Location/Transportation Methods
Impact of European Invasion/Siksika Nation in the 21st Century
Food/Clothing/Shelter
Language
Traditions/Spiritual Beliefs
100

Where did they occupy?

Battle, North Saskatchewan and Red Deer rivers. 

100

How far did they reach during fur-trading?

They stretched as far as missouri river, Montana

100

What did they live on?

Land reserves.

100

What is the meaning of, "Siksika"?

Blackfoot

100

How was Siksika passed down originally?

It was passed down by oral story telling.

200

How far was their territory streched?

Far South as the Missouri River, Montana.

200

As of January 2024, how many of the registered population live on reserve?

4, 218 of the registered population of Siksika (7, 767 total) live on reserve!

200

What was traditional based on?

Traditional culture is based on bison hunting, linking them to the plains.

200

What is hello in Blackfoot?

óki!

200

What is the Sun-dance?

The Sun Dance is one of the most important cultural and spiritual practices.

300

What provided a mass inspiration and foundation for most of the Siksika ceremonial and cultural life?

Animals!

300

How man people are identified as to having Blackfoot ancestory?

18, 495 people identified as having Blackfoot ancestry.

300

Where and who was given the ceremonial headpiece in 1920?

Museum by Edgar Dewdney, a Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories.

300

What is "Kitsiikákomimmo" translated to English?

 I love you :D

300

What were medicine bundles purpose?

It was intended on purifying the body and soul.

400

What animal was there before the horses?

Dogs.

400

Currently where do they occupy a reserve?

Red Deer, Alberta.

400

Who did they face pressure from?

Federal government and developers, in 1910.

400

What is the word, "Star" translated to Blackfoot?

Ooyis!

400
What did they maintain in the pre-contact era?

The Siksika maintained the system of religious beliefs and practiced cultural specific spiritual ceremonies

500

What is a travois?

Two long poles whose front tips converged attachment to the dogs shoulders. 

500

What rose in the 19th Century?

The influence of European settlement rose.

500

What did land reserves put an end to?

Land reserves put an end to intertribal warfare and traditional ways of life.

500

What is, "Kokomi-kisomm" translated into English?

Moon!

500

What gave the Siksika Nation significant changes?

The arrival of Christian missionaries in the 1870s.