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The Mounted Police and Blackfoot Nation Policy
A historical note on Canadian policy toward the Blackfoot Confederacy through 1877. It describes Blackfoot bands at Bow River, Crowfoot as their chief, and allied groups Bloods Peigans Sarcees and their legends. The text recalls a council speech predicting white encroachment and the Blackfeet’s initial hostility turned to seeing police as protectors.
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Canada
Bifoot
Bowiver
Gleichen
Crowfoot
Red
Orcupine
H Owever
Eet
Major Walsh
Police
Yukon
Sitting Bull
Col. Irvine