Blackfoot
noun
a member of a North American tribe of Indians of Algonquian stock.
Blackfeet
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pluralof Blackfoot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In 1895, facing starvation, the Blackfeet people reluctantly sold 800,000 acres to the U.S. government with the understanding that they would retain rights to hunt, fish and gather on the land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
His Lakota mother is from the Standing Rock Reservation and grew up in Fort Yates, N.D., until her family moved to Browning, Mont., on the Blackfeet Reservation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The researchers also isolated DNA from the remains of four ancestors with the Blackfeet Tribal Historic Preservation Office as well as three ancestors held by the Smithsonian Institution.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 3, 2024
The 37-year-old actor, who is of Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage, was raised in Montana on the Blackfeet Nation reservation and in Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
“I harvested these huckleberries myself, straight from Blackfeet Country.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
