THE SIKSIKA IS A FIRST NATION IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, CANADA. THE NAME COMES FROM THE BLACKFEET WORLD. BLACK AND FOOT WITH A CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE TWO BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD'S. THEY ARE THE NORTHERNMOST OF THE BLACKFEET. ORIGINAL PEOPLE AND THEY SPEAK DIALECTS OF THE ALGONQUIN LANGUAGE.
THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERS TRAVELED WEST WHEN THEY MET THE SIKSIKA AND ASSUMED THEY WERE BLACKFOOT. THEIR NATION IN 2009 HAD 6000 PEOPLE. THE SIKSIKA NATION HAS BEEN IN A LAND CLAIM DISPUTE WITH THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. IN 1991 THEY SIGNED A 4.9 MILLION AGREEMENT WI8TH THE GOVERNMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR LOST MINERAL RIGHTS.
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