Siksika 146

Siksika 146

Location of Siksika 146 in Alberta

Siksika 146 is an Indian reserve in southern Alberta, Canada.^[1] It has a land area of 696.54 km², making it the second-largest Indian reserve in Canada (after Blood 148, Alberta). It is located 87 kilometres (54 mi) southeast of Calgary and is inhabited by members of the Siksika Nation. It is bordered by Vulcan County, Wheatland County, and the County of Newell, and is located at an elevation of 857 metres (2,812 ft). The Canada 2011 Census reported a population of 2,972 inhabitants. The reserve is home to the Blackfoot Crossing historical park.

External links

Map of Siksika 146 at Statcan

References

↑ "Siksika 146". Statistics Canada. 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.

Blackfoot Confederacy

Tribes or Nations

Blackfoot-speaking	Kainai or Bloods Northern Peigan or Piikáni Siksika or Blackfoot South Peigan or Blackfeet

Later members	Gros Ventre or Atsina (circa 1793-1861) Sarcee or Tsuu T'ina

Communities

Reservations (US)	Blackfeet Indian Reservation (South Peigans) Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Gros Ventres)

Reserves (Canada)	Blood 148 Piikani 147 Siksika 146 Tsuu T'ina Nation 145

Culture

History

War with Shoshone (circa 1730s-1800s)
1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic
1837–1838 smallpox epidemic
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) (with USA)
War against the Crow and Gros Ventre (circa 1861-1867)
Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) (with USA)
Battle of the Belly River (against the Cree, 1870)
Marias Massacre (by US Army, 1870)
Peace with the Cree, circa 1871, (symbolized by Crowfoot's adoption of Poundmaker in 1873)
US land annexation, migration to Canada (1874)
Treaty 7 (with Canada, 1877)
Starvation winter (1883-1884)
Sweetgrass Hills Treaty (with USA, 1887)

Subdivisions of Alberta

Subdivisions	Regions Census divisions Census agglomerations Municipalities Municipal districts (counties) Specialized municipalities School authorities

Communities	Cities Towns Villages Summer villages Hamlets Indian reserves and settlements Metis settlements Ghost towns Designated places

Cities and urban service areas	Airdrie 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	?Ejere K'elni Kue Alexander Alexis Alexis Cardinal River Alexis Elk River Alexis Whitecourt Allison Bay Amber River Assineau River Beaver Lake Beaver Ranch Big Horn Bistcho Lake Blood Blue Quills Boyer Buck Lake Bushe River Charles Lake Child Lake Chipewyan Clear Hills Clearwater Cold Lake Collin Lake Cornwall Lake Cowper Lake Devil's Gate Dog Head Drift Pile River Duncan's Eden Valley Ermineskin Fitzgerald Fort Mckay Fort Vermilion Fox Lake Gregoire Lake Hay Lake Heart Lake Hokedhe Túe Horse Lakes Jackfish Point Janvier Jean Baptiste Gambler John D'Or Prairie Kapawe'no Kehewin K'i Túe Li Dezé Loon Lake Loon Prairie Louis Bull Makaoo Montana Namur Lake Namur River O'Chiese Old Fort Peace Point Peigan Timber Limit "B" Pigeon Lake Piikani Puskiakiwenin Saddle Lake 125 Samson Sandy Point Sawridge Siksika Stoney Stony Plain Sturgeon Lake Sucker Creek Sunchild Swampy Lake Swan River Tall Cree Thabacha Náre Thebathi Tsu K'adhe Túe Tsu Túe Tsuu T'ina Tthe Jere Ghaili Unipouheos Upper Hay River Utikoomak Lake Wabamun 133A Wabamun 133B Wabasca 166, 166A, 166B, 166C, 166D Wadlin Lake White Fish Lake 128 William Mckenzie Winefred Lake Woodland Cree Zama Lake

Indian settlements	Carcajou Cadotte Lake Desmarais Fort MacKay Garden Creek Little Buffalo

Metis settlements	Buffalo Lake East Prairie Elizabeth Fishing Lake Gift Lake Kikino Paddle Prairie Peavine

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Coordinates: 50°47′N 112°55′W / 50.783°N 112.917°W / 50.783; -112.917 (Siksika 146)

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