siksika indians

Examines the history and culture of the Blackfeet Confederacy, discussing its people's traditions, modern life, and relations with the U.S. government. Includes a map, time line, glossary, further-reading list, and recipe for pemmican.

Angry that his older brother is chosen to be the buffalo runner who lures the buffalo to their deaths, Little Blaze, the fastest runner of his Blackfeet tribe, must overcome his resentment when his brother's life is endangered.

Presents the Blackfoot legend of how Napi, the Great Spirit's helper, created the tipi for Man and Woman; tells the story of the hunters Sacred Otter and his son, Morning Plume, who experience Storm Maker's mercy during a blizzard; and provides instructions for making a model tipi.

In the early part of the 1900s, Beatrice and Lionel, two Blackfeet Indian children, escape from the Chalk Bluff Indian Boarding School in Montana to find their grandfather, and must elude their pursuers and make a life for themselves in the wilderness.

An introduction to the history and past and present social life and customs of the Blackfoot Indians, an Algonquian tribe of North America.

Describes the origins, history, traditions, and future prospects of the Blackfoot Indians of North America.

Describes the history, culture, and customs of the Blackfeet Indians.

A young motherless boy in a tribe of Blackfeet Indians is present when his people see horses for the first time and are changed forever.

Living on the western Canadian prairie in the nineteenth century, Sweetgrass, a fifteen-year-old Blackfoot Indian girl, saves her family from a smallpox epidemic and proves her maturity to her father.

Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains the Sun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.