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]
People | Cree |
---|---|
Treaty | Treaty 8 |
Headquarters | Enilda |
Province | Alberta |
Land[1] | |
Reserve(s) | |
Land area | 59.87 km2 |
Population (2019)[1] | |
On reserve | 759 |
On other land | 38 |
Off reserve | 2133 |
Total population | 2930 |
Government[1] | |
Chief | Roderick Willier |
Council size | 6 |
Tribal Council[1] | |
Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council | |
Website | |
scfn.ca |
Notable members
edit- Chief Headman Moostoos
- Jessica Johns
- Harold Cardinal
- Lorne Cardinal
- Darren Brule
- Darlene Cardinal
- Nipawi Mahihkan Misit Kakinoosit
- Linsay Willier
Ron Lariviere - lead social worker for the government of Alberta's Child Welfare strategy regarding Bill C 92.
References
edit- ^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ "Unknown".[permanent dead link ]