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The Bloods are one of the three Blackfeet bands who have long made their
homes along the Montana-Canadian border, the other being the Piegan and
the Siksika, or Blackfeet proper. Though they lived apart, they spoke the
same language, had most of the same rituals and customs, and allied against
their common enemies in time of war. The tribal name is of Cree origin,
though the reason for calling them Blackfeet has been lost to the centuries.
The origin of the Blood name is also obscure. One theory is that it came
from their painting faces and robes with red earth, another that it derived
from the bloodstains they brought home after the massacre of a Kutenai
camp.
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