Sucker Creek First Nation ( cr, ᓇᒦᐲ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ, namîpî sîpîsis) is a Cree

First Nation Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

s band government whose reserve community is located along the southwestern shore of

Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake (french: Petit lac des Esclaves)—known traditionally as "Beaver Lake" (ᐊᒥᐢᐠ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ amisk sâkâhikan in the Plains Cree language, and T’saat’ine migeh in Dene Zhatıé) or "Beaver people were over the ...

near

Enilda Enilda is a hamlet in northern Alberta within Big Lakes County, located west of Highway 49, approximately northeast of Grande Prairie. The community's name is that of Adline Tompkins, an early postmaster's wife, spelled backwards. Demograp ...

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. It is 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 ...

First Nation. The band had a registered population of 2,099 (as of March 2003) and almost 6,000 hectares of reserve land.https://www.scfn.ca/copy-of-social-development

Notable members

*Chief Headman

Moostoos Moostoos (meaning "The Buffalo", also spelled Mostos; – November 19, 1918), also known as Louis Willier, was headman of the Sucker Creek First Nation. Life Personal life Moostoos was born at the western end of Lesser Slave Lake, as the e ...

Harold Cardinal Harold Cardinal (January 27, 1945 – June 3, 2005) was a Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator, and lawyer. Throughout his career he advocated, on behalf of all First Nation peoples, for the right to be "the red tile in the Can ...

Lorne Cardinal Lorne Cardinal (born 6 January 1964) is a Canadian stage, television and film actor, best known for portraying Davis Quinton on ''Corner Gas''. He is a former rugby union player. Early life Cardinal was born on a reserve of the Sucker Creek ...

Darren Brule Darren is a masculine given name of uncertain etymological origins. Some theories state that it originated from an Anglicisation of the Irish first name Darragh or Dáire, meaning "Oak Tree". According to other sources, it is thought to come from ...

Darlene Cardinal Darlene may refer to: *Darlene (given name) The first name Darlene is derived from the Old English ''darel-ene'', meaning "little dear one". Notable people * Darlene (formerly known as Darlene Pekul), American artist and calligrapher *Darlene Conl ...

* Nipawi Mahihkan Misit Kakinoosit *

Linsay Willier Linsay Willier is a Canadian model, motivational speaker, and actress. She was the runner-up on Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3. Early life Willier was born on July 16 in High Prairie, Alberta. Linsay is a member of Sucker Creek First Nation ...

Ron Lariviere - lead social worker for the government of Alberta's Child Welfare strategy regarding Bill C 92.

References

Cree governments First Nations governments in Alberta {{NorthAm-native-stub