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

band government In Canada, an Indian band or band (french: bande indienne, link=no), sometimes referred to as a First Nation band (french: bande de la Première Nation, link=no) or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subjec ...

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 th ...

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 * Harold Cardinal *

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 Cree ...

* Darren Brule * Darlene Cardinal * 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 Nati ...

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