<P> Historically , the member peoples of the Confederacy were nomadic bison hunters and trout fishermen , who ranged across large areas of the northern Great Plains of western North America , specifically the semi-arid shortgrass prairie ecological region . They followed the bison herds as they migrated between what are now the United States and Canada , as far north as the Bow River . In the first half of the 18th century , they acquired horses and firearms from white traders and their Cree and Assiniboine go - betweens . The Blackfoot used these to expand their territory at the expense of neighboring tribes . Now riding horses , the Blackfoot and other Plains tribes could also extend the range of their buffalo hunts . </P>
<P> Historically , the member peoples of the Confederacy were nomadic bison hunters and trout fishermen , who ranged across large areas of the northern Great Plains of western North America , specifically the semi-arid shortgrass prairie ecological region . They followed the bison herds as they migrated between what are now the United States and Canada , as far north as the Bow River . In the first half of the 18th century , they acquired horses and firearms from white traders and their Cree and Assiniboine go - betweens . The Blackfoot used these to expand their territory at the expense of neighboring tribes . Now riding horses , the Blackfoot and other Plains tribes could also extend the range of their buffalo hunts . </P>
where did the blackfoot indian tribe come from
where did the blackfoot indian tribe come from
large areas of the northern Great Plains of western North America , specifically the semi-arid shortgrass prairie ecological region
large areas of the northern Great Plains of western North America , specifically the semi-arid shortgrass prairie ecological region