From the Natural to the Supernatural

The Blackfeet understanding of the natural world is based on their religious belief system, world view and relationship with the supernatural world

What\u27s in a Name?

How do Native people select names for people? This article explores the traditional ecological knowledge of the Blackfeet, religious and world view, and naming

The Piegan View of the Natural World, 1880-1920

This dissertation is a new interpretation of the stories told by the Piegan people (now known as the Blackfeet) from 1880-1920, about their relationship with the natural world. It is a history of the transition to reservation life, the economy of the reservation, individual Piegan who told stories, the ethnographers who recorded the stories and what those stories tell us about Piegan views of the natural world. It is a blend of different methodologies within history: archival research, ethnohistory, oral history and first-person narrative. This new interpretation argues that although the transition to reservation life was difficult, the Piegan worked with ethnographers to share their stories, religious ideas and their view of the natural world which provided them stability and continuity since ancient times

Metis Miskihkiya: Metis Life in Montana

On the Northern Great Plains two worlds collided and out of it emerged a new ethnic group -- the Metis. The article explores Metis life in Montana from the 1850s to the present