Blue Quills | |
Official Name: | Blue Quills First Nation Indian Reserve |
Settlement Type: | Indian reserve |
Map Alt: | A map of the province of Alberta showing 80 counties and 145 small Indian reserves. One is highlighted with a red circle. |
Subdivision Type: | First Nations |
Subdivision Name: | Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Frog Lake Heart Lake Kehewin Cree Saddle Lake Cree |
Subdivision Type1: | Treaty |
Subdivision Name1: | 6 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Canada |
Subdivision Type3: | Province |
Subdivision Name3: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | St. Paul |
Seat Type: | Community |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Ha: | 96.2 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blue Quills First Nation is an Indian reserve shared by the Beaver Lake Cree, Cold Lake, Frog Lake, Heart Lake, Kehewin Cree, and Saddle Lake Cree First Nations in Alberta, located within the County of St. Paul No. 19.[3] [4] It is 3 kilometers west of St. Paul.[1]
It is the site of Canada's only Indigenous-owned post-secondary institution, University nuhelotʼįne thaiyotsʼį nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills.