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The Métis Nation within Alberta is an integral part of the larger Métis Nation—a distinct Indigenous people whose homeland stretches across west-central North America. By the early 1800s, the Métis Nation emerged as a new and distinct Indigenous people in what is now western Canada.
However, according to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada reserves in Alberta total 866,022.8 ha (2,139,989 acres). Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and Statistics Canada recognize six Indian settlements within Alberta. Constance,Lake.ON
River Cree Crossing is a commercial development in the northeast corner of the reserve, adjacent to the City of Edmonton. In 2016 Enoch Cree Nation 135 had a population of 1,690 living in 576 dwellings , a 71.2% increase from 2011.
The Nation controls two reserves: the larger reserve, Enoch Cree Nation 135, is 20 square miles (52 km 2) (20 sections) or officially 5,306.20 hectares (13,111.9 acres) [3] and west of, and adjacent to, the City of Edmonton and surrounded by Parkland County on the north, west, and south.
Hobbema's Alberta Grain Co. grain elevator, now at the Alberta Central Railway Museum Maskwacis (/ ˈ m ʌ s k w ə tʃ iː s /; Cree: ᒪᐢᑿᒌᐢ, maskwacîs), renamed in 2014 from Hobbema (/ h oʊ ˈ b iː m ə /), is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada at intersection of Highway 2A and Highway 611, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the City of Edmonton.
The Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation (Stoney: Cade Wicashdabi [2]) 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.
A number of murals and paintings by Indigenous artists are displayed in the nave. Sunday Mass begins with a smudging ceremony, and the tabernacle is housed inside a teepee. [4] [14] The poorest Catholic parish in Edmonton, Sacred Heart's outreach ministries are an important part of downtown Edmonton's network of social services.
From this total population, 47.3% of the population lives on an Indian reserve and the other 52.7% live in urban centres. [2] According to the 2011 Census, the First Nations population in Edmonton (the provincial capital) totalled at 31,780, which is the second highest for any city in Canada (after Winnipeg). [3]