Stand Off | |
Settlement Type: | Locality |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Stand Off in Alberta |
Coordinates: | 49.274°N -113.184°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Planning region |
Subdivision Name3: | South Saskatchewan |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title2: | Established |
Established Title3: | Incorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Population Total: | 682 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Leader Title2: | MP |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Stand Off (Tattsikiitapi / ᒣᒧᐧᖽᒣᑯ) is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada within the Blood (Kainai) reserve. It is on Highway 2, approximately 43km (27miles) southwest of Lethbridge and 30km (20miles) north of Cardston. The people living in Stand Off and on the reserve are a part of the Blackfoot Nation of Canada and the United States. The Blood Tribe (Nation) has the largest landmass in all eleven Numbered Treaties in Canada, (1871–1921).
Stand Off is home to Red Crow Community College founded in 1986. The institution has had more than 2000 graduates since its opening, representing 16 percent of the reserve population.
Stand Off recorded a population of 682 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]