The Kainai Nation, also known as Blood Tribe, is a First Nations band government in southern Alberta, Canada, with a population of 12,965 members in 2024, up from 11,791 in December 2013.
Shield of the Kainai Nation
Stand Off community at night. Kainai Nation.
Kainai Nation entry sign
Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull's Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe, 1832 by George Catlin
The Blackfoot Confederacy, Niitsítapi, or Siksikáí'tsitapi, is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Blackfeet people: the Siksika, the Kainai or B
Kainai Nation
…the Blackfoot linguistic group; their dialect is closely related to those of the Siksika and Piikani. They are one of three nations constituting the Blackfoot Confederacy. At the time treaties such as Treaty 7 were signed, the Kainai were situated on the Oldman, Belly, and St. Mary rivers west of Lethbridge, Alberta. The…