Fort McMurray First Nation is a Cree

Cree

The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...

 and Chipewyan

Chipewyan

The Chipewyan are a Dene Aboriginal people in Canada, whose ancestors were the Taltheilei...

 nation located near Fort McMurray, Alberta

Fort McMurray, Alberta

Fort McMurray is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It was previously incorporated as a city on September 1, 1980. It became an urban service area when it amalgamated with Improvement District No. 143 on April 1, 1995 to create the Municipality...

. It is a member of the Athabasca Tribal Council and a Treaty 8

Treaty 8

Treaty 8 was an agreement signed on June 21, 1899, between Queen Victoria and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area. The Treaty was signed just south of present-day Grouard, Alberta.-Treaty:...

 nation.

The four Fort McMurray reserves include Reserve #175 (20km east of Fort McMurray), and Reserves #176, 176A and 176B (located near Anzac on Gregoire Lake approximately 50km southeast of Fort McMurray). Reserve #176 is the largest of the four and the most populated.

Fort McKay First Nation was originally part of the same Band, but split off in 1942.

External links

• Fort McMurray First Nation - Athabasca Tribal Council