siksika

Updated: May 10, 2025

The name of the Blackfeet was Sik-sik-a, which means the same. It referred to their black moccasins. They were Algonquins, and in power ranked with the Iroquois of the East. The Blackfeet, the Bloods and the Piegans formed the league of the Siksika nation.

Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin - Boys' Book of Indian Warriors: and Heroic Indian Women