David J. Dragonfly, Blackfeet and Assiniboine, "High Plains Warrior", collagraph. 1998.
The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in the U.S. state of Montana, primarily made up of the Piegan Blackfeet branch. It is located east of Glacier National Park and borders the Canadian province of Alberta. Cut Bank Creek and Birch Creek make up part of its eastern and southern borders. The reservation contains 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2), twice the size of the national park and larger than the size of the state of Delaware. It is located in parts of Glacier and Pondera Counties.
Unemployment runs very high on the reservation. In 2001, the BIA reported 69% unemployment among registered members of the tribe.[2] Among those who were employed that year, 26% earned less than the poverty guideline. The Blackfeet tribal business council is chaired by T.J. Show.
The major income source of the reservation is oil and natural gas leases on the oil fields on tribal lands. In 1982, there were 643 producing oil wells and 47 producing gas wells. The reservation also has a significant tourist industry. Other economic activities include ranching and a small lumber industry, which supported the Blackfeet Indian Writing Company pencil factory in Browning.
There are no paved north-south roads in Glacier National Park. Access to sites on the east side of the park is provided by U.S. Route 89, which runs through the reservation to the Canadian border, crossing near Chief Mountain, which provides access to the Canadian sister national park, Waterton Lakes. Both east-west routes for the park travel through the reservation, as does the passenger train service on the Empire Builder. Several hiking trails continue out of the park, across the reservation, and require Blackfeet-issued permits.
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Kin 3: Blue Electric Night
I activate in order to dream
Bonding intuition
I seal the input of abundance
With the electric tone of service
I am guided by the power of accomplishment.
Solstice: Winter (N. Hemisphere/ Summer (S. Hemishpere). Each galaxy is orchestrated into one vast universal symphony of divine self-revelation, an "island universe" unto itself.*
*Star Traveler' s 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2015-2016.
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