Blood Tribe Members Call for Moratorium on Hydro Fracking  http://intercontinentalcry.org/blood-tribe-members-call-for-moratorium-on-hydro-fracking/

In late 2010, Kainaiwa Resources Inc. (KRI), a company that's solely owned by the Blood Tribe, quietly signed off on a deal with the Calgary-based junior mining company Bowood Energy and the U.S. company Murphy Oil.In addition to the the risks and limited benefits, Blood members are also concerned about the actual agreement and the conditions under which it was signed. According to Protect Blood Land, no one from the reserve was consulted before it was finalized. As well, "KRI and the Blood Tribe Chief and Council neglected to maintain any degree of transparency during and after the negotiations--ultimately, leaving a large population of tribe members completely unaware of the situation until after the deal was made," says Protect Blood Land.

For these reasons, Protect Blood Land has set up a petition for anyone living on the reserve and the surrounding Oldman Watershed that wishes to object to the agreements and urge a moratorium on all planned oil and gas exploration until a referendum has taken place on the Reserve. The petition also demands the right to free expression "without concern of prosecution or threats by Blood Tribe Chief and Council or their agents" as well as the end of any attempts at coercion "in the form of threatening the employment of anyone who works under Blood Tribe and speaks against the agreements.