Sucker Creek First Nation

Sucker Creek First Nation
Band No. 456
ᓇᒦᐲ ᓰᐲᓯᐢ
namîpî sîpîsis

People	Cree
Treaty	Treaty 8
Headquarters	Enilda
Province	Alberta
Land[1]
Reserve(s)	Sucker Creek 150A
Land area	59.87 km^2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve	759
On other land	38
Off reserve	2133
Total population	2930
Government[1]
Chief	Roderick Willier
Council size	6
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

• Chief Headman Moostoos
• Jessica Johns
• Harold Cardinal
• Lorne Cardinal
• Darren Brule
• Darlene Cardinal
• Nipawi Mahihkan Misit Kakinoosit
• Linsay Willier

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.
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