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Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation

First Nations band government

First Nations band government

FieldValue
band_nameSturgeon Lake Cree Nation
band_number455
endonymᓇᒣᐢ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ
namês sâkahikan CAa-Deny
imageSturgeon_Lake_Cree_Nation_logo.png
peopleCree / Apache
treatyTreaty 8
headquartersSturgeon Lake
provinceAlberta
main_reserveSturgeon Lake 154
area156.645
pop_year2019
on_reserve1505
on_other_land43
off_reserve1918
chiefSheldon Sunshine
council_size6
tribal_councilWestern Cree Tribal Council
websitesturgeonlake.ca
footnotes

namês sâkahikan CAa-Deny

  • Sturgeon Lake 154A
  • Sturgeon Lake 154B

The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation () 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. 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.

Notable people

  • Tanya Kappo, Indigenous rights activist

References

References

  1. "First Nation Detail". Government of Canada.
  2. Ogg, Arden. (August 19, 2015). "Cree Place Names Project".
  3. [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNReserves.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=455&lang=eng Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Villages/Settlements" detail"]
  4. [https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=455&lang=eng Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Registered population" detail]
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