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Article: Blackfoot peace treaties.
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- Alberta History
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Although the Blackfoot were considered to be one of the most warlike nations on the continent, much of their time was spent at peace with one or more of their enemies. They were surrounded on all sides by those who coveted their horses, their territory, and their vast buffalo herds. At the same time, Blackfoot war parties kept the war spirit alive through their horse raids into enemy lands.
The Blackfoot were faced by the Cree and Nakoda in the north, Cree and Assiniboine in the east, the Sioux and Crow to the south, and the mountains tribes of Kootenay, Nez Perce, Pend d'Oreille, and Flathead to the west. While peace may reign with one or two tribes at the same ...