Marias Massacre
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The Marias Massacre was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Native peoples committed by United States Army forces under Major Eugene Mortimer Baker as part of the Indian Wars. The massacre occurred on Janu
Frances Densmore at a recording session with Blackfoot chief, Mountain Chief, in 1916
Ninth from left Eugene M. Baker and group of army officers at Fort Ellis, Montana Territory 1871.
Piegan Blackfeet
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The Piegan are an Algonquian-speaking people from the North American Great Plains. They are the largest of three Blackfeet-speaking groups that make up the Blackfeet Confederacy; the Siksika and Kaina
Marias Massacre
…The Marias Massacre (also known as the Baker Massacre or the Piegan Massacre) was a massacre of Piegan Blackfeet Native peoples committed by United States Army forces under Major Eugene Mortimer Baker as part of the Indian Wars. The massacre occurred on January…
Chief Earl Old Person, chief of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana
Jackie Larson Bread (enrolled Blackfeet Tribe of Montana) with her award-winning beadwork