The
Blackfoot Confederacy or
Niitsitapi (
ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "original people") is the collective name of three
First Nation band governments in the provinces of
Saskatchewan,
Alberta, and
British Columbia. It is also a
Native American tribe in
Montana, United States. There are three tribes in Canada, the Siksika ("Blackfoot"), the Kainai or Kainah ("Many Chiefs") and the Northern Piegan ("Poor Robes") or Peigan or Pikuni, and one tribe in the United States: the Southern Piegan ("Poor Robes") or Pikuni in
Montana.