The Blackfeet are divided into three main groups: the Northern Blackfeet or Siksika, the Kainah or
, and the Piegan
. The three as a whole are also referred to as the Siksika (translated Blackfeet), a term which probably came from the
discoloration of moccasin
s with ashes. The three groups all speak a language which is a part of the Algonquian
family. The Piegan
are the most closely related dialect
In the last part of the ninteenth century, the Blackfeet were placed on Indian reservations: The Blackfeet Agency, the Blood Agency, and the Piegan Agency in Alberta, Canada and The Blackfeet Reservation in Montana.