Chipewyan Prairie First Nation

First Nation bands government in Alberta, Canada

Chipewyan Prairie First Nation
Band No. 470
*Tł'ógh tëlı́ dënesųłı̨ne*
Land
Main reserve	Janvier 194
Other reserve(s)	Cowper Lake Indian Reserve 194A Winefred Lake 194B
Land area	30.8 km
Population
On reserve	395
Off reserve	576
Total population	983
Government
Chief	Vern Janvier
Council size	3
Tribal Council
Athabasca Tribal Council

The Chipewyan Prairie First Nation (Chipewyan: Tł'ógh tëlı́ dënesųłı̨ne) is a First Nations band government located in northeast Alberta south of Fort McMurray.

It is a member of the Athabasca Tribal Council and a Treaty 8 nation. The Athabasca Tribal Council represents 5 First Nation bands in northeast Alberta.

Demographics

As of August 2016 the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation (Tł'ógh tëlı́ dënesųłı̨ne) ca. 31 km had a total population of 923 with 390 members living on reserve and 533 members living off-reserve.

Reserves

Cowper Lake 194A on the north shore of Cowper Lake is 143 hectares.
Janvier 194 the largest territory with 2486.70 hectares and the most populous with 295 residents in 2011 is 97 km southwest of Fort McMurray. 145 of the residents chose Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.
Winefred Lake 194B (Ɂuldáze1 tué) on the north end of Winefred Lake is 450 hectares.

References

"Athabasca Tribal Council website". Retrieved 2013-10-11.
^ "AANDC (Chipewyan Prairie First Nation)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
^ "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

External links

Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation official website

First Nations in Alberta

Cultural areas: Plains, Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups (by language family)

Algic / Algonquian
Athapascan / Dene
- Daneẕaa
- Dënesųłı̨ne
- Dene Tha'
- Tsuut'ina
Siouan
- Nakoda

Historical polities

Numbered Treaties

Treaty 6 (1876)
Treaty 7 (1877)
Treaty 8 (1899)

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
Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council (Tsuut'ina)	Stoney Nakoda Bearspaw Chiniki Wesley Tsuut'ina
Tribal Chiefs Ventures (Beaver Lake Cree)	Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Frog Lake Heart Lake Kehewin Cree
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)

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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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