Blackfoot Dancers At The CM Russell Art Show

Paintings painted in a 6 hour period and Blackfoot Indians dancing in today's video from Great Falls Montana.

[@ladylox7476]

I am also and descendant of an Blackfoot Indian. My Grandmother was full Blackfoot Indian. It is wonderful to know your heritage!

[@taylorwagner3915]

this my heritage

[@clayguy1]

Congratulations.. You should be very proud...

[@taylorwagner3915]

I am very proud

[@holliburns1823]

Cherokee and Blackfoot....😎💕

[@MrBo448]

@@holliburns1823 same here

[@loridelisa]

Thank you for the share, I am part Blackfoot and Cherokee Indian descent. I have all the documented proof and can say I feel truly blessed. My family did an excellent job with preserving this part of our history, the records speak volumes.

[@clayguy1]

So happy you got something from this...

[@maryanncarrlton6878]

The interrelationship of animal and man. Absolutely beautiful. And the bead work, hola ! Beautiful!

[@jessicah5285]

Wow, just amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing this David! I am of mostly Irish and Norwegian decent, but like many others who've commented, I had a great great grandmother of the Blackfoot Native people. I've been told that her marriage to a white man did receive the blessing of the Blackfoot chief at the time, but her relationship had originally generated some controversy within her family because of the terrible actions being made by the United States against the Blackfoot people. I've studied this part of my heritage and it's truly heartbreaking how all American Native peoples have been forced to endure a total loss of original lifestyle and peaceful ways of living that they had once enjoyed on this land at the hands of the greedy United States. The most beautiful aspect of the Blackfoot people that I've been especially touched by, is their incredible ability and willingness to forgive!!

[@LEDANCETHERAPY]

OMG these dancers are amazing!!!! That is some great art...what a gift especially to see such young talented people representing their heritage so wonderfully.

[@soonermimi53]

The young people being involved and doing so well is so encouraging. Love to see these traditions being kept alive.

[@Liz4770]

The one dancing at 7:02 seems like a true worrier I felt in my spirit and then he said something about him designing his own costume , very very nice

[@leonardoondoy5619]

i wish a could attend this wonderful celebration one day and see those magnificent dancers live!

[@jonettebiggs5805]

Beautiful clothing, and enjoyed the dancing.😊❤❤❤❤

[@clayguy1]

I just get goosebumps when I watch these kind of dancers... Love them to...

[@AngelinaSkylove_719]

I'm Blackfoot, Choctkaw, Cree and Seminal someday I'm going to speak all of my Native American heritage languages watching this brings tears to my eyes and heart it makes me happy I want to live among my tribes and tell and hear stories about our history and explore different lands we've roamed for years

[@clayguy1]

I was making an appearance in Park City Utah.. I met a very interesting gentleman.. of, if my memory is correct.. it's been years ago.. I believe he was of Comanche decent.. He was so knowledgeable of his peoples history.. I asked him to please write a history from his people's viewpoint.. I'm European decent.. and related to a north eastern Canadian tribe. I was told their name years ago.. so my memory is vague.. We are very familiar with American History from one viewpoint.. It would be amazing to have a history from the original people.. Follow your dream.. Tell the stories... Thank you for your comment.. I was making an appearance at an art gallery.. I'm a sculptor..

[@wanderingspiritwood7162]

So beautiful and much respect

[@sillyr493]

Wow they are wonderful

[@IcePersonified]

Beautiful!! Awesome!!! Engaging!!! I love it

[@anthonyburns8999]

Just found found out The Black Foot tribe is in my roots. Pretty darn excited

[@rosemaryhope911]

I am full of great honor for this moment to see my people, those I should know. Creator is glorious and so are you’d see whom you are! Settlement lies!!!! They are so afraid, cuz we are undeniable!!!!

[@delorisbledsoe2959]

I love it. My great great Grand mother she was a Black foot Indian. She choose to stay on the plantation she had freedom to go and come as she pleased but her three sons were never allowed to leave with her. The owner of the plantation was their father as well they were his slaves. They were taught to speak and dance as a black foot by their mother. I wish I could have met her. She loved to travel.

[@ichabodacrane4331]

Blackfoot Indians were NEVER slaves or lived on plantations. Blackfoot was just a term used by African americans back in the day day & now people like you are mixing it up with THIS particular tribe. You have no relations to this tribe.

[@bonezn.f.f.n6742]

This tribe is in my heritage tree from my mom side. I always felt a strong kinship for my heritage.

[@clayguy1]

And you should feel proud.. Great Heritage..

[@shannacagle-pv6hs]

That awesome!❤

[@jimthepeacekeeper1483]

I am not native but sometimes I feel very spiritually close to the heart, mind and soul of chief crowfoot. I would love to learn a dance.

[@clayguy1]

Thank you Ice... very pleased you enjoyed the video

[@LEDANCETHERAPY]

That was my favorite dancer as well:)

[@cawilliams188]

Ive known since I was a kid I live in Florida also have French and British and Canadian in my roots would love to trace it way back and see where it takes me and eventually visit all those places damn though So Much to do and Only one Lifetime to get it all done!

[@clayguy1]

I will do my best.. ") Thanks for the comment

[@shannacagle-pv6hs]

I wish visiting there !

[@WolfgangKarwath]

Leider verstehe ich kein Englisch. Aber ich muss sagen, das mir Ihre Videos, wie Sie die ganzen Figuren herstellen gefällt. Respekt vor Ihrer Arbeit. Ich würde so gern mal in Montana zu den BlackFoot Indianern fahren. Aber ich habe zur Zeit nicht das Geld um diesen stolzen Indianerstamm zu besuchen. In meiner Wohnung in Deutschland habe ich etliche Bilder und Bücher von Nordamerikanischer Geschichte. Somit sind die Indianer auf eine gewisse Art bei mir. (Wolfgang)

[@jmg1957]

wow.......thanks for sharing.......

[@clayguy1]

Thank you

[@seangriffin39]

Love my native heritage

[@kenhendrixhunchodreamzs3015]

Im a mixed indian cheerekeeindian and i think my grandfather was mixed blackfoot indian so i think im mixed also with blackfoot indian but im a mixed indian and im loving it

[@clayguy1]

I'm 1/16 th Northeast Indian.. My cousin told me years ago the tribe.. but I've forgotten the name.. Up in eastern Canada.. My Great Grandmother was full blooded.. I'm proud as well...

[@holliburns1823]

Ditto....sending lightNLove....n feathers!

[@kinglycaon3627]

I have a C.M. Russell original painting!

[@heathert5455]

I have Blackfeet ancestry on my mother's side of the family and Chippewa on my father's side of the family. I was also told by a paternal uncle of mine that we also have a smidge of Pottawatomie ancestry too.

[@clayguy1]

All to be very proud of..

[@heathert5455]

@@clayguy1 Sadly I don't know the tribe or clan of my Blackfoot ancestors nor of my Pottawatomie ancestors; however, I know the tribe and clan of my Chippewa ancestors since I am a part of it. Our tribe is Swan Creek (Saginaw Swan Creek and Black River bands of Chippewa Indians) and our clan is Turtle/Bear. We are currently NOT a Federally recognized tribe but we are trying to get re-recognized. We were once a Federally recognized tribe but something happened and we were stripped of it. An uncle of mine explained that it had to do with money and politics. Anyways, are you apart of a tribe?

[@clayguy1]

@@heathert5455 Some of my ancestors are from a tribe in the northeast.. back several generations.. my cousin told me once the name.. but I've forgotten it..

[@heathert5455]

@@clayguy1 On my Chippewa side, I am the great-grandaughter of Julia Fisher's grandson, Albert. Julia's father was Chief Wabaness and his father was Chief Kaw ge ke Ihick. American Indians don't typically use the terms "great-grandpa" or "great-grandma" but I don't really have any other way of explaining it. Grandpa and his siblings attended the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School back in the 1920s-1930s. Grandpa had crooked fingers from having his fingers broken by his teachers because he refused to write in English. His brother and sister suffered horrible abuse as well while in the place. Anyways, after getting out of the school, Grandpa left the rez and never looked back. He met great-grandma at a dance and they got married. Great-grandma was the daughter of Danish immigrants. Anyways, the two had my paternal grandmother and six other children. Grandpa never taught his family his language nor his traditions for very obvious reasons. I was told by my uncle that if Grandpa wanted to talk about things with his sister or brother in law that weren't meant to be known (example: inappropriate for children to hear) by the rest of the family he would speak his Native language but other than that... nothing. I only know Miigwetch, Boozhoo, and Aanii. As for my Blackfoot ancestor, she was grandmother of my maternal great-grandma. I was fortunate to see pictures of her and I was told that her name was Nancy. Sadly, her tribe and clan identity is lost to us. I was told by my maternal great-grandma that her grandmother, Nancy, died an old woman in the 1940s. I wish that I could have gotten those pictures of grandma Nancy; however, after my great-grandparents died, their youngest daughter did something with those pictures when they cleaned out the house in order to sell it. Sorry for going on a tangent!

[@WolfgangKarwath]

Ich liebe einfach diesen Indianerstam.

[@JohnDoe-rb4xm]

Black foots I crying. Thank you to share with such a one as me

[@DJMoore-001]

Thank You....

[@clayguy1]

D.J. Moore your welcome

[@DJMoore-001]

:)

[@anthonyburns8999]

@David Lemon I don't think so. I'm in Florida. Ill look it up

[@terryhoward1928]

My grandmother was also Blackfoot Cherokee and Geechee and I would like if everybody can bring the Blackfoot Nation to Jacksonville Arkansas for the Christmas parade please if not can you please leave me some comments I love my Blackfoot heritage Oki ni kso ko wa love ya

[@clayguy1]

You should look up how to contact them... and see if they'd accept your invitation...

[@danieldawg100]

No, we are NOT "Native Americans", We Are The First Nations, The Original Peoples. EXACTLY where we came from, you WILL find in Genesis 11:1-9. Just as, for example, France,China, Spain,Vietnam,etc., "From there the Lord scattered them over THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH"😊. Every human being is created In The Image Of God, one "race" is NOT better than the other😊. wado,Ann Benson.

[@heathert5455]

Crap, I thought that your last name was Bosen for a minute 😅 That is the last name to some of my cousins.

[@Aberamentho2010]

Equality is NOT in the bible. listed below are a couple of verses. It is what it is. Genesis 25:23 states: "And the Lord said unto her, “Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy body; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger.” 2 Esdras 6:56 states: “As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.”

[@clayguy1]

They are exposing those, who have no clue, to their culture.. I agree with your statement though. Always good when nothing surrounds you but the nature God gave us all.

[@sheriemcclelland8014]

I am of blackfoot decent ,y greatgrandmother was half blackfoot and half canadian french. I have blonde hair and blue eyes but i feel i also carry features of my heritage..I want to learn more i wish i had resources to dna..I am proud of my heritage..O want to learn about my culture the language beliefes stories and religious practices ..I want to find my tribe I do not know how to go about this.A family member did an ancestry documentation i have yet to see this.

[@faerieface77]

I don't know if you have found it yet, but most tribes have a website up nowadays blackfeetnation.com/

[@jossblackweasel2127]

I am 64 percent born and raised

[@aborigineone2377]

lol ....They look ridiculous, false fools who are teaching their children lies lol only for them to get hurt in the future when they find out they have been living a lie, just as they did us when they murdered out our ancestors and our elders, that were here long before they got here, then they started labeling us as Africans after they murdered out most of our elders so they started teaching us a lie from generation after generation, they didn't plan on us to start waking up to the truth of who we really are, they brought only a few Africans from Africa because our ancestors were too strong for them to conquer, white Christopher Columbus and his white army need help with the invasion of our Turtle Island which is known today as America, also he got help from Spain, and France before all the stated became united "thus calling it today united states" they divided it between Spain, France, and so-called Europeans is known as white Ameria, more nations started to come over on ships even Asian looking people and Mongolians together white and them began to hijack our culture and heritage thus calling them Native Indians striking a deal to give them our reparation and including themselves whites in this deal, so now we have false impersonators who has hijacked our culture. Here is what the 1828 Websters Dictionary says about what color people the real aborigine Indians are after reading this go and get a copper color penny and put it on the back of your hand and see if you see black or copper color....AMER'ICAN, adjective Pertaining to America. AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. - Washington

[@aborigineone2377]

@siksika watch the video---(Holy Ghost or Ghost Dance?) Not all black are from Africa.

[@clayguy1]

@jmg1957 My pleasure....

[@lenamarie9259]

i am 25% Black foot 25% Amish 50% mixture of Eastern Asia (I think i forget what part exactly), German, Irish, and italian

[@clayguy1]

I'm a mixture as well It's why the call America the Melting pot... Just think of the generations who it took to give you life.. It's wondrous..

[@maxcinerobinson505]

A beautiful an proud people

[@clayguy1]

Now that's amazing.. do you live near a Blackfoot Reservation?

[@clayguy1]

Yes they are..

[@BertzTriscut]

I personally prefer the term Native Americans because Indians are from India (I may be white, but I still have a small amount of Cherokee and Blackfoot blood), but it's similar to tomato:tomato.

[@mandihenderson5320]

RIP Chief Earl Old Person.

[@clayguy1]

Amen.. I didn't know. thank you. My prayers to his family and all his friends.

[@daniflowergamildoed634]

I'm part Blackfoot indian

[@clayguy1]

+Daniflowergamil Doed You should be proud of your heritage..

[@daniflowergamildoed634]

+David Lemon people make fun of me...n say my Blackfoot heritage is stupid

[@clayguy1]

Then you should be very proud. The Blackfoot or feet.. not sure of that either.. lol.. were a strong and defiant people. They had to be to survive to today..

[@rosemaryhope911]

I’m sorry my comment may be felt as a negative. I love you gloriously so.

[@clayguy1]

Never apologize for your Love of Heritage... Especially to me... I loved hearing from you.. thank you.. Funny, I was just remembering this video.. yesterday.. again Thank you for your comment.. I try my best, when I sculpt the first people, to honor them in my work.. I'm trying to put that into the clay I'm working on now..

[@silvia05100]

me too!!

[@IM921]

MWHAHAHAH! LMAO

[@user-un2of2jh8m]

IM921 lmao I read this comment as it happened 😂😂😂

[@TheBruceMaharaj]

Sad that it's in this White Man's place, with flash out of nature, US Bank in the foreground, and materials made by machine. When the Blackfeet dance with EARTH beneath them and sky above, and nothing of rubber, plastic or machine on or near, then the dance will mean something.

[@angelawiggs5840]

Sorry to be critical. Im almost positive you mean blackfeet

[@Soarin-the-gamer]

change your photo

[@clayguy1]

+Soarin what do you mean

[@Soarin-the-gamer]

its looks meh not good

[@Soarin-the-gamer]

#ash100hd

[@Gina45Queennow]

My Nana is a Blackfoot , and she does not look like these people they are lying to us all

[@clayguy1]

I wouldn't go on their reservation and tell them that.. These certainly are Blackfoot Indians..

[@piikuniblackfeet1866]

Its not just "blackfoot". Its either Blackfoot sioux-located in north and south Dakota Or Blackfoot Confederacy-Browning, heart butte era I am Blackfeet Pikuni Blackfoot Confederacy From Heart Butte

[@clayguy1]

Proud to meet you.. I believe they were from Browning.. I attended a Pipe Ceremony at Browning some years ago with the Yellow Kidney House there... was honored to have Berry Stew and Liver.. raw.. and I was at the end of the line for the Pipe and walked it back to the leader over several pipes on the floor.. I was so scared I'd step on one or do it wrong.. lol... What an amazing experience..

[@piikuniblackfeet1866]

@@clayguy1 sweet

[@piikuniblackfeet1866]

@@clayguy1 i might go back to MT in july to go to Browning indian Days.

[@clayguy1]

@@piikuniblackfeet1866 Wish I could go to that.. been having health probs... I'm 73 after all.. lol

[@piikuniblackfeet1866]

@@clayguy1 damn thats not good.