History of the Blackfoot

Our people have lived here for thousands of years. Náápi, the creator, has provided us with everything we needed. He created the mountains, forests, rivers and plains. He gave us the river valleys in which to make our camps. He showed us which plants, which roots to eat, and which ones to use to make medicines to cure sickness. He made all the fish in the rivers and the birds that fly and he gave us many animals to hunt: the deer, antelope and the buffalo.

The buffalo is very important to our survival.  It provided meat to eat, skins for our tepees, clothes, and bones for tools. Náápi gave us these lands, from the summit of the Rocky Mountains, west of what is now Edmonton, east to the Cypress Hills, south of the mouth of the Yellowstone River on the Missouri and back to the Rocky Mountains.

He told us, “This is the land of the Blackfoot people.”

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