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The Blackfoot tribe were at the height of there power!
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The spanish explorer Francisco Coronado introduces the horse to Native American in the Southern Planes. Through intertribal trading, the horse gradually makes its way north to Blackfoot territory.
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Blackfeet NationBlackfeet NationThe Lewis and Clark Expedition killed two of the Blackfoot warriors, so the Blackfoot thought they were enemies with them.
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The Shoshon tribe attack Blackfoot on horseback.
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The Blackfoot needed stronger weapons so they traded bows for guns with the spanish.
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Shoshons suffer horrible defeats by the Blackfoot warriors.
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The Blackfoot tribe were once a powerful force and important to America History.
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The Blackfoot Tribe held a large territory in the Great Plains of the United States and Canada.
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The Blackfoot tribe settled in the Rocky Mountain area between Montana and Alberta, Canada. -
Buffalo Paunch is killed by his brother.
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In 1830 -1850 the Blackfoot tribe made a trade with others of furcoats and diseased wine.
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The discovery of gold brings people thorugh Blackfoot territory in parts of Canada and Montana.
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Lamed Bulls treaty is sigened. It is the first treaty between the U.S
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White settlers begin to enter Blackfoot territory.
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Settlers and Blackfoot collide in the Blackfoot War.
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25% of tribe dies from the evil trade and diseases. -
Canada and 3 Blackfoot tribes sign treaty 7, further reduceing blackfoot land.
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The Blackfoot tribe lost 3/4 of there tribe.
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Today there are about 25,000 citizens of the four Blackfoot Indian bands. About 10,000 of them live in the United States, and the rest live in Canada. There are also many other people who are Blackfoot descendants but are not tribal members.
