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Peerless Trout First Nation
The Peerless Trout First Nation is a First Nations band government in northern Alberta, Canada, that is based out of Peerless Lake. It is part of the Treaty 8 Confederacy and was formed as Alberta's forty-fifth First Nation in 2010. The Peerless Lake First Nation had a registered population of 966 as of July 2019. It has one reserve, Peerless Trout 238, in proximity to Peerless Lake and Trout Lake, Alberta, Trout Lake. Other reserves will be established in proximity to Calling Lake, Alberta, Calling Lake, Chipewyan Lake, Alberta, Chipewyan Lake, and Wabasca, Alberta, Wabasca. The First Nation is governed by a five-member council led by Chief Gladys Okemow. Its first chief, originally elected in 2010, was James Alook. History Before 2010, all Peerless Trout First Nation members were enrolled in the Bigstone Cree Nation, which took Treaty 8 Treaty 8, which concluded with the June 21, 1899 signing by representatives of the Crown and various First Nations of the Lesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woods Cree
Woods Cree is an indigenous language spoken in Northern Manitoba, Northern Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Cree language, Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi dialect continuum. The dialect continuum has around 116,000 speakers; the exact population of Woods Cree speakers is unknown, estimated between 2,600 and 35,000. Classification The Woods Cree language belongs to the Algic languages, Algic family, within the Algonquian languages, Algonquian subfamily, and the central Cree language, Cree–Montagnais and Naskapi, Montagnais–Naskapi language, Naskapi language group. Western Cree is a term used to refer to the non-palatized Cree dialects, consisting of Northern Plains Cree, Southern Plains Cree, Woods Cree, Rock Cree, Western Swampy Cree, Eastern Swampy Cree, Moose Cree, and Atikamekw. Western Woods Cree is the term used to refer to the Cree languages west of the Hudson Bay. This includes the languages Rock Cree, western Swampy Cree, and Strongwoods or Bois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calling Lake, Alberta
Calling Lake is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located on Highway 813 along the eastern shore of Calling Lake, immediately north of Calling Lake Provincial Park. It is approximately north of Athabasca and south of Wabasca and has an elevation of . The hamlet is located in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca. The hamlet is the seat of the '' Jean Baptiste Gambler 183'' Indian reserve of the Bigstone Cree Nation. Calling Lake is recognized as two separate designated places by Statistics Canada – Calling Lake (which includes lands on either side of the Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 Indian reserve) and Centre Calling Lake (which is between the designated place of Calling Lake to the north and Calling Lake Provincial Park to the south). Infrastructure Health services are provided by the Aspen Regional Health Authority, and the community is served by the Calling Lake Airport . Demographics In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duty To Consult And Accommodate
In Canada, the duty to consult and accommodate with Aboriginal peoples arises when the Crown contemplates actions or decisions that may affect Aboriginal or Treaty rights. This duty arises most often in the context of natural resource extraction such as mining, forestry, oil, and gas. It is very difficult to practically separate the duty to consult and accommodate because consultation may lead to the fulfillment of the duty to accommodate and consultation is meaningless if accommodation is excluded from the outset. As such, the two are intertwined and must be addressed together. The broad purpose of the duty to consult and accommodate is to advance the objective of reconciliation of pre-existing Aboriginal societies with the assertion of Crown Sovereignty. This duty flows from the honour of the Crown and its fiduciary duty to Indigenous peoples. The obligation to provide consultation and a decision-making process that is compatible with the honour of the Crown is embedded in Sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Alberta Wildfires
The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. In 2019 there were a total of , which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. The five year average is 747 fires destroying . There were 644 wildfires recorded in Alberta. By May 31, 10,000 people had been evacuated, 16 homes, and the Steen River CN railway bridge, had been destroyed. The department of Agriculture and Forestry's Forest Protection Division reported that by May 31, there were 29 wildfires still burning with nine out-of-control fires. As of June 20, there are a total of 27 wildfires burning with 6 being considered out of control. Of these, five were caused by humans and two by lightning with 20 still under investigation. On May 30, NASA reported that the Terra satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) had collected satellite images of five large "hot spots" on May 29. The fire danger level of four o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Agent (Canada)
From the 1870s until the 1960s, an Indian agent was the Canadian government's representative on First Nations reserves. The role of the Indian agent in Canadian history has never been fully documented, and today the position no longer exists. The position of Indian agent was established in the early 1870s. Indian agents were responsible for implementing government policy on reserves, enforcing and administering the provisions of the ''Indian Act'', and managing the day-to-day affairs of First Nations people. An Indian agent was the chief administrator for Indian affairs in their respective districts, although the title now is largely in disuse in preference to "government agent". The powers of the Indian agent held sway over the lives of all First Nations peoples in their jurisdictions. Both ''Indian Act'' and government agent duties were fused in the original colonial title of gold commissioner, which encompassed both agencies as well as the duties of magistrate, policeman, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Act
The ''Indian Act'' (, long name ''An Act to amend and consolidate the laws respecting Indians'') is a Canadian act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. First passed in 1876 and still in force with amendments, it is the primary document that defines how the Government of Canada interacts with the 614 First Nation bands in Canada and their members. Throughout its long history, the act has been a subject of controversy and has been interpreted in different ways by both Indigenous Canadians and non-Indigenous Canadians. The legislation has been amended many times, including "over five major changes" made in 2002. The act is very wide-ranging in scope, covering governance, land use, healthcare, education, and more on Indian reserves. Notably, the original ''Indian Act'' defines two elements that affect all Indigenous Canadians: :It says how reserves and bands can operate. The act sets out rules for governing Indian reser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigstone Cree Nation
The Bigstone Cree Nation ( cr, ᐅᐸᓯᑯᓂᐍᐤ, opasikoniwew) is a First Nations band government in Alberta, Canada. As Woodland Cree, they are a western branch of the larger Cree nation, and are a party to Treaty 8 with Canada. The Bigstone Cree Nation was divided into two bands in 2010, with one group continuing under the former name, and the other becoming the Peerless Trout First Nation. History The forerunners of the Bigstone Cree signed onto Treaty 8 in 1899 and were provided with reserved lands based on a population survey. The Bigstone claimed that the lands they were assigned were not large enough based on the 1913 and 1937 population surveys. Band members settled into five communities all named after nearby lakes: Calling Lake, Chipewyan Lake, Peerless Lake, Trout Lake and Wabasca. The band has six reserves totalling . These included 166 A, 166 B, 166 C, 166 D, all in the vicinity of the Hamlet of Wabasca (also known as Wabasca-Desmarais), 166 south of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabasca, Alberta
Wabasca, also known as Wabasca-Desmarais, is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (MD) of Opportunity No. 17. It is located between and along the South and North Wabasca Lakes, at the intersection of Highway 813 and Highway 754. It is approximately northeast of Slave Lake. Wabasca, which is the location of the MD of Opportunity No. 17's municipal office, consists of two historical communities – ''Wabasca'' and ''Desmarais''. The hamlet has a population of 1,585 which is largely Indigenous. Another 2,157 additional residents live on five "Indian reserves" in the immediate surrounding area. These First Nations reserves include Wabasca 166, 166A, 166B, 166C and 166D of the Bigstone Cree Nation, and the Woodland Cree people. The name ''Wabasca'' originates from the Cree word ''wâpaskâw'', meaning "white grass," the name for the Wabasca River. ''Desmarais'' was named after Father Alphonse Desmarais, the first missionary in this area. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipewyan Lake, Alberta
Chipewyan Lake is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located on the southern shore of Chipewyan Lake approximately north of Wabasca and west of Fort McMurray. The community is not accessible by Alberta's provincial highway system. It is however accessible by using the Laricina Energy/Shell Canada S-4 access road. Chipewyan Lake was placed under mandatory evacuation order on May 30, 2019, due to out-of-control wildfires in the area. It was placed under another mandatory evacuation order on May 14, 2023 due to an out-of-control wildfire north of the community. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chipewyan Lake had a population of 72 living in 22 of its 28 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 86. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trout Lake, Alberta
Trout Lake is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, located east of Alberta Highway 88, Highway 88, northeast of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Grande Prairie. Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trout Lake had a population of 330 living in 87 of its 104 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 349. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Canadian census, 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Trout Lake had a population of 349 living in 88 of its 110 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 344. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also *List of communities in Alberta *List of designated places in Alberta References Designated places in Alberta Localities in the Municipal District of Oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty 8
Treaty 8, which concluded with the June 21, 1899 signing by representatives of the Crown and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area, is the most comprehensive of the one of eleven Numbered Treaties. The agreement encompassed a land mass of approximately . Treaty territory, which includes thirty-nine First Nation communities in northern Alberta, northwestern Saskatchewan, northeastern British Columbia, and the southwest portion of the Northwest Territories, making it the largest of the numbered treaty in terms of area. The treaty was negotiated just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta. The Crown had between 1871 and 1877 signed Treaties 1 to 7. Treaties 1 to 7 cover the southern portions of what was the North-West Territories. At that time, the Government of Canada had not considered a treaty with the First Nations in what would be the Treaty 8 territory necessary, as conditions in the north were not considered conducive to settlement. Along with the Douglas Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
