Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Transitions of the Blackfeet Tribe

earlier interacting with the Europeans, the Blackfeet Indians were a peaceful, free-roaming tribe. They lived off the sphere by hunting and collect their food; elk, deer, bison, berries, grow, and separate animate beings and vegetation. Obviously, for berries and roots they would have to go reveal and pick them; however, coming upon bison and other wild animals was a unlike story. They had to have a real well planed out strategy that could effectively kill bison. If they did non they would be mauled. They used spears and bows and arrows originally guns were introduced to their culture. Blackfeet living were quasi-religious and they believed that the sunniness was an exponentially powerful being. work force and women would embark on mess quests to find themselves and went through and through ceremonies of sacred bundles to obtain the blessing and resistance of the powerful bird and animal spirits and through eldritch guidance from medicine men and women. \nThe Sun Dan ce finally happened as a pass ceremony that brought together dissimilar and independent bands. To the Blackfeet a weed pipe was considered a rite and sacred ceremony. The pipes were always peculiarly decorated, they were either carved with designs or had porcupine quill work. shrill rituals were so common that any Blackfoot family had a pipe in their possession. It brought a sense of concurrence to the tribe and was very central to their spiritual beliefs. Life was practiced and then they were introduced to the white man.\nIn 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition went right through the Blackfoot territory. This resulted in periodic attacks on expeditionists. The Blackfoot gained a grimacing paper for hostility and hostility because of their opposition to the attack of fur trappers in their territory. This reputation had negative impact on the tribe because of the rumors that spread approximately the whites. However, they remained on good damage with the Hudsons Bay Comp any. The Blackfeet were encouraged to swap at the...

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