"The Blackfeet Treaty of October 17, 1855, By Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America: East of the Rocky Mountains, the Blackfoot nation; consisting of the Piegans, Blood, Blackfoot and Gros Ventre tribes of Indians, the said chiefs, headmen, and delegates, in behalf of and acting for said nations and tribes, and being duly authorized thereto by them. Peace, friendship, and amity shall hereafter exist between the United States and the aforesaid nations and tribes of Indians, parties to this treaty, and the same shall be perpetual. The aforesaid nations and tribes of Indians agree that citizens of the United States may live in and pass through the countries respectively occupied and claimed by them. And the United States is hereby bound to protect said Indians against depredations and other unlawful acts which white men residing in or passing through their country may commit."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.6
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