Who are the Blackfoot?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The Blackfoot Indians, also known as the Niitsitapi or Siksika, are a group of indigenous peoples who traditionally lived in the Great Plains region of North America. They are divided into three tribes: the Siksika, the Kainai, and the Piikani. The Blackfoot tribes were nomadic, following the buffalo herds for food and other resources.
The Blackfoot people had a complex society, with a strong emphasis on family and community. They had a matrilineal kinship system, with descent and inheritance passed through the mother's line. They also had a complex system of governance, with both political and spiritual leaders playing important roles in the tribe.
The Blackfoot people were skilled hunters and warriors, known for their horseback riding and use of the bow and arrow. They also had a rich cultural tradition, including storytelling, music, and art. They had a complex religious belief system that included a creator god, as well as spirits and ceremonies that were believed to have power over the natural world.
The arrival of European settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries had a major impact on the Blackfoot people. The introduction of firearms and new technologies made hunting and warfare more deadly, and the expansion of settlements led to the loss of hunting grounds and other traditional territories. The Blackfoot people also suffered from diseases brought by the Europeans, such as smallpox, which devastated their population.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. government implemented a policy of forced assimilation, aimed at assimilating indigenous peoples into mainstream American culture. This policy included the forced removal of children from their families and placement in boarding schools, where they were forced to abandon their traditional ways and adopt European-American customs and values.
Today, the Blackfoot people continue to struggle with the legacy of this forced assimilation and the loss of their traditional ways of life. However, many Blackfoot people have worked to revive and preserve their cultural traditions, including language, music, and art. They also work to protect their rights and sovereignty as indigenous peoples.
Overall, the Blackfoot Indians were a proud and independent people who had a rich cultural heritage and deep spiritual connection to the land. They were skilled hunters and warriors, and had a complex society with a strong emphasis on family and community. However, the arrival of European settlers brought drastic changes to their way of life, and the Blackfoot people continue to struggle with the legacy of forced assimilation and the loss of their traditional ways of life. Nevertheless, many Blackfoot people have worked to revive and preserve their cultural traditions and protect their rights and sovereignty as indigenous peoples.
As a half blood Blackfoot, I'm very happy to hear such kind words spoken of my tribe.
Warriors until the end.
😂😂😂
Me too bro
I’m black with Blackfoot/Cherokee grandparents but I only claim to be black
@bdotwrld me two but funny thing is all those that was half . Say and profess BLACK.. not half. My grandmother MARY ,MARIE. . Her children are crazy to look at one a light skin Eskimo.. dark black with straight curly hair . Them the real strange ones I mean jet black. But u can tell even me no matter where I go people ask me am I one of them. But we all black man and woman....when I use to get angry as a child..my grandma would always say . That's that BLACKFOOT IN U.. I would say . Grandma the bottom of my feet are not BLACK.. And go on playing.. .so any any insight would help thank u
You don’t see what you are on any job applications or Census docs. What choice do you have.
I'm here ! And I'm part of the Blackfoot tribe
Im of Sisika Blackfoot Heitage and Proud of it...My grandmother was a very special person as an Heyoka Empath and her mothers b4 her are 100'z of generation with this Empowered Trsit and I have her Empathic trait... #AfroIndigenousAndProudofIt
My great grandmother was Blackfoot. I wish I knew more about her family. I feel a connection.
What a wonderful heritage 😊
Same I wanna learn more about it and find out what I rlly am
None of you are Blackfeet Indians. Nor were your grandparents. They are very tight knit and you will be Blackfeet too
I wish I knew more about it as well..... Same. 🙏
Ask and I will tell
I am an Indian and I've been watching and listening intently to your videos and found that this is very informative.( From Pune City India)
Wow! I never looked for information on my family history. My grandmother on my mother's side RIP was Blackfoot. My grandmother on my father's side RIP was Cherokee Indian.
I don't know why, but my heart is so full of joy reading these comments. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. It helped me learn more about the tribe my ancestors belonged to
Hey Brylin, no problem! We are glad you enjoyed it. ❤️
I am mostly Irish but I have a bit of native American ancestry through my grandfather who was Blackfeet/ Cherokee. I was taught to braid my hair as a Child and learned a little about heritage but an ugly divorce my parents had later saw that I grew up afterwards separate from all that.
I even got my middle name from my grampa but know so little about his culture.
As a tall young man with long hair and sharp features many people ask if I am native so in those instances I honor my grandpa and claim his tribe, The Blackfeet.
Natives are Siberian people. The fake natives...
I searched my ancestry through my Granddad after he ascended on into the next dimension, he was also Blackfoot.. You might be able to do the same 🤷🏽♂️
@@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND That means Siberians are the first Americans
@@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BONDlmao, and whom do you think are the original indigenous people here? Blacks?
@@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND Read Book of Genesis. God made nations & languages & marked the land that he intended each nation with their own languages was 2 live Bcuz He has a plan that centers around His only Begotten Son Jesus & then, after Jesus died & was resurrected & defeated death, that was when it was time 4 Columbus 2 meet N.A.s N America so the gospel of Jesus would spread throughout N.A. ppls & others too, that came 2 live here after America was conquered from the N.A.s. N.A.s are the only 1st Americans with DNA proof & everyone else, Whites, African American Negroes, & Asians are immigrants from other continents with DNA proof of that too.
I'm half Blackfoot and half Mexican I love this
Thank you, Ace!
Mexican isn't a Race they are Native Bud
@@BearNeeds did your Mother Drink well she had you in her belly?
If you are not Native then you are not from Mexico just Like Canadians/Americans
My grandmother is half blackfoot and irish and her mother is full blooded blackfoot, thank you for sharing about my ancestors the Blackfoot, they are not mentioned a lot in US history because they were primarily in canada they had a few skirmishes with the united states 🇺🇸 but because of their location in canada, i learned this in a book titled, North American Tribes, about 16 years ago, although it does mention that they had formed a Blackfoot Confederacy and ruled the Plains from southern canada to parts of texas and new mexico because of their excellent horsemanship and warrior spirit
My dad was about 75 percent Pikuni. And he would always talk about growing up on the rez and going to boarding school up in Browning. He would always talk about PonakaImitaa(Horses) and how he used to ride them near the Buffalo jump near browning with his siblings. I am proud to be part of the Pikuni(Scabby Robes) tribe.
Thank you for sharing David!
Pikuni were most Feared
Nice to see them still practising their skills and culture Love these stories
I am a 44-year-old so-called african-american. My mom told me that we had Blackfoot Indian in our blood. And that a Blackfoot Indian chief was in our family tree when she looked it up. So I looked up what a Blackfoot Indian looks like. And my mother looked just like them. And she used to always say she was a Indian. She was a black woman. She was also a undefeated unisex boxer. She fought men and women and never lost. She had a library full of fighting books. She had weights and, a speed bag, heavy bag, and everything to practice fighting. She also had bow and arrows, darts and all kind of other unconventional weapons. She was a warrior for real. Her name was Hattie mae Davy. She was from Illinois.
Soon people will realize we’re the Real “Indians” . The Real Native Americans. This African American name was given to us through lies.
@@ArrianaZhane African Americans were chased down and brought here in boats from Africa to be put to work as the white mens slaves ,African Americans are not native Americans 🤦🏽♂️
@@ArrianaZhaneWE WAZ NATIVE AMERICANS N SHEET
@@ArrianaZhane DNA blacks take never say Blacks descend from ppl called blacks, DNA always say blacks descend from Sub Saharan Nigerian, Igboo, Congo & other African nations from the continent of Africa & DNA proved all A.A. have on average 10-24% European DNA, so blacks also descend from European nations. Blacks are black & white.
@@tiko4621 DNA proveds only 5% of Blacks have Native ancestry, so 95% of blacks, which is the majority of blacks have zero Native ancestry, so NO! BLACKS AREN'T NATIVE AMERICANS N SHEET. FACT! BLACKS WAZ EUROPEAN N SHEET.
My grandmother was a Blackfoot native american. R.i.p Sailema Phillips. ❤ we still think of you.
1/8th "Blood" or Kainai here. The photo's were fine, but the dumpy little tipi's near the end were doubtless not a shot of the Blackfeet.
We have Custer's scalp, and share a piece of it in our museum, a very little known fact. That's because our leader and my personal relative Chief Crowfoot of the Canadian Blood (now we call ourself the Blackfoot to distinguish us from the Blackfeet, or Siksiki in Montana) tribe took him at Little Big Horn.
I love reading and gaining knowledge of my Blackfoot Tribe ❣️❤️❤️❤️
Blackfoot are in Canada and Blackfeet are here in montana.
You are just black AfricN. Not blackfoot
@@AnAdorableWombat1 No we're not and Africans only made up 20% of the Trans-Atlantic Trade
Majority of Black Americans & Caribbean's are of Indian and Black European lineage, not African
Black Americans with Blackfoot lineage are Southeast Siouan Indians, that's being erased from history
Learn about The Paper Genocide.
Years ago, I had a Stoney friend in Morley, Alberta, who invited me to lunch at his home. There, he had a Blackfoot(Siska) guest. I was amazed at this man's height; he was the first Blackfoot I had ever met, and I had read they were one of the tallest tribes. I was lucky to hear spoken Nakoda(similar to Sioux), Blackfoot(Siska), and Cree at a powwow. I wish and hope that these languages are taught to preserve them. I really like how they all sound.
I have always been told that my grandmother's grandmother was 100% Blackfoot Indian. I would love to learn more about this part of my history.
If you're Black then you need to learn about the Catawba, Saponi & Tutelo Indians
My grandmother on my mother side was Cherokee and her husband my grandfather was Blackfoot I’m black (caramel) my dad grandmother was Native American also I Remember seeing her when I was a child she had long beautiful hair just like my dads mother. I had my dreads for 3 years coming this august and it’s already longer then most of my other family members who had dreads before me
Hi is there any prominence you give to specific colours?
Im part black foot Indian I just found out today I'm proud to be Indian there amazing
Lily Gladstone, the first Indigenous best actress winner at the
Golden Globes, delivered a speech in the Blackfeet language.
Blackfeet/Blackfoot is an Algonquian language that predated
English and French.
It is spoken in Montana in the US, and in Alberta in Canada
by Blackfoot people (i.e., tribes named Piegan, Siksika, and
Kainah)Lily Gladstone, the first Indigenous best actress winner at the
Golden Globes, delivered a speech in the Blackfeet language.
Blackfeet/Blackfoot is an Algonquian language that predated
English and French.
It is spoken in Montana in the US, and in Alberta in Canada
by Blackfoot people (i.e., tribes named Piegan, Siksika, and
Kainah)
There are beautiful,proud,courageous peoples.May there culture live on
I have a few drops of Siksika blood given to me by a Chief known a Gaurdapea, not sure of the spelling in a WWW Brotherhood Ceremony. The tribal Elder, some years ago told me that he and his kin were all gone. A Great man of a great people.
My grandpa was half black foot. He served in the Marines during the Korean War. He grew up on a farm and went to war when he was 16 by faking his age. Thank God for him making my dad. My grandpas mom was the daughter of a Chief of the Blackfoot tribe is what I heard from a few sources. I’m trying to learn about my history. Does anyone have any tips to track down documents to come up with a family tree, or information on how my family got to where they were?
Blackfeet tribe like the Kainai and Piegan were the most feared and warlike tribe that struck fear into their enemies. They beat the Cree, Shoshone, Sioux ( Teton ) Americans and Canadians ( French )
There are two sets of Blackfoot's, the Algonquin of the Plaines and the Sioux of the Southeast aka clans of the Catawba & Saponi, most Black Americans with Blackfoot lineage are Siouan's of the Southeast that inhabited the foothills of Virginia & North Carolina and clans of the Catawba in South Carolina
Saponi means Blackfoot in Siouan language
I'm Oglala Lakota,my kids are Blackfoot,Waccamaw
My mother's grandfather was Blackfoot and Irish ❤
Need to find out if it's Black Irish kicked out of Europe and sent here during The Middle Passage but if your family is from the Southeast, you're a Siouan Blackfoot like me and mine's is Catawba and also have Black Irish too, McClary's & McCleod's, McFadden etc...
Mountain chief is my great uncle. its a sad history im sure how my great grandfather (military scout Cobell) married and had children with mountain chiefs sister (my great grand mother) buffalo stone woman
My grandfather on one side was a hundred percent Blackfoot and my grandfather on the other side was European. I'm white, and 100 percent proud to be an American.
I have Blackfoot ancestry from my grandmother r.i.p. ma and I'm black African American
You aren't black foot boo! Sorry to tell you. Montana and Canada are the only places Blackfoot Indians resides. I doubt you are from any of those areas
@@frasiercraine1776 I HIGHLY doubt it! Most black folks claim Blackfoot because it has the word black in it🤣🤣
@@AnAdorableWombat1Thats true. Since the internet where anyone can find the name of every tribe N the U.S., blacks found the Blackfoot tribe & locked in on the word 'black' N Blackfoot. They have no idea about the history of N.A. relation 2 each other. Them claiming Blackfoot proves they R liars.
@@AnAdorableWombat1u sound racist af! There’s plenty of black, Blackfoot ppl that does not get the respect they deserve. Most native Americans that are allowed to claim their native tribe are mixed with Europeans! But as soon as a native is mixed with black you disrespect them. A European/white mixed native is no better than a African/black native. Most natives living today are NOT FULL NATIVE! They are mixed with white n think they better n have more claim to it than blk ppl mixed with native. GTFOH
@@AnAdorableWombat1This is such an ignorant comment 💀 and honestly just shows your low thinking skills due to your projection of ignorance that you thought would come across as intelligence.
I’m part of the Blackfeet tribe
Nope. You're just black
Thank you for the information. I am from Algeria and I love very much the stories and lives of American Indian tribes. I hope you will share with us information about other tribes.
Yes many more videos to come!
I live on land that once belonged to the Siska(Blackfoot), a sacred burial site in Alberta, Canada.
My family are Blackfoot Indians
Very interesting , Please post your channel I'd like to know more .
Thank you! We will continue to make more videos weekly
@@twominutehistory . Any on " Creek " or " Seminole " .. " Miami " or " Shawnee" ?
Blackfoot DNA here.
I have great respect for the Blackfoot for loving and defending their land so bravery against the european invanders, they were also great horse tiefs..😊❤❤❤
If you have any Questions on the Blackfoot just ask and I will tell you
Ahh that’s why I cried like a baby in history class when they showed us the pictures of the mounds of murdered buffalo. Got picked on for that for a minute too. My mom’s side told me they were black foot.
My great great great grandma was Blackfeet Indian, just found out td 🎉
Wow Amazing!
I'm Cherokee, Blackfoot and Irish mixed, beautifully done
Thank you so much 😊
@@twominutehistory my pleasure "wado ❤️🖤💛🤍🌀
My great Grandmother was black. Foot. my grandmother was half my Dad was very dark
My dad said that he was black foot Indian and he was raised by his grandfather and an older woman that he was Left with when he was a little boy and His grandfather was killed on a. Railroad when a train was coming down the road
Siksika and Kainai ( blood) related 9/22 1877 roughly 130,000 km2 Rocky Mountain .....
Good to learn their actual names.
On My Mother's Side Of My Ancestors Side My Great Great Grandfather Was An African Slave 🌍!! And His Wife Was A Cherokee Slave🦬!! Which Was My Great Great Grandmother.. On My Father's Ancestors Side Are Blackfoot Native Indigenous People 🦬.. PS: I Just Want To Say!! I Love All Three ( 3 ) Of Them Because Without Them 🤎🖤🤎!! My Mother, Father, Brother's, Sister's & All My Family Relatives Wouldn't Be Here.. And Witness From Our Both Parent.. Parents Telling Us ⭐⭐.
My blackfoot grandfather grew up in Oklahoma his family tho was from montana
Man we lived in the South I wish people stop trying to tell our history we r here in the United States we can tell our own history we had no problem in the United States and we never lived in tents we build homes
We Siksika never lived in the south! We are from Montana and Canada.
@@thickbrianq TWO BLACKFOOT'S PIEGAN/ALGONQUIN & SIOUAN OF THE SOUTHEAST AKA CATAWBA & SAPONI/TUTELO
With the latter (Sioux) being erased through Paper Genocide
My uncle was Roy little chief
If the U.S. owes anyone reparations it would be Native American Indians. But it would never be enough for what Europeans did to them.
First 300 years was with the Negro Indians, Europeans had very little contact with the Mongoloid stock until the 1800's
Those reclassified as African American (Misnomer) are the Copper Colored and first to be labeled "Indians" that Europeans encountered in North America
Also, the Americas was invaded by Crypto Sephardic Jews & Moors and not a bunch of pale White folks
Salvador Fernandes Zarco aka Columbus was a Morisco & Portuguese Crypto Sephardic Jew and so was most of the Pilgrims & Puritans, American His Story even "White Washed" the bad guys, when most of these folks were Black Europeans like the Huguenot DaCosta family that owned slaves (Negro Indians) in Charleston named after a Black European king, even the 1619 slaves weren't Africans but indentured Caribe's pirated out of the Gulf region
Oki
Doesn't address the question of their proud name? Something to do with blackening their moccasins in the ashes of their fires,I believe. The Pallister Expedition and David Thompson knew them rather well.
When I was little, an elder once told me, "We are blackfoot, for we begin each day in prayer just as we take our first step into our day, into the unknown. In prayer one may not see the future as it is black and unseeable with one's eyes, it is in this very way we do not see with our eyes we see with our heart and to do so in this manner with no guarantees just faith is a brave way to be, and this is Blackfoot."
Some of my people were Blackfoot
It's black feet Not black foot!!😠
I know that because I em black feet
@@mealee52413 as you know Black Feet is the proper name of a REAL Native American aka American Indian tribe .
Black foot aka Blackfoot is the name of the FAKE tribe that every black person who claims to be native says they are part of and is the name of the tribe that every black person who claims that their great great great great grandmother was a part of in order to try to get a free check from the government .
I myself have a part of black foot indian blood pumping through my veins I and my daughter looks just like a female black foot
My hair still looks like that my family were those people we had battles across America the last was after imett teal were decedent's of Shem
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I’m apart of that tribe full blood!
Awesome! Any interesting family stories?
My mother sadly doesent share any but I’d love to know some
Goedemiddag mensen, als dit leest zal u denken geloof ik niet maar kan u verzekeren het is de waarheid, mijn is Ger Diamond ben 78 jaar ben in Nederland geboren mijn vader was een rasechte Blackfoot Indiaan hij is in 1944 geland in Frankrijk in Normandie hij was in gedeelt een speciale eenheid van gevechtsoldaten reden deze jongens spraken de indiaanse taal en was voor de Duitsers niet te ontcijferen, hij heeft mijn moeder in Nederland leren kennen,ik ben een oorlogskind zoals zo velen ,het geluk wat ik heb gehad ik heb een va😊der en moeder gehad ben ook trots op mijn indiaanse afkomst en een ding is zeker wij indianen zijn de echte Amerikanen de rest alle import niks Manitoe.
You’re welcome
My grandma told me I'm multiple tribes but ancestry DNA don't say that so idk
Can't trace lineage through DNA, YOU GOT TO DO YOUR GENEALOGY
If you're Seminole or Gullah Geechee, you're composed of multiple tribes of the Southeast, with the most being Muskogean.
Also, there's no genetic samples of the Negro Indians, especially of the Southeast in their database and more Indians shipped to West Africa than Africans shipped to the Americas
10 million Africans is a lie and puffing the stats along with Goree Island "Door of No Return" proven to be a lie also
Human cargo from Africa made up 20% of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and a good bit of that cargo were Indians taken from the Americas since the early 1500's, Trans-Atlantic Trade started in 1493 with the Black Caribe's Columbus enslaved and took back with him
We where here first 🦅🪶🪶🪶
Is there a difference between the "Blackfoot" and the "Blackfoot-Sioux"?
How many Blackfoots are there today?
The Blackfoot TRIBE are Algonquian speakers that got their name from crossing the plains to Montana where their moccasins were blackened. The Blackfoot BAND of Lakota are Siouan speakers that got their name from painting the soles of their moccasins.
@@IkceWicasa_7 Interesting. Thank you so much.
I have Blackfoot ancestry from my grandfather ! I once was hiking barefoot up some high mountains in Colorado and on the way down I stoped to rest and sat down ! Upon looking at the bottom of my feet which were now completely dark , I said to myself , I am Blackfoot 😊
They must have had an Olmec lineage, for they have very African variance influence in their characteristics. I would be interested to see their DNA, and Ancient DNA Markers.
Their Olmec/African influence came from the traditions they adopted from the Nile Valley Civilizations that frequent South America and brought culture and architecture. The Olmec heads were made as a gift and for them to never forget who raised them into the living perpendicular as they did many other nations across the planet in their navigations. 😊
The olmecs were n9t black, their descendants still aren't black. Blacks are not indigenous to this continent.
@finessnu2903your just a sorry African
@bethbartlett5692 U don't research. An Olmec grave was found & the bones analyzed & no African DNA was found. Africans have zero DNA evidence of ever being N America B4 the 1500's. Olmec have the D1 American haplogroup that proves that Olmec are 100% Asiatic N.A.s. Africans do not have D1 haplogroup, Africans have L1, L2 haplogroups that proves Africans originate N Africa not America.
@@thickbrianqwhat kind of liar are you? 😂 When you see the Omlecs what face do you see? Also we aren’t black we’re American Indians, and the Omlecs are our ancestors originated in America. Try again.
As i look in the mirror and see some of the features of my people blended with Cherekee Indian and black feet Indian.
Have Blackfoot and Cherokee
Everyone needs salvation here are the words of salvation please forgive me jesus im a sinner come into my heart and save me from my sin I no that you are the savior and I no that you died for me on calvary and I no that God raise you from the dead and you are alive and I thankyou for your salvation in Jesus holy name amen and its important to always ask for forgiveness every night I hope someone gets saved
I'm also a half blood Blackfoot.
As a fellow native American I salute you
@@mochiebellina8190 Thank you mochiebellina8190. I salute you back.
There is no such thing as half blood Blackfoot 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Do we have a flag??
Yes
When the gold is loaded on to the stagecoach always head for friendly Blackfoot territory. Otherwise you'll never make it! __ YOU TUBE: "The stagecoach horse chase."
Aramenta rising sun is here. Our line is Blackfoot
My great great grandfather is Maqwamud Robert mcCoy
black bear paw.
Put that Dane Calloway guy back in his hold
I’m just head to read the comments about black folks claiming their grandmas were Blackfeet and Cherokee 😂😂😂😂 🤦🏽♀️ embarrassing. Just embrace your African ancestry
How ignorant are you? You must not know that America had a whole continent full of aboriginal swarthy ppl as well.
Stop regurgitating lies that you were taught and learn real history. 🤦🏽♂️
Blackfoot
Korean Language
부락 벗(burak put:Village friends)
Oki', tsanitapi?? Hello! Hows it going? Or Whats happening?
My grandmother is Blackfoot
My granny was blackfoot lived. Ny
What about the band?
Blackfoot, Cree, Irish & Dutch
The Blackfoot. Born mean, and grew worse. That's per the contemporary Mountain Men.
I was also told about having Blackfoot Ancestry in my family. I am black American and they were somewhere in the South. Not the same ones that were in montana they were different.
My dad told me as a young girl I was blackfoot
No. You have black feet but you aren’t apart of the Blackfoot tribe nor are your ancestors. They rarely mixed with black people and they only live in Montana and Canada.
@@AnAdorableWombat1 she has black feet 🤣
The Bible teaches that in the near future God's Kingdom, his government, will destroy the wickedness we see on earth today and leave only those who want to live under his loving sovereignty. But all these people who lived in the past will come back to life and live in a clean and peaceful world as well. Among these will be the Indian nations, who loved the land so much (Psalm 37:10,11,29, Daniel 2:44) They will no longer remember all that they suffered, ever again (Isaiah 65:17). They will live under a righteous government by the Son of God. No one else will mistreat them anymore (Revelation 21:3,4).
We are not called Blackfoot We are called black feet
It depends whether you're in Canada or USA... Canada uses Blackfoot
In Canada we use Blackfoot ... but we are literally the same and are called "Nitsitapii (the real people)"
Give a man too much power and he will destroy his brothers. “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out." Luke 13:28
They have a better place to go.
Holy crap i see my uncles
Cool - My Dad before he died said we were part Blackfoot indians not enough for free college though... very interesting ....
Attending College is not free for us Blackfoot! We apply through grants. And just for the record, gasoline is not free!! We just don't pay the GST. If there are any bieber fans out there reading this. Just saying theres alot we do have to pay.
No, indigenous people don't get "free" stuff for being native. We have to apply for grants just like other people.
You probably don't have the requirements to be an enrolled member.
If I were you I would find out if they still have information on your Dad & begin there
It's key to keep in mind that the 'benefits' that many non Indigenous people assume are 'given' or "free" to Indigenous people are very specifically from monies that the governments owe the nations as a result of Treaties. Treaties are inherently agreements between sovereign nations - the early colonizing authorities recognized that the land was held by various nations, and sought to put agreements in place because the cost of battle with warriors who knew the area/environment and who were trained to fight in smaller units or as independent problem solvers was difficult for the highly regimented colonizing forces to face without significant cost.
The initial Treaty agreements, of course, were often not entered into in good faith by most colonial representatives. There was also the difficulty of translation - some European words, like "King" simply didn't have direct equivalents in Indigenous languages and cultures where there wasn't a monarchy. Subsequent governments continued (and continue) to violate the terms of the Treaties.
In Canada, the Supreme Court has established that the very first basis of all the treaties, The Royal Proclamation of 1763, has never been revoked, invalidated, overturned or rescinded.
The 'benefits' that some Indigenous people are able to access are typically allocations of whatever Treaty obligations are being honoured (usually in the minimum degree possible,) or are part of wider agreements or reparations from governments (federal, provincial/territorial/state) through other legally binding agreements.
Also keep in mind that several of the Treaties - including the Laramie Treaties in the US - were specifically peace treaties established after the US sued for peace (twice) after being soundly trounced by the Indigenous people (in the case of the Laramie Treaties, by the Lakota).
And, as pointed out, even for the available resources, eligible Indigenous peoples have to apply and meet criteria for various resources.
Those of us who are not Indigenous need to be mindful of how we make and promote assumptions about Indigenous peoples.
Sincerely,
Someone who could have a federal Status Card and chooses not to leverage ancestry to access treaty rights linked to a culture I was not brought up in, a language I do not speak, and a community with which I do not have direct personal connection.
So what's the difference between a Harfoot and a Blackfoot? 🤷♂
I’m a one foot Apache and you can make funny of me, if you want to….
Native Americans
Oki itamiskanotoni
1/4 Blackfoot.
Box 19 #220
I’m full black foot
Glad you didn’t black-wash historical facts
Somewhat truncated history- no indication of ethnic origin, history or where they migrated from.
i have about 25% blackfoot in me
Awesome!
Siksika
Iz it a tribe call it b. F
My children and I my ex wife and others are being threatened by a Blackfoot Indian Nicholas cade Smith connie Smith colson Smith possible trafficking suspects
Why are you telling us, go tell the police 💀