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Blackfeet acquire horse and rifle
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Blackfoot Timeline
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Encountering disease
A band of Blackfeet raided a Shoshone camp not knowing the Shoshone had small pox. The raid resulted in a smallpox epidemic among the Blackfeet band. One third of the band died. -
US Census
2,200 Blackfeet live in the US -
Starvation Winter
Starvation Winter – Over 500 Blackfeet people died. -
Gold was discvovered
Gold was discovered in the Little Rockies on the reservation. Miners stake claims even though the gold is on Indian land. -
Citizenship
Indians, including the Blackfeet become citizens of the United States.