THIS TRIBE IS A VIABLE TRIBE WITH TRAGEDIES AND STRUGGLES AND TRAGEDIES. THE SARCEE ARE AN ATHABASKAN OR DENE TRIBE AND MEANS "BOLDNESS OR HARDINESS. THEY CALL THEMSELVES "TSUUTINA" OR MANY PEOPLE. AFTER THE TREATY OF 1877 THE SARCEE MOVED TO THEIR PRESENT RESERVATION.
ACCORDING TO A LEGEND THEY SPLIT WITH THE NORTHERN TRIBES. PROBABLY THE BEAVER MOVED TO THE PLAINS WHEN THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE BLACKFOOT, CREE, AND STONY TRIBES. THEY HAVE ATTAINED THEIR LANGUAGE. IN 1857 THEIR POPULATION WAS ABOUT 1400. IN THE 1830'S SMALLPOX, SCARLET FEVER AND OTHER DISEASES, AS WELL AS WAR REDUCED THEM TO TO 450. HOWEVER, THEY INCREASED TO 1990. EACH BAND CAMPED IN TIPIS AND HUNTED DURING THE WINTER. DURING THE SUMMER ALL BANDS MET TO HUNT BUFFALO, COLLECT BERRIES, AND HAVE FESTIVALS AND DANCES. THEY BELIEVED THEY HAD A SUPERNATURAL POWER ATTAINED THROUGH A DREAM, AND IT WAS ENSHRINED IN A MEDICINAL OBJECT OR TIPI PAINTING. THE QUEST FOR SUPERNATURAL POWER WAS HIGHLY VALUED.
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