The Beaver First Nation ( bea, Tsa'tinne) is a
First Nation government or band, made up of members of the
Danezaa people
The Dane-zaa (ᑕᓀᖚ, also spelled Dunne-za, or Tsattine) are an Athabaskan-speaking group of First Nations people. Their traditional territory is around the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Today, about 1,600 Dane-zaa res ...
, also known as the Beavers. The Beaver First Nation is one of only two Danezaa bands in Alberta (the other being the
Horse Lake First Nation), but there are several others nearby in British Columbia. The band controls two reserves,
Boyer 164 and
Child Lake 164A
Child Lake 164A is an Indian reserve of the Beaver First Nation in Alberta, located within Mackenzie County. It is 32 kilometers northwest of Fort Vermilion. The reserve takes its name from a nearby lake where a child once drowned.
Geography
Th ...
both near
Fort Vermilion, Alberta
Fort Vermilion is a hamlet on the Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County.
Established in 1788, Fort Vermilion shares the title of oldest European settlement in Alberta with Fort Chipewyan. Fort Vermilion contains man ...
in the
Peace Country
The Peace River Country (or Peace Country; french: Région de la Rivière-de-la-paix) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada. It extends from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, ...
of
Northern Alberta
Northern Alberta is a geographic region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cen ...
. The band is a member of the
North Peace Tribal Council and is party to
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 ...
. In April 2016, the band had a
registered population of 1,065, more than half of which lived off reserve.
Registered Population
, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
, retrieved on 14-05-2016
References
External links
First Nation Detail
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
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First Nations governments in Alberta
Dane-zaa
Mackenzie County