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Siksika|ˈsɪksɪkə|
Also † Seksikai, Siksikai.
[Blackfoot, f. siksi- black + -ka foot.]
The Blackfoot Indians, esp. those of the northernmost of the three peoples which comprise the Blackfoot.
1843tr. Wied-Neuwied's Trav. Interior N. Amer. xix. 245 The Blackfeet form a numerous nation, which is divided into three tribes, speaking one and the same language. These tribes are—1. The Siksekai or Seksekai, the Blackfeet properly so called. Ibid., The Siksekai signifies, in their language, Blackfoot. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 466/1 Blackfeet (Siksika). 1910in F. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians ii. 570/1 A band of the Kainah division of the Siksika. 1923M. Barbeau Indian Days in Canadian Rockies Addenda, 197 The Blackfoot..were the Bedouins of the Plains... Their three subdivisions, consisting of the Blackfoot proper (or Siksika), the Blood, and the Piegan..considered themselves as of one family. 1942O. Lewis Effects of White Contact upon Blackfoot Culture ii. 7 The Blackfoot, Blood and Piegan tribes are at present time located on four reserves, of which three are in Alberta, Canada, and one in Montana... To avoid confusion we shall use the Blackfoot term ‘Siksika’ to refer to the Northern Blackfoot, and the term Blackfoot to refer to all three tribes. 1952J. R. Swanton Indian Tribes N. Amer. 396 The Siksika are divided into the following subtribes: The Siksika or Blackfeet proper, [etc.]. |