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<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 08 February 2007 - Volume 07<br><br>=========================================================================<br><br>From: <span id="_user_wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">
Paul Finlow-Bates <<a href="mailto:wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk">wolf_thunder51@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="lg"></span><br>Subject: LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.08 (03) [E]
<br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">From: Aleta Turner <<a href="mailto:aletamosquito@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">aletamosquito@gmail.com</a>
></span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Subject: LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.07 (10) [E]</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"The Blackfoot Confederacy is the collective name of three First Nations in</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana.
</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">"The Blackfoot Confederacy consists of the North Peigan (Aapatohsipiikanii), </span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the South Peigan (Aamsskaapipiikanii), the Kainai Nation (Blood), and</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">the Siksika</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Nation ("Blackfoot") or more correctly Siksika ("Blackfoot people"). The South</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Peigan are located in Montana, and the other three are located in
</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Alberta. Together</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">they call themselves the Niitsitapii (the "Real People").
</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Many thanks Aleta, I'll bookmark that so I get their name right in future!<br></p>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span></span> </div>
<div style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Were the Darwin Awards around then... ;-) <br></div><span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Aleta</span><br></span><br>
<p>Cetainly a serious contender!!!
</p><p>Paul Finlow-Bates</p><br>
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