Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Explained

Band Name:Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
Band Number:455
Endonym:ᓇᒣᐢ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ
namês sâkahikan
People:Cree
Treaty:Treaty 8
Headquarters:Sturgeon Lake
Province:Alberta
Main Reserve:Sturgeon Lake 154
Reserve:
Area:156.645
Pop Year:2019
On Reserve:1505
On Other Land:43
Off Reserve:1918
Chief:Sheldon Sunshine
Council Size:6
Tribal Council:Western Cree Tribal Council
Website:sturgeonlake.ca
Footnotes:[1]

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation should not be confused with Sturgeon Lake First Nation.

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

References

  1. Web site: First Nation Detail. August 20, 2019. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada.
  2. Web site: Cree Place Names Project. Cree Literacy Network. Arden. Ogg. August 19, 2015. October 21, 2021.
  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