Mountain Chief
At a glance:
- Series: Magill's Choice: American Indian Biographies, Revised Edition
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900, American Indian History, Canadian History
Article abstract: Mountain Chief was the last hereditary leader of the Blackfoot (Siksika) tribe.
Historically, the Blackfoot people lived throughout the region between Canada's North Saskatchewan River and the headwaters of the Missouri River in what is now Montana. The tribe numbered about 9,100 members during the mid-nineteenth century—a figure that would be significantly reduced by epidemics of smallpox and measles during the next decade.
It was along the Oldman River (also known as the Belly River) in Alberta, Canada, that Mountain Chief was born...
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