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The Blackfeet of Glacier National Park

The Blackfeet of Glacier National Park. Find out about Glacier National Park. Click on the pictures above to explore the hyperlinked websites. Read about Glacier National Park and write down five interesting facts you found out about this park. The Blackfeet Tribe.

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The Blackfeet of Glacier National Park

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  1. The Blackfeet of Glacier National Park

  2. Find out about Glacier National Park Click on the pictures above to explore the hyperlinked websites. Read about Glacier National Park and write down five interesting facts you found out about this park.

  3. The Blackfeet Tribe • Blackfeet tribes are part of the native plains culture. The people lived in teepees and depended on buffalo for their main subsistence. Using horses for transportation, they led a nomadic lifestyle in order to follow the roaming buffalo herds. Early interactions with traders were friendly, and the Blackfeet traded animal pelts for guns and ammunition. As settlers encroached on their land, the Plains Indians warred against the U.S. government until they were settled in their respective reservations. • The Blackfeet Reservation is adjacent to the eastern boundary of Glacier National Park, and the reservation now enjoys a peaceful working relationship with the Park personnel. In the early days of the Park, the Blackfeet took part in the effort to promote tourism at Glacier National Park by greeting the visitors as they disembarked from the train. One of the first sites that tourists saw as they got off the train, was an encampment of Blackfeet. The Blackfeet entertained visitors by demonstrating their native music, dance, and pipe ceremonies. In addition, the Blackfeet chiefs sat by the fireplace to meet with visitors with a welcome speech. Today, native and cultural advisor Charlie Bear Wagner, speaks to guests about stories of his people. http://www.pbs.org/opb/greatlodges/teachers/teachers.htm

  4. Cultures Your team will become an expert on these topics involved in the Blackfoot culture. You will choose three of the six areas to research and create a product for. Each topic will have an accompanying poster that explains the project and its significance in the daily life of the Blackfeet tribe.

  5. SHELTER • The shelter group will research teepees and learn how to build a tipi so that it is easily erected and taken down. This was important to the tribe because they had to be able to break camp at a moments notice when a buffalo herd or enemies were spotted. Once it is made, the group should view paintings by the Plains Indians (see website in resource section) and paint similar scenes of daily life or accomplishments on the covering to complete the tipi. This group will make a sign for the museum explaining how teepees were built and describing the use of teepees in the plains culture.

  6. ART • The art group will research the plains art and make the following projects: parafleche, peace pipe, and shield. You will access the websites listed in the resource section for information on making these articles. You will also need to find out how and why plains art had a utilitarian/functional component to it. You will make a sign explaining how each item was made and how they were used by the Plains people.

  7. LEGENDS • The legends group will read a variety of legends (see resources page) and each person will memorize at least two to share with the class during our “museum” time. You will make a sign explaining the purpose of legends in the Blackfeet culture and how they are similar to, and different from, legends of other tribes.

  8. LANGUAGE • The language group will go to a website that has recorded various phrases in the Blackfoot language. You will listen to these phrases and learn at least 3. Learning words from a new language is a difficult task and will require a lot of concentration and practice to master. You will make a sign explaining the language and showing some examples. You will teach the phrases to the class during our museum time.

  9. CLOTHING • Students in the clothing group will hand stitch a simple garment and use beads to decorate it. Plains Indians made their clothes out of animal skins, and they frequently decorated the moccasins, dresses, and shirts with beadwork. The beads should be threaded and stitched to the garment in a design that typifies the Plains' culture. This group's sign will explain the Plains clothing and how it was made.

  10. MUSIC • The music group will make their own drums. You will listen to recordings of traditional Blackfeet music (see resources) and either learn a song or sing and play along with a recording. This group's sign will explain the use of music in the Blackfeet culture.

  11. Web Resources • The Algonkian Languageshttp://www.concentric.net/~yoman1/home/algon.html • Blackfoothttp://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/northamerica/blackfoot.html# • Blackfoot Audio Samples (language)http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/audiosam/blackfot/black-e.html • Blackfeet Creation Talehttp://www.montana.edu/~wwwbcc/legend.html • Blackfeet Indianshttp://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/idx_bla.html • Blackfoot Legendshttp://www.indians.org/welker/blacfeet.htm

  12. How the Worm Pipe Came to the Blackfeethttp://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/scarpipe.html • Indian Nations of Montana: Blackfeethttp://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/blackfeet.htm • An Introduction of North America's Naive People; The Plainshttp://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/~c/noamer_plains.html • Music of the Plains Indianshttp://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~nespaldi/plains2.html • Numbers in North Amerindian Languages (1-10)http://www.zompist.com/amer.htm#alg • Official site of the Blackfeet Nationhttp://www.blackfeetnation.com • Plains Indians Craftshttp://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/crafts/plainscrafts.htm • Plains Indians Drawingshttp://www.tribalarts.com/feature/plains/index.html

  13. Plains Indians and Their Traditional Artshttp://www.cheneycowles.org/ccmes/parts.htm • Plains Teepeehttp://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/tipi.html • Regional Overview of Native American Clothing Styleshttp://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/regn10.html • Siksikai'Powahsin (language)http://www.angelfire.com/ar/waakomimm/language.html • World Languagehttp://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Blackfoot.htm#sample • Blackfeet Musichttp://www.ocbtp.com/blackfee.html • Blackfeet Taleshttp://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/blackft.html • The Cultural Areas: a Surveyhttp://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/fnc/pln_e.html#food

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