Blackfoot

blackfoot English + Confederacy <dab!> Etymology en bla Siksiká black foot. Pronunciation en /ˈblæk.fʊt/ US Noun s * Blackfeet A member of a North American confederacy of several tribes. en Niitsitapi Niitsítapi en Dorothy M. Johnson 1952 in book The Unbeliever Indian Country London Corgi 1961 42 "This is how - they brought me home - after a fight with the Blackfeet." en 1954 February Trevor Holloway Canada's Transcontinental Routes Railway Magazine 128 Bears and other ferocious beasts resented man's intrusion into their domain; so, too, did the Blackfoot Indians and other tribes, whose savage hostility was a constant menace to the lives of the toiling engineers. en 1995 Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature William Cronon Meanwhile, its original inhabitants were kept out by dint of force, their earlier uses of the land redefined as inappropriate or even illegal. To this day, for instance, the Blackfeet continue to be accused of “poaching” on the lands of Glacier National Park that originally belonged to them and that were ceded by treaty only with the proviso that they be permitted to hunt there. Translations a member Blackfoot: bla niitsítapi- an, bla niitsítapiikoan- an man, bla niitsítapiáaki- an woman German: de Schwarzfußindianer m Marathi: mr ब्लॅकफुट m Norwegian: no svartfot m Swedish: sv svartfot c Unami: unm Sëksitas a North American confederacy Blackfoot: bla Niitsítapi an French: fr Pieds-Noirs m-p German: de Schwarzfußindianer m-p Marathi: mr ब्लॅकफुट Swedish: sv svartfötterna c-p a member or a confederacy Cree: Plains Cree: crk ayahciyîniw Navajo: nv Kéʼ łizhiní plural Proper noun The Algonquian language of these people. en city/county seat co/Bingham County s/Idaho c/USA. language Blackfoot: bla niitsí'powahsin- in See also bla Further reading bla en nouns with irregular plurals en Languages People