n. pl. Blackfoot or Black·feet (-fēt′) 1. A member of 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. 2. A member of the northernmost tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy, inhabiting central Alberta. 3. The Algonquian language of the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan. 4. See Sihasapa. [Translation of Blackfoot siksiká (perhaps from the blackening of their moccasins, either from painting them or from walking near prairie fires) : sik, black + ika, foot.] Blackfoot′ adj. |
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