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 October 17
 * 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

Reservation
A track of land set aside for the occupation and use by Amcerican Indians.

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