Blackfoot

Blackfoot — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Big Buddy Books is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Cover Photo Getty Images Eye Ubiquitous Contributor Shutterstock com Interior Photos Eye Ubiquitous Alamy p 19 Getty Images Werner Forman Contributor p 27 Glowimages com pp 16 17 iStockphoto com pp 11 21 26 Library of Congress p 13 David Muenker Alamy pp 5 29 National Geographic Image Collection Alamy pp 9 15 25 Wikpedia com pp 23 30 Coordinating Series Editor Rochelle Baltzer Contributing Editors Megan M Gunderson Marcia Zappa Graphic Design Adam Craven Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tieck Sarah 1976 Blackfoot Sarah Tieck pages cm Native Americans Audience Ages 7-11 ISBN 978-1-62403-577-7 1 Siksika Indians Juvenile literature I Title E99 S54T54 2015 978 004’97352 dc23 2014029812

Blackfoot — page 2 — CONTENTS Amazing People 4 Blackfoot Territory 6 Home Life 8 What They Ate 10 Daily Life 12 Made by Hand 16 Spirit Life 18 Storytellers 20 Fighting for Land 22 Back in Time 26 The Blackfoot Today 28 Glossary 31 Websites 31 Index 32

Blackfoot — page 3 — AMAZING PEOPLE Hundreds of years ago North America was mostly wild open land Native American tribes lived on the land They had their own languages and customs The Blackfoot are one Native American tribe They are known for their Sun Dance and fighting skills Let’s learn more about these Native Americans Did You Know The Blackfoot were named for the dark-colored bottoms of their moccasins 4

Blackfoot — page 4 — The Blackfoot decorated their clothes with patterns and feathers Today they wear traditional clothing for special events 5

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