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Sucker Creek First Nation

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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)[1]
On reserve759
On other land38
Off reserve2133
Total population2930
Government[1]
ChiefRoderick Willier
Council size6
Tribal Council[1]
Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council
Website
scfn.ca

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.[2]

Notable members

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

References

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  1. ^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Unknown".[permanent dead link]