Native Indian Tribes [CATCH UP]

I have chosen the Blackfeet Indians of Canada and Montana (link in the photo). The Blackfoot were a powerful buffalo-hunting tribe of the northern plains, with most of their settlements in Montana, and Alberta. At first the Blackfoot Indians were happy by the arrival of the Europeans, since the horses they brought were invaluable to buffalo hunters, there main source of food and revenue.

However what can be seen in many areas of Native Indian life, the 'white man' led to its demise. Smallpox epidemics ravaged the Blackfoot population in the mid-1800's (white settlers may have introduced the virus and helped it along by selling smallpox infected blankets). In 1870 American army forces, looking for Mountain Chief's band of hostile Blackfoot Indians, fell instead upon a band of peaceful travelers and killed 200 of them, many of them women and children. The Website they have is slick, easy to use and well stocked with knowledge, somthing other more western nations could take not on.




Federally recognized with an enrollment of more than 35,000, the Chickasaw are currently the eighth largest tribe in the United States. They played a huge role in the wars between the nations scrabbeling for land and are often known among many people, as only a few tribes are ever remembered by the Western community.

The decline of the Chickasaw can be traced to the battles for control of upper North America between France and The United Kingdom. It could be the fact that British traders were established in their country before the settlement of Louisiana, or that the Chickasaw fought on the side of Great Britain, and French attempts to make peace with them were unsuccessful. After 1834 they moved, according to treaty arrangements, to Oklahoma. They have done well for themselfs in the United States, and as mentioned carry a large number of members to this day.