Sucker Creek First Nation

Sucker Creek First Nation (Cree: ᓇᒦᐲ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ, namîpî sîpîsis) is a Cree First Nations band government whose reserve community is located along the southwestern shore of Lesser Slave Lake near Enilda, Alberta. It is a Treaty 8 First Nation. The band had a registered population of 2,099 (as of March 2003) and almost 6,000 hectares of reserve land.[5]

Sucker Creek First Nation
Band No. 456
ᓇᒦᐲ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ
namîpî sîpîsis
PeopleCree
TreatyTreaty 8
HeadquartersEnilda
ProvinceAlberta
Land[1]
Reserve(s)
Land area59.87 km2
Population (2019)[2]
On reserve759
On other land38
Off reserve2133
Total population2930
Government[3]
ChiefRoderick Willier
Council size6
Tribal Council[4]
Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council
Website
scfn.ca

Notable members

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

References

  1. "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. https://www.scfn.ca/copy-of-social-development


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