Where did the blackfoot Indians sleep when it was cold?

Answer 1

The northern Plains of Montana, Alberta and Saskatchewan are subject to extremes of temperature, with intensely hot summers and severely cold winters with snow often remaining for many months. The natives were not only adapted to this climate but were able to hunt, travel and live in the very coldest conditions. The tribes of that area always said that "white men wear too many clothes"; natives thought nothing of swimming daily in rivers caked with ice. Only a violent blizzard would cause a native any inconvenience, when he or she could not see which direction to take - then they would shelter somewhere until the blizzard had passed.

A Blackfoot winter camp of moyis (their word for tipi) would be pitched in some sheltered valley with water and firewood available nearby, with sheltering trees if possible. Each tipi had an inner liner of hide or trade cloth, arranged to prevent condensation and drafts; the central fire would be constantly burning to provide warmth and hot food; the bedding was of buffalo hides, bear skins or other furs; the lower edge of the tipi cover would be pinned to the ground with wooden stakes or weighted with large stones. Inside, people would be snug and warm enough to sleep almost naked. Buffalo robes would be worn in the daytime.

So the answer is they slept when it was cold in exactly the same place they slept when it was hot.

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