Blackfoot
1a member of a North American tribe of Indians of Algonquian stock.
the Algonquian language of the Blackfeet.
of or relating to the Blackfeet.
Origin of Blackfoot
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a town in SE Idaho.
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A former dentist from Blackfoot, Idaho, elected to Congress in 1998, he wanted to save the salmon and cut costs for power and agricultural businesses in the state.
The Fight to Save the Salmon | By Brian Bennett/Lapwai, Idaho with Photographs by Kiliii Yüyan | October 18, 2021 | TimeThen, he caught a big trout — a really big trout — while fishing a stretch of the Blackfoot that his father memorialized in “A River Runs Through It,” published in 1976.
The backstory for ‘A River Runs Through It’ has arrived, 45 years later | Nick Ehli | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostIn one instance, he describes coming upon his father as daylight faded on the Blackfoot.
The backstory for ‘A River Runs Through It’ has arrived, 45 years later | Nick Ehli | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostThe soldiers in 2nd Platoon, Blackfoot Company discovered his rifle, helmet, body armor and web gear in a neat stack.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night | Nathan Bradley Bethea | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is more peaceful than the Blackfoot and runs in sight of the mountain peaks where there is always snow.
Pete Dexter’s Indelible Portrait of Author Norman Maclean | Pete Dexter | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The trappers understood the Blackfoot tongue well enough to make their responses models in the way of brevity and force.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. EllisThen Carson and a few others set out to join a party which he knew was trapping in the Blackfoot country.
The Life of Kit Carson | Edward S. EllisThey were of the Blackfoot tribe, and a wilder set of fellows one would hardly wish to see.
Hudson Bay | R.M. BallantyneThe young Blackfoot woman was cruelly treated by the Crow into whose possession she had passed.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceAgain and again the wolf provided food in a similar manner, until at length they reached the Blackfoot camp.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis Spence
British Dictionary definitions for Blackfoot
/ (ˈblækˌfʊt) /
plural -feet or -foot a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Algonquian family
Origin of Blackfoot
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