The Chipewyan Prairie First Nation ( chp, Tł'ógh tëlı́ dënesųłı̨ne) is a
First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
band government located in northeast Alberta south of
Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significan ...
.
It is a member of the Athabasca Tribal Council and a
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 ...
nation. The
Athabasca Tribal Council represents 5 First Nation bands in northeast Alberta.
Demographics
As of August 2016 the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation (''Tł'ógh tëlı́ dënesųłı̨ne'') ca. 31 km² had a total population of 923 with 390 members living on reserve and 533 members living off-reserve.
Reserves
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Cowper Lake 194A on the north shore of Cowper Lake is 143 hectares.
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Janvier 194
Janvier 194 is an Indian reserve of the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation in Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. It is southwest of Fort McMurray.
Geography
The locality of Janvier is on the Janvier 1 ...
the largest territory with 2486.70 hectares and the most populous with 295 residents in 2011
is 97 km southwest of Fort McMurray. 145 of the residents chose
Dene
The Dene people () are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages. ''Dene'' is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" ha ...
as their mother tongue in 2011.
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Winefred Lake 194B (''Ɂuldáze1 tué'') on the north end of
Winefred Lake
Winefred Lake is a large lake in east-northern Alberta, Canada. It is located in southern Wood Buffalo, in a remote area between Cold Lake and Fort McMurray, and has a total area of . The closest community is the hamlet of Conklin, at .
Ecologi ...
is 450 hectares.
See also
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Chipewyan people
The Chipewyan ( , also called ''Denésoliné'' or ''Dënesųłı̨né'' or ''Dënë Sųłınë́'', meaning "the original/real people") are a Dene Indigenous Canadian people of the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified ...
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Chipewyan language
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List of Indian reserves in Alberta
Indian reserves for First Nations in Alberta were established by a series of treaties — Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8.
According to the Government of Alberta reserves cover a total area of . However, according to Indigenous and Northern A ...
References
External links
Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation official website
Dene governments
First Nations governments in Alberta
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