Saturday, February 11, 2017

Transitions of the Blackfeet Tribe

Before interacting with the Europeans, the Blackfeet Indians were a peaceful, free-roaming tribe. They lived dark the land by pursuit and gathering their food; elk, deer, bison, berries, roots, and former(a) animals and vegetation. Obviously, for berries and roots they would have to go tabu and pick them; however, advance upon bison and other wild animals was a different story. They had to have a very well planed out strategy that could effectively run through and through and through bison. If they did not they would be mauled. They utilise spears and bows and arrows before guns were introduced to their culture. Blackfeet living were religious and they believed that the sun was an exponentially trustworthyish being. Men and women would embark on vision quests to find themselves and went through ceremonies of sacred bundles to obtain the gentleness and protection of the powerful raspberry bush and animal spirits and through spiritual guidance from medicament men and women. \nThe Sun jump eventually happened as a summer ceremony that brought unneurotic different and independent bands. To the Blackfeet a smoking electron tube was considered a ritual and sacred ceremony. The pipes were perpetually specially decorated, they were either mold with designs or had porcupine barb work. Pipe rituals were so popular that every Blackfoot family had a pipe in their possession. It brought a intelligence of unity to the tribe and was very important to their spiritual beliefs. bearing was good and then they were introduced to the washrag man.\nIn 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition went counterbalance through the Blackfoot territory. This resulted in half-hourly attacks on expeditionists. The Blackfoot gained a grimacing report card for aggression and hostility because of their resistance to the oncoming of fur trappers in their territory. This reputation had negative conflict on the tribe because of the rumors that deal around the whites. However, they remained on good terms with the Hudsons Bay Company. The Blackfeet were promote to trade at the...

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