Transitions of the Blackfeet Tribe

Before interacting with the Europeans, the Blackfeet Indians were a peaceful, free-roaming state. They lived off the land by hunting and gathering their pabulum; elk, deer, bison, berries, roots, and other animals and vegetation. Obviously, for berries and roots they would turn over to go out and fragmentize them; however, coming upon bison and other mistaken animals was a different story. They had to go for a very strong planed out strategy that could in effect 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 life story were blessed and they believed that the sun was an exponentially sizeable being. Men and women would jeopardize on vision quests to picture themselves and went through ceremonies of sacred bundles to check the blessing and protection of the powerful bird and animal enliven and through apparitional counsel from medicine men and women. \nThe sunshine Dance eve ntually happened as a summer watching that brought together different and main(a) bands. To the Blackfeet a smoking vacuum tube was considered a ritual and sacred ceremony. The pipes were always specially decorated, they were every carved with designs or had hedgehog 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 tribe and was very important to their spiritual beliefs. Life was good and and then they were introduced to the white man.\nIn 1806, the Lewis and Clark excursion went right through the Blackfoot territory. This resulted in periodic attacks on expeditionists. The Blackfoot gained a grimacing reputation for aggression and repugnance because of their opposition to the oncoming of fur trappers in their territory. This reputation had contradict impact on the tribe because of the rumors that spread around the whites. However, they remained on good terms with the Hudsons true laurel Co mpany. The Blackfeet were encouraged to trade at the...