Blackfoot Indians Research Paper

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This essay is about the ancient Blackfoot Indians. This is the way the Blackfoot Indians met their food need. The men hunted buffalo, and small game like ground squirrels, nuts, berries, and steamed camas roots. The ancestors of the Blackfoot Indians was living in buffalo-hide tepees. Since the Blackfeet moved frequently to follow the buffalo herd so the tepees had to be specially designed to set up and break down quickly. The women Blackfoot Indians wore long deerskin dresses. The men wore buckskin tunics and breechcloths with leggings. The dresses and war shirts were fringed and often decorated with porcupine quills, beads, and elk teeth. Both the men and women wore moccasins, and they wore buffalo-hide robes in the cold. The men and women