| 释义 |
Blackfeet
Black·foot B0298600 (blăk′fo͝ot′)n. pl. Blackfoot or Black·feet (-fēt′) 1. A member of 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.2. A member of the northernmost tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy, inhabiting central Alberta.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.Blackfeet
Blackfeet: see BlackfootBlackfoot,
Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They occupied in the early 19th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. .ThesaurusSeeBlackfoot |