Amskapi Pikuni: The Blackfeet People

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Amskapi Pikuni THE BLACKFEET PEOPLE Clark Wissler and Alice Beck Kehoe with the collaboration of Stewart E. Miller Front cover photo: “Scouts,” sculpture by Jay Labre, at northern highway entrance to Blackfeet Reservation. Credit: Alice Kehoe. Back cover photo: Tribal bison herd on Blackfeet Reservation. Credit: Alice Kehoe. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2012 Clark Wissler and Alice Beck Kehoe All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Ryan Morris Marketing by Kate McDonnell Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947. Amskapi Pikuni : the Blackfeet people / Clark Wissler and Alice Beck Kehoe ; with the collaboration of Stewart E. Miller. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-4335-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Siksika Indians—History. 2. Siksika Indians—Government relations. 3. Siksika Indians—Cultural assimilation . I. Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934– II. Miller, Stewart E., 1950–2008. III. Title. E99.S54W488 2012 978.004'97352—dc23 2011048815 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of Stewart Miller (1950–2008), (center, with Walter Lamar, left), whose intelligence and knowledge, and deep kindness, greatly benefited his nation, and his friends ...