Blood Reserve

• Alberta First Nation’s war on drug trafficking reducing overdoses: ‘We hit it hard’

  Plywood covers the doors and windows of several homes on the Blood Reserve, a vivid image of the southern Alberta First Nation's life-and-death battle with drug traffickers.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2023
  
• 2nd year of grassroots addictions recovery camp gets Blood Tribe funding

  For the first time, the Blood Tribe is providing funds for addictions recovery camps, enough for two weeks of startup and operations costs to host 10 participants.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2023
  
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• Kainai Nation runners reach Pacific Ocean after cross-country run for MMIWM

  Runners from Kainai Nation completed their cross-Canada run for missing and murdered Indigenous women and men and Mother Earth after setting off in St. John's, N.L, on April 12.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2023
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• RCMP investigate ‘suspicious’ death on Blood Reserve

  The body of a male was found by the river under Healy Bridge on Saturday.

  Crime

  Mar 28, 2023
• Xylazine suspected to be in drugs taken on Blood Reserve

  Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer normally prescribed for horses and cattle, also known as "the zombie drug."

  Health

  Mar 27, 2023
• Students move into new Red Crow Community College campus in southern Alberta

  Visitors are welcomed by a steel straight-up headdress on the front lawn and a mural of a painted buffalo hide in the main atrium of the new Red Crow Community College Campus.

  Education

  Oct 8, 2022
• Blood Tribe police integrating Blackfoot culture: ‘This is the perfect time’

  At a ceremony on Thursday, Blood Tribe police officers received new epaulettes, which feature important symbols found throughout Blackfoot oral history.

  Perspectives

  Apr 1, 2022
• Remains of missing Lethbridge woman found on Blood Reserve

  Helen Purkins was first reported missing to Lethbridge police on July 27. Her body was found on the Blood Reserve earlier this week.

  Crime

  Nov 26, 2021
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• Blood Tribe Police Commission terminates chief’s ‘without cause’

  The Blood Tribe Police Service has terminated the contract of Chief Kyle Melting Tallow. 

  Crime

  Aug 10, 2021
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• ‘We are tired of losing our loved ones to the drugs’: Blood Tribe members hold rally raising concerns over detox centre

  A community rally held Wednesday on the Blood Tribe raised concerns about the detox centre Bringing the Spirit Home.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2021