The Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation ( Stoney : Cade Wicashdabi ) no. 437 is a Nakoda First Nation with reserves near Edmonton , Hinton , and Whitecourt , in the Canadian province of Alberta , and headquartered at 54° N and 114°, about 85 kilometres (53 mi) west of Edmonton . The Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation is a member of Treaty 6 .
10-524: As of March, 2019, the total registered population of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation is 2036 persons. There are 508 registered males, and 459 females living on their own reserve. Members of Alexis First Nation are of the "Stoney" or "Nakoda" ethnic group . The Stoney are sometimes considered part of the Assiniboine . The terms "Stoney" and "Assiniboine" stem from outsider's descriptions of how those peoples cooked by using heated stones (Assiniboine originates from
20-651: A drum contest and dance contests based on ages and/or styles. Competitors from many different First Nations participate. The main townsite is located on the shores of Lac Ste. Anne , which the Nakota Sioux call Wakâmne , or God's lake. Every summer there is a pilgrimage to the lake which is attended by up to 40,000 over four days, most of First Nations and Métis descent. Nakoda (Stoney) The Nakoda (also known as Stoney , Îyârhe Nakoda , or Stoney Nakoda ) are an Indigenous people in Western Canada and
30-559: The Indian Act . Current chief and council were elected on June 14, 2022, and will hold their positions until June 17, 2026. The Alexis Annual Pow-wow Celebrations and Fastpitch Tournament is held on the Alexis reserve each summer in July. The Fastpitch tournament draws prizes of about $ 14,000 depending on the number of teams entered. The Pow-wow is generally divided into various categories, such as
40-676: The 2016 Canadian Census , it recorded a population of 237 living in 44 of its 59 total private dwellings. Formed in 1948, Big Horn 144A is roughly 100 miles north of the main Stoney reserve at Morley . According to the 2011 national Community Well Being Index, it is the poorest First Nations community in Canada. 52°22′45″N 116°15′08″W / 52.3793°N 116.2522°W / 52.3793; -116.2522 ( Big Horn 144A ) This article about an Indian reserve in Alberta
50-803: The Bow River between the Kananaskis River and the Ghost River, which became the Big Horn , Stoney , and Eden Valley reserves, shared between the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney tribes. Big Horn 144a Big Horn 144A is an Indian reserve of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation , comprising Bearspaw , Chiniki , and Wesley First Nations in Alberta , located within Clearwater County . In
60-640: The Ojibwe language ; asinii meaning "stoney" and bwaan meaning "cooker"). The term Sioux is also an outsider's description used by the French to describe the Dakota and Lakota Nations in the United States. The Dakota and Lakota in Canada are non-treaty First Nations. Their traditional language is Nakoda/Stoney , and their endonym is I'sga I?abi. Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation has a custom electoral system based on section 10 of
70-669: The United States . Their territory used to be large parts of what is now Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Montana , but their reserves are now in Alberta and in Saskatchewan, where they are scarcely differentiated from the Assiniboine . They refer to themselves in their language as Nakoda , meaning 'friend, ally'. The name Stoney was given to them by anglophone explorers, because of their technique of using fire-heated rocks to boil broth in rawhide bowls. They are very closely related to
80-509: The Assiniboine, who are also known as Stone Sioux (from Ojibwe : asinii-bwaan ). The Nakoda First Nation in Alberta comprises three bands : Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney. The Stoney were "excluded" from Banff National Park between 1890 and 1920. In 2010 they were officially "welcomed back". The Nakoda are descendants of individual bands of the Assiniboine, from whom they spun out as an independent group in about 1744. The Nakoda
90-666: The Nakoda nations of Paul and Alexis signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 in 1877. In 1877, representatives of the Nakoda Nations of Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney met with representatives of the British Crown to discuss the terms of Treaty 7 . In exchange for the use of traditional lands, the Crown agreed to honour their right to self-government and an ancestral way of life. They were also promised reserve lands, 279 km situated along
100-520: Was divided geographically and culturally into two tribal groups or divisions with different dialects, which in turn were further divided into several bands: Wood Stoney ( Chan Tonga Nakoda – 'Big Woods People', often called Swampy Ground Assiniboine , northern tribal group) Mountain Stoney ( Ye Xa Yabine Nakoda or Hebina – 'Rock Mountain People', often called Strong Wood Assiniboine , Thickwood Assiniboine , southern tribal group) Members of
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