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The Kainai

The Kainai people, also known as the Blood, are a division of the Blackfoot Confederacy-the Niitsitapi, (the original people). The Confederacy is comprised of three First Nations tribes of southern Alberta, and one tribe of Montana. Other divisions in Canada include the Piikani (North Peigan) and the Siksika (Blackfoot).The international boundary, coupled with post-contact events of the 1870s, further divided the Piikani people, creating the South Piikanni (the South Piegan), known in the United States as the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana.

The Kainai, with other bands of the Confederacy, signed Treaty Number Seven with the Canadian government on September 22, 1877. By virtue of their proximity, the bands of the Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee) and the Mountain Nakoda (Stoney) were incorporated within the terms of Treaty Number Seven. Terms of the Treaty situated the Kainai on the Blood Reserve of what is now southwestern Alberta, where members of the band live today as a modern community of over 10,000.

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Red Crow "Mi'kai'stoowa"
1892
Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta
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Credits:
Robert Nathaniel Wilson

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Weasel Head Dress - "Mootskinaiisaam"
1990
Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site
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Credits:
Quinn Pereverseff

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Painting of Standing Alone Sundance Flag
1972
Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site
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Credits:
Gord Tolton

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The Buffalo - "Innii"
1995
Fort Whoop-Up National Historic Site
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Credits:
Leonard Ross
Alex Pavlenko
Gord Tolton

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Ksiitsikominaa - Thunder Chief
1895
Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta
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Credits:
Glenbow Archives, NA-118-4
Steele & Company

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Ksiitsikominaa - Thunder Chief
1895
Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Alberta
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Credits:
Glenbow Archives NA-118-14
Steele and Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba