Genetic findings back up Blackfoot oral history

Reveals mysterious origins in the long distant past

    The Blackfoot Confederacy of Montana and Alberta claim they have lived in the same place for 10,000 years, but, “many scholars have concluded that the confederacy is a relative newcomer to the High Plains.” (I don’t consider Montana the ‘High Plains’, but that’s just a quibble.)

    The quote is from Eric A. Powell whose story ‘Ancestors of the Black…