the
Blackfeet Nation.
Blackfeet Literature
http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/blackfeet_indians.jsp
Selected Blackfeet books and articles, online from
Questia, are available on this site. It is a subscription
site, but the 1st page of every chapter is viewable
for free, the site includes books by Blackfeet people
as well as white historians.
Blackfoot Culture
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/cultural/northamerica/blackfoot.html
This site is a summary with images and referrals
to other sites about the Blackfoot Confederacy. It
includes an interesting site about a buffalo jump
where ancient remains have been found: http://www.head-smashed-in.com/home.html
Niitoy-yiss: The Blackfoot Tipi
http://www.glenbow.org/blackfoot/index.htm
This photograph
essay about traditional Blackfoot homes is derived
from a new gallery called Nitsitapiisinni
: Our Way of Life which opened at Glenbow Museum
in Calgary, Alberta in November 2001.
Writing-On-Stone
http://home.uleth.ca/vft/milkriver/wospp.html
The Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park website contains
information about its significance to the Blackfoot
people, as well as landscape, flora, and fauna of
the area. There is a page about the Sweetgrass Hills,
including a satelite image. The Sweetgrass Hills
are a sacred place to the Blackfoot: http://home.uleth.ca/vft/milkriver/sweet_grass.html
Another page is the history of the Blackfoot people
(Darrell Kipp and Hugh Dempsey referenced as sources):
http://home.uleth.ca/vft/milkriver/native.html
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