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Photograph by N.A. Forsyth.
Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
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| Early Northern Plains moccasins had soft soles and were made in one piece, folded with a side seam. This type of moccasin was known as "niit-tsi-tsi-kiin" (the true moccasin), a term that was shared among the three divisions of the Blackfoot (Kainaiwa (Blood,) Pii-kunii (Peigan), and Siksika (Blackfoot)). Later, the two-piece-style moccasin with its stiff rawhide soles and soft uppers was introduced. |
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