The Blackfoot Indian Confederacy comprises the Piegan, Blood, and
Blackfoot tribes. Each tribe is located on its own reservation, and the
three reservations are within the provisional district of Alberta. The
separation of the tribes, the rapid settlement of the country by the
white people, the death of many of the old chiefs, and the depressed
spirits of the people have seriously impaired the purity of the
folk-lore of the natives. The following fragments were gathered from the
lips of the Blood Indians, as I sat in their lodges with note-book in
hand. The younger members of the tribe could not be relied upon to
relate these myths accurately. Those I have given have been repeatedly
verified by the aged members of the tribe.