Blood 148

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Blood 148 | official_name = Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 | native_name =  | other_name = | settlement_type = Indian reserve | image_skyline = James Gladstone - combine.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = James Gladstone on his combine harvester | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = CAN AB 61 BLOOD INDIAN RESERVE -148.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Alberta | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = First Nation | subdivision_name = Kainai Nation | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Alberta | subdivision_type3 = Municipal district | subdivision_name3 = Cardston | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 = | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = Stand Off | government_footnotes = | governing_body = Blood Tribe Council | leader_title = Chief | leader_name = Traveller Plaited Hair (Aakaayaamihtsinima) | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 1413.87 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_total = 4,572 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Blood%20148&DGUIDlist=2021A00054803802&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |website=Statistics Canada |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=16 April 2024 |ref=Statistics Canada. 2023. (table). Census Profile. 2021 Census of Population. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-X2021001. Ottawa. Released November 15, 2023. (accessed April 16, 2024).}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | population_note = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = 403 | unemployment_rate = | website = {{official URL}} | footnotes = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | leader_title2 =  | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = MLA | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | timezone = MST | utc_offset = −7 | timezone_DST = MDT | utc_offset_DST = −6 | blank_name = Highways | blank_info = Highway 2 Highway 5 Highway 509 | blank1_name = | blank1_info = }}

thumb|Levern Community. '''Blood 148''' is a First Nations reserve in Alberta, Canada. It is inhabited by the Blood (Kainai) First Nation and was established under the provisions of Treaty 7.<ref name=ABnations>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-AB/STAGING/texte-text/fnamarch11_1315587933961_eng.pdf|title=First Nations in Alberta|author=Canada Indian and Northern Affairs|access-date=2007-09-24|archive-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413044211/http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-AB/STAGING/texte-text/fnamarch11_1315587933961_eng.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This reserve is managed from the community of Stand Off on its northwest border and encompasses the majority of lands bounded by the cities of Fort MacLeod, Lethbridge and Cardston. It is traversed by Alberta Highway 2, Highway 5, and Highway 509. The St Mary River and the Belly River are major rivers supplying and draining the lands.

At {{convert|1413.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, the Blood 148 reserve is the largest reserve by land in Canada, and the third most populous after Six Nations and Akwesasne. On June 12, 2019, federal courts ruled that, according to the land entitlement provisions of Treaty 7, the Blood Tribe was entitled to a reserve equal to {{convert|710|mi2}} in area,<ref>{{cite court |litigants=The Blood Reserve Number 148 et al v Her Majesty The Queen |vol= |reporter= |opinion= |pinpoint= |court= |date=June 12, 2019 |url=https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/407748/1/document.do |access-date=May 10, 2020 |quote=}}</ref> an increase of {{convert|164.1|mi2}} over the existing lands. The judgement did not address remedy nor costs. It is located between the Cities of Fort MacLeod and 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.

== Demographics == In 2006, Blood 148 had a population of 4,177 living in 1,250 dwellings, an 8.4% increase from 2001. The Alberta Government lists the Blood 148 population at 4,713 in 2018. Prior to the June 12, 2019 award the Indian reserve land area was {{convert|1413.87|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, with a population density of {{convert|3.0|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name=statcan2006>{{Cite web| url= http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4803802&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=blood&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=| title= Canada 2006 Census: Blood 148 - Community Profile| author= Statistics Canada| author-link= Statistics Canada| access-date= 2007-09-24| archive-date= 2016-03-03| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220854/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4803802&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=blood&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=| url-status= dead}}</ref>

As of December 2013, the Blood 435 band, based on reserves 148 and 148A, had a total registered population of 11,791 per AANDC sources.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=435&lang=eng |title=Registered Population: Blood |website=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=2014-01-23 }}</ref>

== Government == {{stack|thumb|Stand-Off community water tower}} Under the Constitution Act, 1867, legislative authority over Indian reserves is placed exclusively with the national parliament and specifically Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. The reserve is governed by a tribal council led by Chief Traveller Plaited Hair (Aakaayaamihtsinima) (2024–present).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-06-28 |title=Blood Tribe Chief & Council - bloodtribe.org |url=https://bloodtribe.org/administration/ |access-date=2026-05-30 |website=bloodtribe.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-28 |title=Traveller Plaited Hair elected new chief of the Blood Tribe |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/traveller-plaited-hair-leads-unofficial-195141746.html |access-date=2026-05-30 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-CA}}</ref>

<onlyinclude> Blood Tribe Councillors (2024)<ref name=":0" />

#Patrick Black Plume (Siksaapoo) #Clarence Black Water (Aakaota’si) #Kyla Crow (Komiikakato’saakii) #Beth Day Chief (Sapappistsa’taakii) #Dorothy First Rider (Iitomomahka) #Elliot Fox (Makoy’ooh’kinni) #John J. (J.J.) Little Bear (Piita’ohkamii) #Kirby Many Fingers (Apanssa’pi) #Maria Russell (Iitoominnimaakii) #Piinaakoyim Tailfeathers (Piinaakoyim) #Marcel Weasel Head (Aapao’tokaan) #Franklyn White Quills (Makoyaapii)</onlyinclude>

==See also== * Beverly Hungry Wolf, writer * List of Indian reserves in Alberta

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==External links== *[http://bloodtribe.org Blood Tribe] *[http://geodepot.statcan.gc.ca/GeoSearch2011-GeoRecherche2011/GeoSearch2011-GeoRecherche2011.jsp?lang=E&otherLang=F&searchGeocode=4803802&layerSelected=csd&searchTheme=GeoCode&searchPass=2&boundaryType= Map of Blood 148 at Statcan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702231916/http://geodepot.statcan.gc.ca/GeoSearch2011-GeoRecherche2011/GeoSearch2011-GeoRecherche2011.jsp?lang=E&otherLang=F&searchGeocode=4803802&layerSelected=csd&searchTheme=GeoCode&searchPass=2&boundaryType= |date=2013-07-02 }}

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