Sucker Creek First Nation Explained

Band Name:Sucker Creek First Nation
Band Number:456
Endonym:ᓇᒦᐲ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ
namîpî sîpîsis
People:Cree
Treaty:Treaty 8
Headquarters:Enilda
Province:Alberta
Reserve:Sucker Creek 150A
Area:59.87
Pop Year:2019
On Reserve:759
On Other Land:38
Off Reserve:2133
Chief:Roderick Willier
Council Size:6
Tribal Council:Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council
Website:scfn.ca
Footnotes:[1]

Sucker Creek First Nation (Cree: ᓇᒦᐲ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ, namîpî sîpîsis) is a Cree First Nations band government whose reserve community is located along the southwestern shore of Lesser Slave Lake near Enilda, Alberta. It is a Treaty 8 First Nation. The band had a registered population of 2,099 (as of March 2003) and almost 6,000 hectares of reserve land.[2]

Notable members

Ron Lariviere - lead social worker for the government of Alberta's Child Welfare strategy regarding Bill C 92.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Nation Detail. August 20, 2019. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 14 November 2008 . Government of Canada.
  2. https://www.scfn.ca/copy-of-social-development