The Blackfoot women would cook and prepare the food, make and mend clothing, Skin the animals and dress the skins, Dries and preserves the meat, cares for and saddles the horses, packs and unpacks camp when on the move, including caring for the animals, leads the march, cleans up after the hunt, cuts the meat from the carcass of the animal, makes the beds, gathers wood and fetches water, scrapes and dries the meat before pegging them up, decorates clothing and ornaments in spare time.