Kainai Nation



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The Blood Tribe belongs to the Blackfeet Confederacy, consisting of the Blackfeet, Blood, and Piegan Tribes. Ancestral Homeland: Northern Plains of the United States, southern Canada

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Tribal Headquarters

 * Kainai (Blood) Tribe Official Website

Brief Timeline

 * 1836: diptheria epidemic
 * 1837: smallpox epidemic; two-thirds of the tribe perished
 * 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.

Tribal conflicts with: Cree, Crow, and Sioux

Records
The Blood Indian Tribe was under the jurisdiction of the following agency and Superintendencies

Blackfeet Agency

Montana Superintendency

Washington Superintendency

Central Superintendency

Dakota Superintendency

Idaho Superintendency

Treaty

 * 1855 October 17

Important Web Sites

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