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The Blackfoot Indians
By: Sharonda Jacobs
Blackfoot Indians lived on the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. ... In Canada, they called the Blackfoot Indians the Pikuni, and the Pikuni are always referred to as "Blackfeet". ... A tepee(tipi) is a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Plains. ... Wigwams are a hut of the American Indians of the Great Lakes region and eastward having typically an arched framework of poles overlaid with bark, rush mats, or hides. ... After the Indians had killed a number of whites, the Americans let the Blackfeet do the trapping and bring the furs and hides to the white trading posts. In exchange, the Indians received guns and ammunition, metal knives and tools, glass beads, and other articles. ...
Even though the Blackfoot were forced to protect their homelands from white intruders, they still continued to with European trappers for more than 200 years.
Approximate Word count = 689
Approximate Pages = 2.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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