Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
Band No. 455
ᓇᒣᐢ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ
namês sâkahikan
PeopleCree
TreatyTreaty 8
HeadquartersSturgeon Lake
ProvinceAlberta
Land[1]
Main reserveSturgeon Lake 154
Other reserve(s)
Land area156.645 km2
Population (2019)[2]
On reserve1505
On other land43
Off reserve1918
Total population3466
Government[3]
ChiefSheldon Sunshine
Council size6
Tribal Council[4]
Western Cree Tribal Council
Website
sturgeonlake.ca

The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᓇᒣᐢ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, namês sâkahikan[5]) 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.[6] 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.[7]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ Ogg, Arden (August 19, 2015). "Cree Place Names Project". Cree Literacy Network. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Villages/Settlements" detail"
  7. ↑ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Registered population" detail
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