Blackfoot

¹

[ blak-foot ]

noun

, plural Black·feet, (especially collectively) Black·foot.

1. a member of a North American tribe of Indians of Algonquian stock.
2. the Algonquian language of the Blackfeet.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Blackfeet.

Blackfoot

²

[ blak-foot ]

noun

1. a town in SE Idaho.

Blackfoot

/ ˈblækˌfʊt /

noun

1. -feet-foot 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blackfoot¹

First recorded in 1785–95; translation of Blackfoot siksíka

Word History and Origins

Origin of Blackfoot¹

C19: translation of Blackfoot Siksika

Example Sentences

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.

From Time

Then, 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.

From Washington Post

In one instance, he describes coming upon his father as daylight faded on the Blackfoot.

From Washington Post

The soldiers in 2nd Platoon, Blackfoot Company discovered his rifle, helmet, body armor and web gear in a neat stack.

From The Daily Beast

It is more peaceful than the Blackfoot and runs in sight of the mountain peaks where there is always snow.

From The Daily Beast

The trappers understood the Blackfoot tongue well enough to make their responses models in the way of brevity and force.

From Project Gutenberg

Then Carson and a few others set out to join a party which he knew was trapping in the Blackfoot country.

From Project Gutenberg

They were of the Blackfoot tribe, and a wilder set of fellows one would hardly wish to see.

From Project Gutenberg

The young Blackfoot woman was cruelly treated by the Crow into whose possession she had passed.

From Project Gutenberg

Again and again the wolf provided food in a similar manner, until at length they reached the Blackfoot camp.

From Project Gutenberg