Fools_Crow

Fools Crow Have you ever been bullied around by an older brother or sister, but at the same time get along with them' Did it make you want to stand up for yourself' The Blackfoot Indians encountered the very same problem with the white people who had recently begun to migrate into the Indians land and territories. The Napikwans, as the Indians called them, were initially thought to be nice and friendly. They possessed many sought after items by the Blackfoot. Contacts with the Napikwans have changed the lives of the Blackfoot Indians in more then one way: The Blackfoot Indians were being forced from there homeland, created conflicts between the Blackfeet and the Napikwans, and were strongly influenced by the white men. The settlement of the white people had taken its toll on the Blackfoot’s. The Napikwans began to move in on the Indians, taking over their hunting ranges, and forcing them from the land in which they had lived for years. “At the time the Pikunis gave the Napikwans some land in return for promises that we would be left alone to hunt on our ranges” (174). The Indians did so as a reassurance that they were safe living with the napikwans, indians, white, blackfoot, thought, ranges, pikunis, people, owl, napikwan, land, between, began, way, time, taking, same, mans, make, made, lives, left, last, hate, desire, child, blackfeet, been, around, actions, 174, yourself, years, weakness