RARE, ORIGINAL, HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPH of a BLACKFOOT NATIVE WOMAN, & CHILD, Plate 8, Catalogue No.'s 13, & 12, from, "The Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians written during eight years of travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-39" by George Catlin (1796-1872), marked, "G. Catlin" along with plate & catalogue numbers, 1841, 1st edition, 7 1/4" x 5 1/2". Early editions with colour plates are quite scarce. Catlin's book became a classic description of North American aboriginal natives, based on his careful observations and considerable time spent living with tribes he described. The Blackfoot natives of the U.S., & Canada were divided into three main groups: the Northern Blackfoot or Siksika, the Kainah or Blood, & the Piegan. The three as a whole are also referred to as the Siksika (translated Blackfoot), a term which probably derived from the discolouration of moccasins with ashes (Mooney 1910:570). Before they were put into reservations in the latter half of the 19th century, they occupied a large territory which stretched from the North Saskatchewan River in Canada to the Missouri River in Montana, and from long. 105 degrees W. to the base of the Rocky Mountains. They were nomadic hunter-gatherers, who lived in tipis. They subsisted mainly on buffalo and large mammals and, in addition gathered a lot of vegetable foods. See my other Antiques, Art, & Canadiana.
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