The Blackfeet / Blackfoot tribes were divided into the following divisions: The Siksika or Blackfeet proper, occupying the northern part of their territory; the Kainah or Bloods south of the preceding, and the Peigan or Piegan, south of the Kainah, the one best represented in the United States. Here is a chart of the bands that made up each division.
- Siksika bands:
- Aisikstukiks
- Apikaiyiks
- Emitahpahksaiyiks
- Motahtosiks
- Puhksinahmahyiks
- Saiyiks
- Siksinokaks
- Tsiniktsistsoyiks
- Kainah or Blood bands:
- Ahkaiksumiks
- Ahkaipokaks
- Ahkotashiks
- Ahkwonistsists
- Anepo
- Apikaiyiks
- Aputosikainah
- Inuhksoyistamiks
- Isisokasimiks
- Istsikainah
- Mameoya
- Nitikskiks
- Saksinahmahyiks
- Siksahpuniks
- Siksinokaks
- Piegan bands:
- Ahahpitape
- Ahkaiyikokakiniks
- Apikaiyiks
- Esksinaitupiks
- Inuksikahkopwaiks
- Inuksiks
- Ipoksimaiks
- Kahmitaiks
- Kiyis
- Kutaiimiks
- Kutaisotsiman
- Miahwahpitsiks
- Miawkinaiyiks
- Mokumiks
- Motahtosiks
- Motwainaiks
- Nitakoskitsipupiks
- Nitawyiks
- Nitikskiks
- Nitotsiksisstaniks
- Sikokitsimiks
- Sikopoksimaiks
- Sikutsipumaiks
- Susksoyiks (Hayden, 1862)
- Tsiniksistsoyiks
- Sarcee or Sarsi bands:
- Bloods, Klowanga or Big Plume’s band, of mixed Sarcee and Blood (Blackfoot) descent.
- Broad Grass, Tents Cut Down, or Crow-Child’s band, mixed Cree and Sarcee, hence their name, signifying that they came from the north where the grass is thick and long.
- People who hold aloof or Crow-Chief’s band, nearly all pure Sarcee.
- Uterus or Old Sarcee’s band, part Blackfoot, part Sarcee.
- Young Buffalo Robe or Many Horses’ band, occasionally called also “Those who keep together.”