 When the Kainai (Blood) Nation refused to accept the sale of their lands in 1916 and 1917, the Department of Indian Affairs held back funding necessary for farming until they relented.In British Columbia, the McKenna–McBride Royal Commission was created in 1912 to settle disputes over reserve lands in the province.The claims of Indigenous people were ignored, and the commission allocated new, less valuable lands (reserves) for First Nations.