Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
- Sturgeon Lake 154A
- Sturgeon Lake 154B
The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᓇᒣᐢ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, namês sâkahikan[2]) is a First Nations band government or "band", part of the Cree ethnic group, a member of the Western Cree Tribal Council, and a party to Treaty 8. The band controls three Indian reserves, the large Sturgeon Lake 154 and the smaller 154A and 154B.[3] It is based on the shores of Sturgeon Lake, around Calais, west of Valleyview, in the M.D. of Greenview in the Peace Country of Northern Alberta. The registered population of the band is 3,064, of those 1,407 are on the band's own reserves.[4]
Notable people
- Tanya Kappo, Indigenous rights activist
References
- ^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ Ogg, Arden (August 19, 2015). "Cree Place Names Project". Cree Literacy Network. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Villages/Settlements" detail"
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Registered population" detail
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- Algic / Algonquian
- Athapascan / Dene
- Siouan
- Nakoda
band governments
| Athabasca Tribal Council (Fort McMurray) | |
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| Blackfoot Confederacy (Standoff) | |
| Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations (Enoch) | |
| Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council (Atikameg) | |
| Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council (Slave Lake) | |
| North Peace Tribal Council (High Level) | |
| Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council (Tsuut'ina) | |
| Tribal Chiefs Ventures (Beaver Lake Cree) | |
| Western Cree Tribal Council (Valleyview) |
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| Yellowhead Tribal Council (Morinville) | |
| Unaffiliated | |
| Not federally recognized |
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| Not headquartered in Alberta |
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| Terminated |
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