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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

First Nation in Alberta, Canada

First Nation in Alberta, Canada

FieldValue
peopleDënesųłı̨né
treatyTreaty 8
endonymK'ai Taile Dené
band_number463
headquartersFort Chipewyan
provinceAlberta
main_reserveChipewyan 201
reserve*Chipewyan 201A
area347.67
pop_year2019
on_reserve255
off_reserve1048
chiefAllan Adam
council_size4
tribal_councilAthabasca Tribal Council
websiteacfn.com
footnotes
  • Chipewyan 201B
  • Chipewyan 201C
  • Chipewyan 201D
  • Chipewyan 201E
  • Chipewyan 201F
  • Chipewyan 201G

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN, ) is a band government. It represents local people of the Denesuline (Chipewyan) ethnic group. It controls eight Indian reserves: Chipewyan 201 and Chipewyan 201A through Chipewyan 201G, near Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. The band is party to Treaty 8, and is a member of the Athabasca Tribal Council.

The ancestors of today's ACFN were evicted from Wood Buffalo National Park by the Government of Canada beginning in 1944, according to research published by the band.

The band launched a court challenge in 2007 to an oilsands lease given to Shell Canada by the provincial government which, the band alleged, they were not given a chance to oppose. In 2011, the band lost its suit, but planned to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The band was the focus of Neil Young's 2014 concert campaign against the Athabasca oil sands development. In the wake of that the band withdrew from the Oil Sands Monitoring program, which they say lacks input from aboriginal peoples and does not address treaty rights.

Chief Allan Adam was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in March 2020, tackling him and punching him severally in the head whilst he lay on the ground.

References

References

  1. "First Nation Detail". Government of Canada.
  2. "Athabasca Tribal Council – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation".
  3. Willow Springs Strategic Solutions. "A HISTORY OF WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK’S RELATIONS WITH THE DENÉSULINÉ Final Report Including historical narrative, impacts and critical interpretations, with appendices".
  4. (28 January 2011). "Alberta Cree lose legal fight to stop Shell oilsands leases". The Toronto Star.
  5. [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/24/joint-oil-sands-monitoring-program-first-nation_n_4662405.html ''Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Pulls Out Of Joint Oilsands Monitoring Program'', Canadian Press via the ''Huffington Post'', January 24, 2014]
  6. Cecco, Leyland. (2020-06-12). "First Nations chief shown being punched by Canadian police in video". The Guardian.
  7. (2020-06-12). "Video of Arrest of Indigenous Leader Shocks Canada". The New York Times.
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