Piegan of the Blackfoot Tribe

One of the three major Blackfeet tribes ( Blood and Blackeet)

Homeland: Southern Alberta near Calgary; and Browning, Montana

Population: 1800: 3,000 1996: 18,000

Brief Timeline

 * 1700: tribal enemys were the Shoshone or Snake
 * The Piegan forced the Flathead and Kootenai west of the Rockies
 * 1750: French traders came in contact with the tribe, tradiers at Cumberland House, in 1774 traders from Buckingham House of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1780
 * 1780-81: Smallpox epidemic
 * 1821: Fort Benton constructed
 * 1837: and 1869-1870: Smallpox epidemics
 * 1851: Treaty of Fort Laramie
 * 1855: Treaty with the Blackfeet Nation - Lame Bull's Treaty
 * 1870: January 22, Piegan village attacked by U.S. cavalry, killing 174
 * 1873: July 5, Blackfeet reservation established and divided in thirds- Fort Belknap Reservation, Blackfeet Reservation and________
 *  1883: rations short and many die at Fort Shaw and Fort Belknap
 * 1883-1884: about a fourth of Piegan starved to death.

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his 'Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico', gave a more complete history of the Piegan tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Treaty

 *  '1855'October 17, Territory of Nebraska, with the Blackfeet 

Important Web Sites

 * Piegan Blackfeet Tribe Wikipedia