Do you know why the Blackfoot Indians are called Blackfoot? The Blackfoot Indians were a plains tribe that gathered for survival. The Blackfoot tribe adjusted to the land all year round and followed the animals. The Blackfoot tribe was a tribe of American Indians that spoke their own languages and used their surroundings for everything they needed.
The Blackfoot people used a lot of different types of weapons. One was the spear, the spear was used for hunting and less war. The spear could be thrown or used in up close combat. The tomahawk was a tool but also used as a weapon, sometimes had a spike on the back. War clubs were hammer like pieces of rock on a stick. Instead of rocks sometimes pointed sticks were used also. The woman in the Blackfoot tribe used the war hammers to crush up herbs for use in foods. Knives these knives were made of flint or stone with bone handles. Bolas are braided rope with rocks tied on the end and is used in small game hunting for the bola to wrap around the legs of an …show more content…
Because they lived on the plains and they had to move a lot with bison herds and the teepees were easy to take down and set back up. The typical teepee consisted of 13 poles of 15-18 feet long and 12-14 hides to cover the teepees. The teepees were covered in spiritual means, ranking, and roles of the family.Teepees were also used to hold ceremonies. (Alchin) .The Blackfoot people ate almost anything they could gather or hunt. The main part of the Blackfoot consisted of bison. One of the most common meals is pemmican. “ Pemmican is a mixture of choice cut bison meat and occasionally crushed wild berries gathered by the Blackfoot woman ” (Malinowski). The Blackfoot mostly ate this mostly for special occasions. The Blackfoot people camas root. Camas root as believed to heal people if they ate it and it only grew about 3 months of the year. When on the waterside, the Blackfoot ate waterfowl eggs that they