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About Beaver First Nation
Beaver First Nation is a Dane-zaa community in northern Alberta with two reserves northwest of Fort Vermilion and members across the region and beyond.
Beaver First Nation, known in Dane-zaa as Tsa'tinne ("beaver people"), is one of only two Dane-zaa bands in Alberta. The other is Horse Lake First Nation. The Nation adhered to Treaty 8 at Fort Vermilion on July 8, 1899, under Chief Ambroise Tête Noire. It was later known as the Fort Vermilion Band of Beaver Indians and then the Boyer River Band, and took its current name in 1992.
The Nation controls two reserves northwest of Fort Vermilion:
- Boyer 164
- Child Lake 164A
Its traditional and consultative territory reaches beyond northern Alberta. In the past, Beaver people hunted moose, caribou, bears and bison on these lands. Today the Nation often works with forestry, oil and gas and other resource companies in the region.
Keeping the language alive is a priority. Members speak Beaver (Dunne-zaa), an Athapaskan language, and the Nation's podcast interviews elders who still speak it to help keep and restore the language. In 2019 the Nation had 1,147 members: 449 lived on reserve, 38 on other land and 660 off reserve.
Beaver First Nation belongs to the North Peace Tribal Council and the Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta. In 2021 it launched a mobile app so members can stay connected wherever they live. Learn more on the Beaver First Nation website.
- People
- Dane-zaa (Beaver)
- Treaty
- Treaty 8
- Tribal council
- North Peace Tribal Council
- Band number
- 445
- Population
- 1,147
- Province
- Alberta
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