I am looking to understand and speak Blackfoot in memory of a woman I met in the early 80's in Great Falls, Montana. I nearly left the British Army, went AWOL for her but, she told me to go back and not be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life. \i am both glad that |I did and sad that I did at the same time. I believe she is now passed and I wept for her. All I can do now is honor her by learning her Native Language.

I have found out that I have Blackfoot in me. I couldn't believe it and I want to learn more about it. There really isn't anyone left from the old days in my family to talk/ask about it. I want to thank you for having this video and channel.

I hear the similarities in Ojibwe and Siksika. I love this language.

I believe putting macron's over the vowels instead of writing 2 of them can really help convey the language more effectively and efficiently. For example, instead of writing "Niitsitapi" it would be Nītsitapi. And for Bison/Buffalo it would change to īnī instead of iinii. Just my thought as I study multiple languages and this format is understood worldwide, which would ensure consistently accurate pronunciation, no matter the native language.

Off to learn my ancestor's language!! Thank you so much for this introduction to it!

Wow, wonderful, an actual Blackfoot learning post. All the others just say the words and move on with not explanation or proper pronunciation, or how it works in a sentence. I hope there would be more and that the introduction of vocabulary along with a story would be great.

Thank you for this video! I would like to learn some words so that I may connect better with people in calgary

ᓴᖿ̇ᑊᑯ! ᖲᖽ, ᖹ̇ᒣᖹᘁᖾᐠᖷ ᖱᖿ᙮ Soká'pi! Oki, nitánikkoowa Ika. I'm so glad you mentioned the Syllabary. It's creation was headed by a white missionary but he did have at least one blackfoot collaborator whose name rarely gets mentioned & on top of that it's partly based off of the Cree Syllabary. Some blackfoot acquaintances of mine have amended the Syllabary to finally be able to write long & accented vowels By adding one new final , -a ᐩ & ̇ ̈ dot, & double, for accents on the top of the character the system becomes fully usable Some examples Naato'si ᖻᐩᒪᑊᓱ Kokomi-kisomm ᖾᖾᒍ ᖽᓴᐢ Iiníí ᖱᐟᖹ̈ Imitáá ᖱᒍᒣ̈

Thank ya'll. I had a great grandmother who was sold from our Blackfoot tribe 😢 and sold to work for the Watsons. I just wish I could know more about my true culture

This is a very informative video! :)

💛💛💛💛💛Beautiful!!!

Really interesting.

Sweet!

Do you know of any videos teaching blackfoot as their mother language?

Hi, I just found out that my great grandmother was blackfoot. I feel so confused and disconnected. I am 48 and no nothing of my people or myself I want to be more connected to my family and I I don't know how to go about it.

how do you say "I love you" in blackfoot and with what signs?

I love you for this. I am SikSika❤️

How do you pronounce Kiaayo? Gee ya yoo Gee ya yo Gee ya yuh ?

I would love to pronounce my name , Beatrice in Black Foot & what does it mean?

I am black ⚫️ 🦶

Natosi ᖻᒪᓱ Naato'si ᖻᐩᒪᑊᓱ (?)

Oki✊🏾🦬🪶

How do you say stop playing the victim.