T
exas Blackfeet Indians
Timeline
Headquarters
Browning, Montana
Location
Montana
Other: White settlers enter Blackfeet lands
1860
Other: Baker Massacre on the Marias River
1870
Other: Peace of the Plains Treaty signed
1851
Other: Lewis & Clark encounter the Blackfeet
1806
Other: First Blackfoot Indian baptized
Dec 25, 1841
Other: First peaceful trade with Americans
1831
Other: Measles epidemic kills 1/3 of the Blackfoot
1819
Other: Attacked by Shoshone, first time seeing horses
1730
Other: Blackfeet reservation established
1873
Other: First Blackfeet Tribal Council elected
1903
General Facts: Ancestral Lands
The Blackfeet still reside on their ancestral lands
General Facts: Name Origin
Blackfeet comes from the dark moccasins the people wore
General Facts: Population
16,000 enrolled members; In 2000 Census 85,750 people registered as having Blackfeet ancestry
General Facts: Basic Social Unit
The Band; made up 10 to 30 Lodges
Other: First French trappers arrive in Blackfeet cou
1748
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