First Nations, Inuit and Métis of Canada history, culture, treaties and heritage.

Alberta First Nations

There is great cultural diversity within Alberta First Nations  communities and a broad range of languages spoken. The most common First Nations languages in Alberta are Blackfoot, Cree, Chipewyan, Dene, Sarcee and Stoney (Nakoda Sioux).

Alberta is divided into three Treaty areas, which are further divided into communities, tribal councils and/or independent bands.

Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 apply to Alberta First Nations. While Statistics Canada identifies 97 reserves in Alberta, not all of them are populated. INAC recognizes 134 reserves and 44 First Nations.

Approximately 85,000 Albertans identify themselves as First Nations.

There are approximately nine indigenous ethnic or tribal groups in Alberta in the twenty-first century, depending on how they are counted. They are the Beaver / Daneẕaa, Blackfoot / Niitsítapi, Chipewyan / Denésoliné, Plains Cree / Paskwāwiyiniwak, Sarcee / Tsuu T’ina, Saulteaux (Plains Ojibwa) / Nakawē, Slavey / Dene Tha’, Stoney / Nakoda, and the Woodland Cree / Sakāwithiniwak.

A

B

  • Bearspaw First Nation
  • Beaver First Nation
  • Beaver Lake Cree Nation
  • Bigstone Cree Nation

C

  • Chiniki Nation
  • Chipewyan Prairie First Nation
  • Cold Lake First Nations

D

  • Dene Tha’ First Nation
  • Driftpile First Nation
  • Duncan’s First Nation

E

  • Enoch Cree Nation
  • Ermineskin Cree Nation

F

  • Fort McKay First Nation
  • Fort McMurray First Nation
  • Frog Lake First Nation

I

  • Indian Association of Alberta

H

  • Heart Lake First Nation
  • Horse Lake First Nation

K

  • Kainai Nation
  • Kapawe’no First Nation
  • Kehewin Cree Nation

L

  • Little Red River Cree Nation
  • Loon River First Nation
  • Louis Bull Band
  • Lubicon Lake Indian Nation

M

  • Mikisew Cree First Nation
  • Montana First Nation

O

  • O’Chiese First Nation

P

  • Paul First Nation
  • Peerless Trout First Nation
  • Piikani Nation

S

  • Saddle Lake Cree Nation
  • Samson Cree Nation
  • Sawridge First Nation
  • Siksika Nation
  • Smith’s Landing First Nation
  • Stoney Nation
  • Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
  • Sucker Creek First Nation
  • Sunchild First Nation
  • Swan River First Nation

T

  • Tallcree First Nation
  • Tsuu T’ina Nation

W

  • Wesley First Nation
  • Whitefish Lake First Nation (Atikameg)
  • Whitefish Lake First Nation (Goodfish)
  • Woodland Cree First Nation