Blackfoot

¹ American  

[blak-foot] / ˈblækˌfʊt /

noun

plural

Blackfeet,

plural

Blackfoot

1. a member of a North American tribe of Indians of Algonquian stock.

2. the Algonquian language of the Blackfeet.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Blackfeet.

Blackfoot ² American  

[blak-foot] / ˈblækˌfʊt /

noun

1. a town in SE Idaho.

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Blackfoot British  

/ ˈblækˌfʊt /

noun

1. a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains

2. any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Algonquian family

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Etymology

Origin of Blackfoot

First recorded in 1785–95; translation of Blackfoot siksíka

Example Sentences

In his latest book, “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,” a Blackfoot vampire who is murdered during the Marias Massacre of 1870 returns; 2016’s “Mongrels” is a coming-of-age-meets-werewolf story.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

Museum records indicate the ancestors were taken to the Smithsonian from Blackfoot lands, but it’s not clear exactly how or when.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

"I said, 'Hello, my friends. My name is Eagle woman. It's a name I was given when I was 16. I come from the Blackfoot speaking people from the Blackfeet Nation'."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024

Norman Maclean, in his story “A River Runs Through It,” emphasizes that the “Big Blackfoot River,” which enters the Clark Fork, “was manufactured by glaciers.”

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2023

During the day, Buck’s Peak was all there was—that and the site in Blackfoot.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover