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Blackfeet obtain guns through trade.ġ780 – 1705 Blackfeet almost exterminate the Shoshone in battles over hunting territory.ġ780 – A band of Blackfeet raided a Shoshone camp not knowing the Shoshone had small pox. He found them friendly and hospitable, but they still refused to trade.ġ780 – Hudson Bay Company builds Buckingham House on the Saskatchewan River in Canada, reaching Blackfeet country. They had horses and the buffalo were plentiful.ġ772 – Matthew Cocking of the Hudson’s Bay Company spent the winter with the Blackfoot.
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Tried to convince Blackfoot to trade but the Bloods were not interested. First time Blackfeet have seen horses which they call “Elk Dogs.”ġ730 – Fifty Blackfeet probably acquired their first horses in peaceful trade with their neighbors, the Flathead, Kootenai, and Nez Perce.ġ748 – First French trappers arrive in Blackfeet country.ġ750 – Alexander Henry of the Northwest Fur Company makes contact with the Piegans.ġ754 – Anthony Hendry of the Hudson’s Bay Company becomes first white man to meet with the Blackfoot, stayed in a Blood camp of 322 lodges near present day Red Deer, Albert, Canada. ” The Blackfeet follow the “Old North Trail” over the “Backbone of the World,” using dogs and dog travois to carry their household goods.ġ650 – Blackfeet discovered in central Canada by early European explorers.ġ690 – Henry Kelsey of the Hudson’s Bay Company makes brief contact with the Blackfeet in Alberta.ġ730 – Blackfeet attacked by Shoshone on horseback. Time Immemorial Creation – “Napi,” Old Man, created the Rocky Mountain Range, the Sweetgrass Hills and other geographic features in Montana and Canada.Ħ,500 BC – Native Americans of pre-history populate all areas of Montana.ĥ00 BC – The “Dog Days. Here is a brief tribal timeline for the Blackfeet tribe and the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. Some of that history has been lost, but much remains vibrant within community stories and narratives that have yet to be documented. The largest and oldest histories of Montana Tribes are still very much oral histories and remain in the collective memories of individuals.