The tribe we call the Blackfeet call themselves Siksikaitsitapi. It may roll off the Algonquian tongue, but in English the syllables are too staccato to ever be a favorite. We call 'em Blackfeet and they seem to be all right with that. Blackfoot is their Confederacy name. They are Blackfeet Nation, the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reserva…
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