What type of clothing did the Blackfoot Indians wear?

Answer 1

Blackfoot is a name applied today to two completely different and unrelated native groups: the small Blackfoot Sioux tribe of South Dakota (part of the Teton Sioux) and the very much larger Blackfoot alliance of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northern Montana - this includes the Piegan, Blood and Blackfoot tribes. Their very close allies were the Sarci and Atsina.

The northern Blackfoot are all classified as Algonquian, meaning that they speak dialects of an Algonquian language; the Teton Blackfoot speak a Siouan language known as Lakota.

I am guessing your question refers to the Algonquia

Breechclouts worn by men were about knee length, sometimes with a short fringe at the lower edge. Shirts were also knee-length, made from two derskins and dyed very dark brown or almost black. Shirts had long fringes under the arms and at the lower edge and often bore circular or rectangular panels of quillwork or beadwork on the chest and back. A black painted "tadpole" shape (probably representing enemy bullets) was a very popular motif on shirts and leggings, as were dark horizontal stripes representing war deeds. Leggings were also dyed dark brown and had rectangular panels added at the ankle. Decoration could include hair locks or rolled white strips of ermine.

Women wore dresses of deerskin, mountain goat or mountain sheep skins and were made in four different styles which were worn with or without a leather belt. Some had a triangular panel which may represent a buffalo skull or uterus. Some types had an added yoke painted red with lines of beadwork. Leggings were knee length and tied at the side.

Moccasins were again dyed almost black and often decorated only on the toe; early moccasins were soft-soled like those of the Crows but later the Plains hard-sole style was adopted. Ankle flaps were added to winter moccasins.

Men wore buffalo robe wraps with the hair left on, with battle scenes painted on the tanned side.

When blankets and cloth were obtained from traders these quickly replaced much of the native buckskin clothing; white blankets with broad stripes of colour were made into coats called capotesand dark blue or red strouding was made into breechclouts, while the women obtained ready-made calico blouses, dresses and other garments or made them from trade cloth.

Chiefs and important warriors wore feather warbonnets unlike those of the Sioux - they are termed "stand-up" bonnets, with the eagle feathers attached vertically to a headband decorated with pendant strips of ermine fur and with horsehair streamers at the tip of each feather.

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Answer 2

Blackfoot is a name applied today to two completely different and unrelated native groups: the small Blackfoot Sioux tribe of South Dakota (part of the Teton Sioux) and the very much larger Blackfoot alliance of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and northern Montana - this includes the Piegan, Blood and Blackfoot tribes. Their very close allies were the Sarci and Atsina.

The northern Blackfoot are all classified as Algonquian, meaning that they speak dialects of an Algonquian language; the Teton Blackfoot speak a Siouan language known as Lakota.

I am guessing your question refers to the Algonquia

Breechclouts worn by men were about knee length, sometimes with a short fringe at the lower edge. Shirts were also knee-length, made from two derskins and dyed very dark brown or almost black. Shirts had long fringes under the arms and at the lower edge and often bore circular or rectangular panels of quillwork or beadwork on the chest and back. A black painted "tadpole" shape (probably representing enemy bullets) was a very popular motif on shirts and leggings, as were dark horizontal stripes representing war deeds. Leggings were also dyed dark brown and had rectangular panels added at the ankle. Decoration could include hair locks or rolled white strips of ermine.

Women wore dresses of deerskin, mountain goat or mountain sheep skins and were made in four different styles which were worn with or without a leather belt. Some had a triangular panel which may represent a buffalo skull or uterus. Some types had an added yoke painted red with lines of beadwork. Leggings were knee length and tied at the side.

Moccasins were again dyed almost black and often decorated only on the toe; early moccasins were soft-soled like those of the Crows but later the Plains hard-sole style was adopted. Ankle flaps were added to winter moccasins.

Men wore buffalo robe wraps with the hair left on, with battle scenes painted on the tanned side.

When blankets and cloth were obtained from traders these quickly replaced much of the native buckskin clothing; white blankets with broad stripes of colour were made into coats called capotesand dark blue or red strouding was made into breechclouts, while the women obtained ready-made calico blouses, dresses and other garments or made them from trade cloth.

Chiefs and important warriors wore feather warbonnets unlike those of the Sioux - they are termed "stand-up" bonnets, with the eagle feathers attached vertically to a headband decorated with pendant strips of ermine fur and with horsehair streamers at the tip of each feather.

See links below for images: