Blackfoot

(blăkˈfo͝otˌ)

1. a. A Native American confederacy located on the northern Great Plains, composed of the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan tribes. Traditional Blackfoot life was based on nomadic buffalo hunting.
   b. A member of this confederacy.
2. a. The northernmost tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy, inhabiting central Alberta.
   b. A member of this tribe.
3. The Algonquian language of the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan.
4. See Sihasapa.

Related Forms:

• Blackˈfootˌ adjective