Introduction
Summary
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Background Information
Methodology
2. History of the Peigan People
Prehistoric Times
Dog Days
Horse Days
Early Contact
Treaty Days
The Early Twentieth Century
Population
Starvation
Epidemics
3. Social Structures
Family and Extended Family
Bands
Tribe
Societies
Leadership
Roles of Men and Women
4. Peigan/Blackfoot Concepts of Sacred Bundles and their Functions
The Natoas (Sun Dance Bundle)
The Beaver Bundle
The Thunder Medicine Pipe Bundle
Societies?? Bundles
Individual or Personal Bundles
5. Transfer Rites
6. The Blackfoot Circle Structure Processes
7. Healing, Health Services, and Health Providers
Traditional Blackfoot Medical Care
Western Medical Services
Canadian Government Health Bureaucracy
8. The Blackfoot Circle Structure Model and its Application Health Administration
9. An Application Mediation Process in Child Protection and Business
10. Conclusion
Appendices
A. Creation Store
B. First Contact Between White Men and Blackfoot
C. Legend of Star Boy (Later, Poia, Scarface)
D. The Elk-Woman
E. Origin of the Long Time Pipe
F. Origin of the Medicine Pipe
G. Loss and Capture of the Thunder Pipe
H. Transfer History of the Small Thunder Medicine Pipe
I. Interview: Bull Horn Doctor
Notes
Bibliography
