Blood Indian Indian reserve From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For a similar concept in the United States, see Indian reservation. For the area set aside in the Royal Proclaimation of 1763, see Indian Reserve (1763). For other uses, see Indian reserve (disambiguation). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2013) Aboriginal peoples in Canada A life-sized bronze statue of an Aboriginal and eagle above him; there is a bear to his right and a wolf to his left, they are all looking upwards towards a blue and white sky First Nations Inuit Métis History[show] Politics[show] Culture[show] Demographics[show] Linguistics[show] Religions[show] Index[show] Wikiprojects[show] v t e In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." Indian reserves are the areas set aside for First Nations people after contact with the Canadian state ("the Crown"), and are not to be confused with land claims areas, which involves all of that First Nations' traditional lands: a much larger territory than any reserve.Reserve No. 148 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blood 148 Indian reserve Blood 148 is located in Alberta Blood 148 Blood 148 Location of Blood 148 Coordinates: 49.5°N 113.2°WCoordinates: 49.5°N 113.2°W Country Canada Province Alberta Government • Chief Charles Weasel Head • Governing body Kainai Nation Area • Total 1,413.87 km2 (545.90 sq mi) Population (2006)[1] • Total 4,177 • Density 3.0/km2 (8/sq mi) Time zone MST (UTC-7) Highways Highway 2 Website Kainai Nation Blood 148 is an Indian reserve in Alberta, Canada. It is inhabited by the Blood (Kainai) First Nation and was established under the provisions of the Treaty 7.[2] The reserve is located in southern Alberta, around Stand Off along Highway 2 and the Belly River. At 1,413.87 km2 (545.90 sq mi), this is the largest reserve in Canada, and the second most populous. It is located between the City of Lethbridge and the Town of Cardston, bordering the Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 to the northwest, the Lethbridge County to the northeast and Cardston County to the east, south and southwest. Contents [hide] 1 Demographics 2 Government 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Blackfoot Confederacy

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Blackfoot

Bear Bull
Total population
32,000
Regions with significant populations
Canada ( Alberta)  United States ( Montana)
Languages
English, Blackfoot
Religion
Traditional beliefs, Sun Dance, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
other Algonquian peoples

The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsitapi (meaning "original people"^{[note 1]}) is the collective name of three First Nations bands in Alberta, Canada and one Native American tribe in Montana, United States.

Historically, the member peoples of the Confederacy were nomadic bison hunters, and trout fishermen, who ranged across large areas of the northern Great Plains of Western North America, specifically the semi-arid short-grass prairieecological region. In the first half of the 18th century, they adopted horses and firearms acquired from European-descended traders and their Cree and Assiniboine resellers. With these new tools, the Blackfoot expanded their territory at the expense of neighbouring peoples. Through the use of horses, Blackfoot and other Plains peoples harvested bison at a much accelerated rate.

But, it was the systematic commercial bison hunting by European-American hunters that permanently changed the paradigm of the Great Plains^{[citation needed]}. Periods of starvation and deprivation for the Blackfoot followed. They were forced to end their nomadism and adopt ranching and farming, settling on small pieces of their former lands in reservations. This was the result of treaties with the United States and Canada^{[citation needed]} , mostly signed in the 1870s, which the Blackfoot signed in exchange for food and medical aid, and help with farming. Since that time, the Blackfoot have worked to maintain their traditional language and culture in the face of past assimilationist policies of the North American nation-states.^{[citation needed]}

Contents

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• 1 Membership
• 2 History
  • 2.1 Early history
  • 2.2 Importance and uses of buffalo
  • 2.3 Discovery and uses of horses
  • 2.4 Enemies & Warrior Culture
  • 2.5 First contact with Europeans and the Fur Trade
  • 2.6 The Indian Wars
  • 2.7 Hardships of the Niitsitapi
• 3 The Blackfoot Nation
• 4 Culture
  • 4.1 Electing a leader
  • 4.2 Societies
  • 4.3 Ethnobotany
  • 4.4 Marriage
  • 4.5 Responsibilities and clothing
  • 4.6 Headdresses
  • 4.7 The Sun and the Moon
  • 4.8 Blackfoot creation story
• 5 The Blackfoot today
  • 5.1 Continuing traditions
• 6 Notable Blackfoot people
• 7 See also
• 8 Notes
• 9 References
• 10 External links