Transitions of the Blackfeet Tribe

Before interacting with the Europeans, the Blackfeet Indians were a peaceful, free-roaming family line. They lived off the land by hunting and gathering their nutrition; elk, deer, bison, berries, roots, and other animals and vegetation. Obviously, for berries and roots they would set about to go out and plonk them; however, coming upon bison and other haywire animals was a different story. They had to brace a very closely planed out strategy that could efficaciously kill bison. If they did not they would be mauled. They used spears and bows and arrows before guns were introduced to their culture. Blackfeet dungeon were reverend and they believed that the sun was an exponentially efficacious being. Men and women would enrol on vision quests to key themselves and went through ceremonies of sacred bundles to retain the blessing and protection of the powerful bird and animal liven and through spiritual management from medicine men and women.\nThe fair weather Dance even tually happened as a summer communion that brought together different and free lance bands. To the Blackfeet a smoking electron tube was considered a ritual and sacred ceremony. The pipes were always specially decorated, they were both carved with designs or had porcupine quill work. Pipe rituals were so common that every Blackfoot family had a pipe in their possession. It brought a sense of unity to the people and was very important to their spiritual beliefs. Life was good and thusly they were introduced to the white man.\nIn 1806, the Lewis and Clark tour went right through the Blackfoot territory. This resulted in periodic attacks on expeditionists. The Blackfoot gained a grimacing reputation for aggression and abhorrence because of their opposition to the oncoming of pelt trappers in their territory. This reputation had disconfirming impact on the tribe because of the rumors that spread around the whites. However, they remained on good terms with the Hudsons true la urel Company. The Blackfeet were encouraged to trade at the...