BLOOD TRIBE IN CANADA

THE KAINAI ARE MEMBERS OF THE BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY THAT INCLUDES PAGAN. THEY HAVE OVER 10,000 FOLKS AND OCCUPY 550 SQUARE MILES. IT EXTENDS FROM ROCKY MOUNTAINS O SAND HILLS AND NORTH SASKATCHEWAN AND YELLOWSTONE SOUTH. THEIR OFFICE IS IN STAND OFF.

THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE OLDEST TRIBE OF THE WESTERN PRAIRIE REGION. THE PLAINS HUNTING CULTURE DATES TO THE 11,000 YEARS B.P. THE WESTERN BLOOD TRIBE WAS VIBRANT AND SELF RELIANT AND SELF SUFFICIENCY. THEY HAVE RICH NATURAL RESOURCES AND A WELL DEVELOPED SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS CULTURAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT ALLOWED A FULL CIRCLE OF LIFE. THEY ALLIED WITH THE BLACKFOOT AND PAGANS FORMING A BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY. LEWIS AND CLARK CIRCUMVENTED THEIR TERRITORITY. IN 1855 THE TRIBES ENTERED A TREATY WITH THE AMERICANS. IT WAS A PEACE TREATY. THEY ATE AND HUNTED BUFFALO. THE BLOOD TRIBE'S SPOKESPERSON, RED CROW, SELECTED LAND IN SAINT MARY'S RESERVATION AND SOUTH TO THE CANADIAN AND U.S. BORDER. THE BLOODS CONTINUED TO HAVE INDEPENDANCE AND A FIERCE PRIDE IN THEIR IDENTITY.

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