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INFORMATION LEAFLET NO. 4
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Every year hundreds of visitors ask these questions of our staff; here's the answer:
1. When was the Museum opened?
The Museum of the Plains Indian was a P.W.A. project in the late 1930's, built with mainly Blaokfoot labor.   It was opened to the public in 1941, with John C, Ewers, designer of the Main Exhibit Hall (now with the. U.S. National Museum) as Curator.   The dioramas were made by the |^fthih$l4nQfn4frtH&fiifHn. The Museum is open to the public June 1-September 15, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. daily.
2. Does the Museum Craft Shop sell real Indian-made crafts?
The Craft Shop sells a variety of authentic hand-made Indian crafts � catalog on request � each clearly labeled with the name and tribe of the artisan.   A few non-Indian items, such as postcards, are also sold, unlabeled.
3. Where Is the Blackfeet Re3ervat ion?
The Blackfeet Indian Reservation, a little larger than the State of Delaware, extends from the Canadian border to near Valier, Mont., on the south, and from Glacier National Park to Cut Bank, Mont, on the east.   About 5500 Indians live on the Reservation, and another 2000 Blackfeet live elsewhere.   Most are ranchers and farmers.  They are free to leave the Reservation at any time, and those able to deal with businessmen are able to dispose of their land as they please.   The Indians are citizens, and their children all attend public school.   An elected Tribal Council handles Reservation affairs; there are no chiefs today.   Few fullbloods are left; most Blackfeet are Catholic and speak English well.   They live and dress like all other rural Westerners.   These real Indians may be seen at any time on the streets of Browning, the main town on the Reservation.   In the summer, a few families dress up in their special dancing costumes to pose for the tourists at East Glacier and St. Marys, and perform nightly "pow-wows." *� H�w did the Blackfeet get their name?
Legend telle that when the neighboring Cree first saw Blackfeet, the letters' moccasins were blackened, with paint or perhaps with the soot from prairie fires.   The Blackfeet now call themselves by that name, Slkslka1("Black-footed people").   The nation is composed of three tribes, with the Piegan living In the united States and the Bloods end Blackfoot living in Canada.   The Canadians, and many American writers, prefer to use the singular "Blackfoot" for the tribe.
5. What is the Indian name for . . . ?
The Indians of North America spoke 600 different languages, each as distinct as any European language.   The Blackfeet speak one of the Algonkian family of languages (related to other Algonkian languages as French is related to Spanish). The Blackfeet word fox "cradleboard" is auapistan, far"tlpi," moyls.
6. Why is "tepee" spelled "tip!" in the Museum?
The popular word for the Indian skin lodge has no one "correct" spelling. The Museum follows international scientific usage in spelling the word according to the international phonetic alphabet, so that foreigners as well as Americans will have no difficulty pronouncing it properly. ?. What is meant by a "Plains Indian?"
When the Spaniards first settled our Southwest, the Comanche and other tribes stole horses from them and traded the animals thousands of miles.   With horses to ride, Indians were able to follow the vast buffalo herds on the Plains and live a comparatively rich, easy life by hunting these highly useful beasts* Tribes from the Midwest and Rockies joined the others already on the Plains to develop a colorful, exciting way of life that In the nineteenth century was described as the Plains Indians* culture.   The Algonkian-speaking Blackfeet and Arapaho, Sioux-speaking Dakota, Assiniboin, Mandan, and many more are Included.