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Blackfeet Indian Reservation: powwow Edward S. Curtis: In a Piegan Lodge Joseph Henry Sharp: Making Sweet Grass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony
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Also Known As Blackfeet • Blackfeet Nation

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Blackfeet Indian Reservation: powwow
Edward S. Curtis: In a Piegan Lodge
Joseph Henry Sharp: Making Sweet Grass Medicine, Blackfoot Ceremony
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Key People

Crowfoot
Crowfoot
Blackfoot chief
Ruth Benedict
Ruth Benedict
American anthropologist and author
Clark Wissler
Clark Wissler
American anthropologist