Kainai Nation

Belong to the Blackfeet Confederacy: Blackfeet, Blood, and Piegan

Ancestral Homeland: northern Plains,

Tribal conflicts with: Cree, Crow, and Sioux

Brief Timeline

 * 1836: diptheria epidemic
 * 1837: smallpox epidemic Two-thirds of the tribe parished
 * 1855: Treaty created a reservation in Montana
 * 1869: smallpox epidemic
 * 1874: many left the United States and migrated to Canada;
 * 1878: sign Treaty No.7 with Canada, placing each of the tribes on a single reservation in Alberta, Canada
 * 1881: the Blood return to the Canadian reservation after living in the U.S. for a few years.

Treaty

 * 1855 October 17,

Important Web Sites

 * Kainai (Blood) Tribe Official Website
 * Kainai Nation (Blood) Wikipedia