Black·foot (bl k f t )n. pl. Blackfoot or Black·feet (-f  t) 1. a. A Native American confederacy located on the northern Great Plains, composed of the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan tribes. Traditional Blackfoot life was based on nomadic buffalo hunting. b. A member of this confederacy. 2. a. The northernmost tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy, inhabiting central Alberta. b. A member of this tribe. 3. The Algonquian language of the Blackfoot, Blood, and Piegan. 4. See Sihasapa. [Translation of Blackfoot siksiká (perhaps from the blackening of their moccasins, either from painting them or from walking near prairie fires) : sik, black + ika, foot.] Black foot adj. |
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