Blackfoot Indians

Not originally from the Montana region, a forced diaspora led the Blackfoot Indians (they are really Anishinabe) to flee their original homeland, which was located back east, in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. Their history takes the Blackfoot Indians eastwards towards the northern Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania region. After the whites invaded, the prophecy aware Anishinabek prepared for war against the people they knew would show up to steal their land and try to destroy them. Large numbers of Anishinabe settlers forced their way towards what is now the southeastern United States and westwards, after the whites invaded in 1492. However, long before 1492, Anishinabe ogimak instructed their soldiers to force their way straight westward into what is now the Montana-Alberta region. That either occurred 1,000 years ago or 1,300 years ago. If the Blackfoot are not the Anishinabek who have lived out west the longest, it must be the Wappo, Wiyot, Yuki, and Yurok who live in northern California.

After the whites invaded in 1492, Anishinabe ogimak in the Great Lakes region, knew they needed to defend Indian land and also commence an exodus towards the west. They knew what their future foretold and were not going to sit back and allow the whites to have things their way. They were going to make the whites pay for stealing their land in blood. By the late 17th century or early 18th century, Anishinabe soldiers were fighting the white confederation of Europe who were handing out their weapons to non Algonquians in the Manitoba, Minnesota, northwestern Ontario, and Wisconsin region, in order to corrupt Indian peoples. These battlegrounds were primarily located along the shores of Hudson Bay including James Bay. Though the Dakotas were capable of receiving European guns and ammunition, they were no match to the Anishinabe soldiers who dominated them just using their primitive weapons. Anishinabe soldiers had forced their way out on to the plains of southern Manitoba by 1700 and brought all of northern Ontario and most of southern Manitoba, under their control.

Further south in Minnesota, the Dakotas were still capable of receiving European guns and ammunition well into the 19th century. That was because the whites had easy access to the Mississippi River and sailed up that river to the Minnesota region, from the Gulf of Mexico. However, Anishinabe soldiers had brought all of Minnesota under their control by either the early or mid 18th century. Though they had conqured the Dakotas, a few scattered groups of Dakotas continued to wage war on the Anishinabe people up to the early 19th century. By the 1750s, the Anishinabe Nation had forced their way into all of North Dakota and all of South Dakota, and then into the Montana region where they merged with the Blackfoot who had lived there for at least 1,000 years. By the mid 19th century, the United States was forcing their way into the plains of what is now the United States. In 1851, the United States sent their representatives to meet with representatives of the Anishinabe Nation. At the time (1851), the Anishinabe Nation controlled nearly all of western North America.

This meeting (treaty negotiation) was held at Fort Laramie. According to white historians the treaty was concluded to define Indian Nations boundaries. However, the Anishinabe Nation controlled nearly all of western North America by conquest. That means the 1851 Fort Laramie treaty represents nothing. It did not take long for war to erupt between the Anishinabe Nation and the United States, in the plains region. The Blackfoot fought in these wars. White historians may claim otherwise but i strongly advise you to read the Seven Fires Prophecy. These wars the Blackfoot and other Anishinabek fought against the United States, include all wars fought in western North America, after 1830 including the so called Texas Revolution. In fact, the Blackfoot of the Montana region, were probably sending their brave soldiers down to the Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico region as early as the mid 17th century, to fight the white invaders. White historians claim that a group of Shoshone left the Montana-Wyoming region in the mid 17th century and forced their way down to Texas. They refer to them as the Comanche and Kiowa.

After the 1876-1877 Black Hills War (the Black Hills had nothing to do with this war) and Nez Perce War, the Anishinabe Nation including the Blackfoot Anishinabek, agreed to surrender. A huge Reservation for the Anishinabe Nation which covers most of the western United States was set aside for the Anishinabe Nation and their allies but the whites broke their promise. Below is a map of a part of that huge Reservation. It covers most of northern Montana. The Blackfoot also have several Reserves in Canada. And we must not forget about the Blackfoot Indians of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservation of North Dakota and South Dakota. Both Reservations are connected and should be considered as one Reservation. Much of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservation, is owned by non Indians. Infact, it may be as much as half of the Reservation. Thus, the reason for the large non Indian population on the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservation, which is close to 3,000, or about a quarter of the Reservations population. White historians refer to them as being Blackfoot Dakotas but we know better. The whites are forcing the Anishinabe people of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservation, the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservation, and the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Reservation, and the Yankton Reservation to lose their Anishinabe identity. Again i strongly advise you to read William W. Warrens 19th century book "History of the Ojibway People." Warren tells the Anishinabe people that they lived indispersed among the tribes along the Missouri River.

The Blood Tribe Of Alberta

The Blood Tribe inhabit the Blood Tribe Reserves in Alberta, Canada. Their Reserves cover an area that is approximately 354,490 acres.
The Population is 7,511
The Language is Anishinabe

The Peigan Blackfoot

The Peigan Blackfoot inhabit two Peigan Reserves located in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The two Peigan Reserves covers an area that is approximately 112,656 acres.
The Population is 2,635
The Language is Anishinabe

The Siksika Blackfoot

The Siksika Blackfoot inhabit the Blackfoot Reserve in Alberta, Canada. The Blackfoot Reserve covers an area that is approximately 175,406 acres.
The Population is 4,204
The Language is Anishinabe

The Blackfoot Of Montana

The Blackfoot Tribe of Montana inhabit the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana. The Reservation covers an area that is approximately 1,462,640 acres.
The Population is 15,560
The Language is Anishinabe

The Blackfoot Cheyenne River & Standing Rock Reservation of North Dakota & South Dakota

Covers 7,839 sq. mi.
Population is 12,514
Indian: 9,819
Language is Lakota