Saddle Lake Cree Nation Band No. 462 ᐅᓂᐦᒋᑭᐢᑿᐱᐏᓂᕽ onihcikiskwapiwinihk
Land[1]
Reserve(s)
Saddle Lake 125
Whitefish Lake 128
Blue Quills (shared)
Land area
304.195 km2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve
6691
Off reserve
4315
Total population
11006
Government[1]
Chief
Terry Cardinal
Website
saddlelakecreenation.ca
Saddle Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᐅᓂᐦᒋᑭᐢᑿᐱᐏᓂᕽ, onihcikiskwapiwinihk) is a Plains Cree, First Nations community, located in the Amiskwacīwiyiniwak ("Beaver Hills") region of central Alberta, Canada. The Nation is a signatory to Treaty 6, and their traditional language is Plains Cree.
Saddle Lake's governing structure is unusual in that it has two separate councils and chiefs governing their two reserves - Saddle Lake Cree Nation (proper) and the Whitefish Lake First Nation (often called "Whitefish (Goodfish) Lake First Nation" to distinguish it from a similarly named group in Manitoba). For the purposes of the Indian Act however, Saddle Lake and Whitefish have one, shared, band government and the two reserves are considered to be one Nation.
In June 2013, the Nation reported a population of 9,934 people, of which 6,148 people lived on their own Reserve. Their reported population size makes Saddle Lake the second most populous First Nation in Alberta (after the Kainai Nation also known as the Blood people).[2] Of these 2,378 were members of the Whitefish Lake First Nation, with 1,778 of those living on-reserve,[3] and remainder are members of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation proper.
^"First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
^2008 Official Population List, Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Services Branch
^"Whitefish (Goodfish) Lake First Nation #128". www.wfl128.ca. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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