Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation

The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is a First Nations band government or "band", part of the Cree ethnic group, a member of the Western Cree Tribal Council, and a party to Treaty 8. The band controls three Indian Reserves, the large Sturgeon Lake 154 and the smaller 154A and 154B.[5] It is based on the shores of Sturgeon Lake, around Calais, west of Valleyview, in the M.D. of Greenview in the Peace Country of Northern Alberta. The registered population of the band is 3,064, of those 1,407 are on the band's own reserves.[6]

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
Band No. 455
Land[1]

People	Cree
Treaty	Treaty 8
Headquarters	Sturgeon Lake
Province	Alberta
Main reserve	Sturgeon Lake 154
Other reserve(s)	Sturgeon Lake 154A Sturgeon Lake 154B
Land area	156.645 km²
Population (2019)[2]
On reserve	1505
On other land	43
Off reserve	1918
Total population	3466
Government[3]
Chief	Clyde Goodswimmer
Council size	7
Tribal Council[4]
Western Cree Tribal Council
Website
sturgeonlake.ca

References

"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Reserves/Villages/Settlements" detail"
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "Registered population" detail

Historical polities

Tribal councils and
band governments

Athabasca Tribal Council (Fort McMurray)	Athabasca Chipewyan Chipewyan Prairie Fort McKay Fort McMurray Mikisew Cree
Blackfoot Confederacy (Standoff)	Kainai Piikani Siksika
Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations (Enoch)	Alexander Alexis Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Enoch Cree Ermineskin Cree Frog Lake Whitefish Lake (Goodfish) Heart Lake Kehewin Cree Louis Bull Montana O'Chiese Paul Saddle Lake Samson Cree Sunchild
Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council (Atikameg)	Loon River Cree Lubicon Lake Band Peerless Trout Whitefish Lake (Atikameg) Woodland Cree
Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council (Slave Lake)	Driftpile Kapawe'no Sawridge Sucker Creek Swan River
North Peace Tribal Council (High Level)	Beaver Dene Tha' Little Red River Cree Tallcree
Stony Nakoda - Tsuu T'ina Tribal Council (Tsuu T'ina)	Stoney Nakoda Bearspaw Chiniki Wesley Tsuut'ina
Western Cree Tribal Council (Valleyview)	Duncan's Horse Lake Sturgeon Lake
Yellowhead Tribal Council (Morinville)	Alexander Alexis O'Chiese Sunchild
Unaffiliated	Bigstone
Not federally recognized	Aseniwuche Winewak Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
Not headquartered in Alberta	Acho Dene Koe (NT) Kelly Lake (BC) Onion Lake (SK) Smith's Landing (NT)
Terminated	Papaschase (1891) Sharphead (1897) Michel (1958)

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Eight
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Saskatchewan	Black Lake Denesuline First Nation Clearwater River Dene Nation Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation
Alberta	Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Beaver First Nation Bigstone Cree Nation Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Dene Tha' First Nation Driftpile First Nation Duncan's First Nation Fort McKay First Nation Fort McMurray First Nation Horse Lake First Nation Kapawe'no First Nation Little Red River Cree Nation Loon River First Nation Lubicon Lake Band Mikisew Cree First Nation Sawridge First Nation Smith's Landing First Nation Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Sucker Creek Cree First Nation Swan River First Nation Tallcree First Nation Whitefish Lake First Nation Woodland Cree First Nation
British Columbia	Blueberry River First Nation Doig River First Nation Fort Nelson First Nation Halfway River First Nation McLeod Lake First Nation Prophet River First Nation Saulteau First Nation West Moberly First Nations
Northwest Territories	Deninu Kųę́ First Nation K'atlodeeche First Nation Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation Salt River First Nation Yellowknives Dene First Nation

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