The Chipewyan Prairie First Nation () is a
First Nations
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band government
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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 significa ...
.
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 eleven Numbered Treaties. The agreement encompassed a land m ...
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 km
2 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 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, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term ...
as their mother tongue in 2011.
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Winefred Lake 194B (''Ɂuldáze1 tué'') on the north end of
Winefred Lake 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 group of Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous Canadian people belonging to the Athabaskan l ...
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Chipewyan language
Chipewyan or Dënesųłinë́ (ethnonym: ), often simply called Dëne, is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of northwestern Canada. It is categorized as part of the Northern Athabaskan language family. It has nearly 12,000 speakers ...
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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 ...
References
External links
Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation official website
Dene governments
First Nations governments in Alberta
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