DCHP-3

Ishmaels of the prairies

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the Blackfoot Confederacy. See quotes.

Quotations

1936
[The Blackfoot] were the “Ishmaels of the prairie” and lived in a state of desultory warfare with their neighbours.
1955
So the Blackfoot became the Ishmaels of the prairies, their hands being raised against every neighbour except the insignificant Sarcee, and occasionally the Gros Ventre, who sought the shelter of their confederacy.