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People of many chiefs 

• The Blood, or Kainai, are one of three tribes, along with the Peigan and Blackfoot, that make up the Blackfoot Nation. Derived from the Blackfoot term a-kainaw, Kainai means "many chiefs" a reference to the clan system once used by the tribe. Blood was a name used by early traders in reference to the red ochre the Kainai used on their faces during ceremonies.
  

• Blood Indian Reserve 148—Canada's largest, at 1,343 square kilometres— was established in 1880, three years after the signing of Treaty No. 7. A second reserve, Blood Indian Reserve 148A, measuring 19.7 square kilometres, is adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park near the Canada-U.S. border.
  

• The Blood population is 9,097 in total; 7,448 live on the reserve, most in and around Stand Off.
  

• Agriculture is the band's main source of income. Grain, wheat, barley, canola and alfalfa are grown on 61 hectares on the reserve and harvested under contract by non-native farmers. The Blood Tribe Irrigation Project covers 13,365 hectares of land under irrigation in what is called the Big Lease area. Some of the hay grown there is exported to Japan.
  

• The Blood Band Ranch, located at the north end of the reserve, runs 500 head of cattle. The ranch also contains several square kilometres of unbroken moist mixed-grass prairie, a rarity in Western Canada, where most has been plowed under for agriculture.
  

• The main employers are the Blood Tribe administration, with a staff of 300, and the provincial department of health, which employs 200 (these numbers double in the summer).
  

• The reserve has several small businesses, a human-resources building, a fire hall, a police station and five schools: three elementary, one high school and Red Crow Community College.