Woodland Cree First Nation

First Nation in Alberta, Canada

The Woodland Cree First Nation is a First Nation in Alberta, Canada, in Northern Sunrise County northeast of the town of Peace River, encompassing the hamlet of Cadotte Lake.

As of September 2010, 986 people are registered in Woodland Cree First Nation,^[2] 697 of them on 16,106 hectarces of reserve.

Woodland Cree First Nation was recognized by Canada on August 28, 1989. On August 20, 1991, it signed a land entitlement treaty with the federal government and received three reserves.^[3]

Reserves

Angelique Merasty

Angelique Merasty (1924–1996) was birchbark biting artist.

See also

• First Nations in Alberta
• List of Indian reserves in Alberta
• List of First Nations peoples
• Indian Act
• List of Aboriginal communities in Canada

References

1. "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
2. Registered Population Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
3. Indigenous Knowledge Remediation, Reclamation and the AER: A Project with the Woodland Cree First Nation

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