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Onion Lake Cree Nation

Location of Onion Lake Cree Nation

Onion Lake Cree Nation, comprising the adjacent Makaoo 120 and Seekaskootch 119 Indian reserves, is a First Nations community in Canada that straddles the Alberta/Saskatchewan provincial border approximately 50 km (31 mi) north of the City of Lloydminster.^[1]

It is within Alberta's County of Vermilion River and Saskatchewan's Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501 at the intersection of Highway 17 and Alberta Highway 641/Saskatchewan Highway 797.^[2]

The Makaoo 120 reserve is located within both provinces while the Seekaskootch 119 reserve is wholly within Saskatchewan. With the two reserves combined, the Onion Lake Cree Nation has a total land mass of 21,254.6 hectares (52,521 acres), and has 5350 registered First Nations members (as of December, 2012).^[3]^[1]

Onion Lake takes its name after the nearby Onion Lake in Saskatchewan located at coordinates 53°43′11″N 109°53′33″W / 53.71972°N 109.89250°W / 53.71972; -109.89250.

The Onion Lake Cree Nation has four schools within the community, one of which is a Cree immersion program.

Onion Lake, Saskatchewan

The unincorporated area of Onion Lake is located within the Saskatchewan portion of the Onion Lake Cree Nation^[4] at the intersection of Highway 17 and Alberta Highway 641/Saskatchewan Highway 797.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "About Us". Onion Lake Cree Nation. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
^ ^a ^b "GeoSearch2006". Statistics Canada. 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
^ "AANDC (Registered Population)". Retrieved 2013-01-11.
^ "Geographical Names of Canada – Onion Lake, Saskatchewan". National Resources Canada. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

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First Nations in Alberta

Cultural areas: Plains, Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups (by language family)

Algic / Algonquian
Athapascan / Dene
- Daneẕaa
- Dënesųłı̨ne
- Dene Tha'
- Tsuut'ina
Siouan
- Nakoda

Historical polities

Numbered Treaties

Treaty 6 (1876)
Treaty 7 (1877)
Treaty 8 (1899)

Tribal councils and
band governments

Athabasca Tribal Council (Fort McMurray)	Athabasca Chipewyan Chipewyan Prairie Fort McKay Fort McMurray Mikisew Cree
Blackfoot Confederacy (Standoff)	Kainai Piikani Siksika
Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations (Enoch)	Alexander Alexis Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Enoch Cree Ermineskin Cree Frog Lake Whitefish Lake (Goodfish) Heart Lake Kehewin Cree Louis Bull Montana O'Chiese Paul Saddle Lake Samson Cree Sunchild
Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council (Atikameg)	Loon River Cree Lubicon Lake Band Peerless Trout Whitefish Lake (Atikameg) Woodland Cree
Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council (Slave Lake)	Driftpile Kapawe'no Sawridge Sucker Creek Swan River
North Peace Tribal Council (High Level)	Beaver Dene Tha' Little Red River Cree Tallcree
Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council (Tsuut'ina)	Stoney Nakoda Bearspaw Chiniki Wesley Tsuut'ina
Tribal Chiefs Ventures (Beaver Lake Cree)	Beaver Lake Cree Cold Lake Frog Lake Heart Lake Kehewin Cree
Western Cree Tribal Council (Valleyview)	Duncan's Horse Lake Sturgeon Lake
Yellowhead Tribal Council (Morinville)	Alexander Alexis O'Chiese Sunchild
Unaffiliated	Bigstone
Not federally recognized	Aseniwuche Winewak Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
Not headquartered in Alberta	Acho Dene Koe (NT) Kelly Lake (BC) Onion Lake (SK) Smith's Landing (NT)
Terminated	Papaschase (1891) Sharphead (1897) Michel (1958)

First Nations governments in Central Saskatchewan

Central Saskatchewan is defined here as north of Saskatoon and south of the most southerly point of Lac la Ronge

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Six
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Manitoba	Marcel Colomb First Nation Mathias Colomb First Nation
Saskatchewan	Ahtahkakoop First Nation Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation Big Island Lake Cree Nation Big River First Nation Flying Dust First Nation Island Lake First Nation James Smith First Nation Lac La Ronge First Nation Little Pine First Nation Lucky Man Cree Nation Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Mistawasis First Nation Montreal Lake Cree Nation Moosomin First Nation Mosquito-Grizzly Bear's Head-Lean Man Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Muskoday First Nation One Arrow First Nation Onion Lake First Nation Pelican Lake First Nation Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Poundmaker Cree Nation Red Pheasant First Nation Saulteaux First Nation Sweetgrass First Nation Sturgeon Lake First Nation Thunderchild First Nation Waterhen Lake First Nation Witchekan Lake First Nation
Alberta	Alexander First Nation Alexis First Nation Beaver Lake Cree Nation Cold Lake First Nation Enoch Cree Nation Ermineskin Cree Nation Frog Lake First Nation Heart Lake First Nation Kehewin Cree Nation Louis Bull Tribe Michel Band (terminated) Montana First Nation O'Chiese First Nation Papaschase Band (terminated) Paul First Nation Saddle Lake Cree Nation Samson First Nation Sunchild First Nation Whitefish Lake First Nation (Goodfish)

v t e Subdivisions of Alberta
Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Census agglomerations Municipalities School authorities
Communities	Cities Towns Villages Summer villages Hamlets Indian reserves and settlements Metis settlements Ghost towns Population centres Designated places Localities
Cities and urban service areas	Airdrie Beaumont Brooks Calgary Camrose Chestermere Cold Lake Edmonton (capital) Fort McMurray Fort Saskatchewan Grande Prairie Lacombe Leduc Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Red Deer Sherwood Park Spruce Grove St. Albert Wetaskiwin
Indian reserves	Alexander 134 134A 134B Alexis 133 Cardinal River 234 Elk River 233 Whitecourt 232 Allison Bay 219 Amber River 211 Assineau River 150F Beaver Lake 131 Beaver Ranch 163 163A 163B Bistcho Lake 213 Blood 148 148A Blue Quills Boyer 164 Buck Lake 133C Bushe River 207 Charles Lake 225 Child Lake 164A Chipewyan 201 201A 201B 201C 201D 201E 201F 201G Clear Hills 152C Clearwater 175 Cold Lake 149 149A 149B 149C Collin Lake 223 Cornwall Lake 224 Cowper Lake 194A Devil's Gate 220 Dog Head 218 Driftpile River 150 Duncan's 151A Enoch Cree Nation 135 Ermineskin 138 Fort McKay 174 174C 174D Fort Vermilion 173B Fox Lake 162 Gregoire Lake 176 Hay Lake 209 Heart Lake 167 167A Hokédhe Kué 196E Horse Lakes 152B Jackfish Point 214 Janvier 194 Jean Baptiste Gambler 183 John D'Or Prairie 215 Kapawe'no 150B 150C 150D 229 230 231 Kehewin 123 K’ı Kué 196D Łı̨ Dezé 196C Loon Lake 235 Loon Prairie 237 Louis Bull 138B Makaoo 120 Montana 139 Namur Lake 174B Namur River 174A O'Chiese 203 Cemetery 203A Old Fort 217 Peace Point 222 Peerless Trout 238 Peigan Timber Limit B Pigeon Lake 138A Piikani 147 Puskiakiwenin 122 Saddle Lake 125 Samson 137 Sandy Point 221 Sawridge 150G 150H Siksika 146 Stoney Nakoda Stoney 142, 143, 144 Stoney 142B Big Horn 144A Eden Valley 216 Sturgeon Lake 154 Sucker Creek 150A Sunchild 202 Swampy Lake 236 Swan River 150E Tallcree 173 173A Tthebacha Náre 196A Tthebatthıe 196 Ts’u K’adhe Kué 196F Ts’u Nedhé 196H Ts’u Kué 196G Tsuu Tina 145 Tthejëre Ghaı̨lı̨ 196B Unipouheos 121 Upper Hay River 212 Utikoomak Lake 155 155A 155B Wabamun 133A 133B Wabasca 166 166A 166B 166C 166D Wadlin Lake 173C Whitefish Lake 128 William McKenzie 151K Winefred Lake 194B Woodland Cree 226 227 228 Zama Lake 210 ʔejëre K’elnı Kuę́ 196I
Indian settlements	Carcajou Cadotte Lake Desmarais Fort McKay Garden Creek Little Buffalo
Metis settlements	Buffalo Lake East Prairie Elizabeth Fishing Lake Gift Lake Kikino Paddle Prairie Peavine
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