Culture
The direction their teepees faced.
Which way is East?
The natural part of the body that is said to give strength.
What is braided, long hair?
The greatest resource on the Great Plains. When the Siksika were originally living there, it was their main source of food.
What are bison/ buffalo?
The Siksika Blackfoot originally lived on the Great Plains (the main food source and resource- the bison), but, when the settlers came, they were pushed off onto reservations and land in Alberta, Canada, and Montana.
The Blackfoot Nation or Blackfoot Confederacy.
What is the Blackfoot Nation?
The Blackfoot Nation is made up of four Blackfoot tribes: the Siksika, the Kainiai, and the Southern Piegan and the Northern Piegan.
The dance the Siksika performed to purify the soul.
What is the Sun Dance?
The clothing men wore.
During the summer, men usually wore a small breech cloth. During the winter, they wrapped themselves in blankets made of buffalo hides.
Food: the Siksika's diet.
The Siksika ate deer, elk, rabbits, bison, and, since they had to take up farming to survive, some vegetables and berries as well. They made a special mixture called pemmican- which is a mixture of bison meat, dried berries, and fat (to last them through the winter months).
Siksika Blackfoot: are these fierce warriors into designs?
Yes, the Blackfoot were very fierce warriors, and they were into designs. They used warrior paint to decorate their faces to look even stronger and tougher, and they used paint and beads to decorate their clothing and their teepees.
The clothing women wore.
Ankle length dresses made out of deerskin, which were adorned with beads, leggings, and buffalo hide blankets in the winter.
The reason the Siksika are called the Blackfoot.
What are moccasins?
Moccasins are the footwear for some Native American tribes. People said that the Blackfoot tribe's moccasins were sometimes burnt or smoked from the prairie fires, or painted black (nobody is sure what is the truth), which is why the Siksika (and the other tribes part of the Blackfoot Nation) are called the Blackfoot.
The fun event that many people go to. It is a large event, and it helps modern Siksika children see their traditional culture.
What is the Indian Relay?
It is a horse race! Generations of Siksika have been skilled riders, and they are continuing the tradition today, through the Indian Relay and their love for horses (they respect and care for the horses a lot).
The part the body that gives strength according to Siksikas.
What is the hair?