The other members of the Confederacy are the Blackfoot-speaking Káínaa / ᖿᖱᖻᖷ or Blood and the Siksiká / ᓱᖽᐧᖿ or Blackfoot, as well as the Tsuut'ina or Sarcee who only became allied later and spoke an unrelated language.

[3] As of 2014[update] the band had a registered population of 3,638 members, of whom 2,358 lived on Piikani Nation reserves.

[8] The band is governed by a council comprising a chief and twelve councillors elected according to custom rather than the provisions of the Indian Act.

The court found that the elders of the community functioned like a senate, and that they were the proper body to advise the Piikani Nation Election Removals Board and the Chief Electoral Officer.

[9] The principles of Piikanissini were invoked once again when on December 13, 2013, Gayle Strikes With A Gun was removed as chief by the Piikani Nation Removal Appeals Board[10] because she "failed to maintain a standard of conduct expected of a member of the Piikani Nation Council, as set out in the Election Bylaws and in keeping with the principles of Piikanissini.

[13] The band then filed suit against a Calgary-based investment broker for defrauding it of $23 million from the settlement.