The Blackfeet Indian Writing Company (or Blackfeet Writing Instruments) was a pen and pencil manufacturer on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana, USA[1] founded in 1972.[2][3] As part of a tribal owned economic initiative, the factory opened in 1972 but closed in the late 1990s[4] after the company was transferred to private hands in 1992.[3] The company made, among other products, the cedar wood "The Blackfeet Indian Pencil" in various hardnesses. The company also introduced the 'Earth Pencil', an eraserless pencil produced entirely from natural products, including soy ink for imprinting.[1]