Myths & Legends of the Blackfeet

Blackfeet Peace Pipe, 1915.

Blackfeet Peace Pipe, 1915.

 

Blackfeet Tipi by Edward S. Curtis.

Blackfeet Tipi by Edward S. Curtis.

“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.”

– Crowfoot, Blackfeet warrior and orator

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Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.

 Blackfeet Proverb