Frog Lake, Alberta
Unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada
53°49′54″N 110°25′00″W / 53.83167°N 110.41667°W / 53.83167; -110.41667Frog Lake is a Cree community of the Frog Lake First Nation approximately 207 km (129 mi) east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast of the Hamlet of Heinsburg and 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement.
Frog Lake has 2,454 band members as of August, 2007. Frog Lake has a reserve population of approximately 1,000 residing on-reserve.[1]
History
Frog Lake was the scene of the Frog Lake Massacre of which nine white men were killed by Cree Indigenous people on April 2, 1885 in the course of the North-West Rebellion.[2]
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- Algic / Algonquian
- Athapascan / Dene
- Siouan
- Nakoda
band governments
Athabasca Tribal Council (Fort McMurray) | |
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Blackfoot Confederacy (Standoff) | |
Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations (Enoch) | |
Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council (Atikameg) | |
Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council (Slave Lake) | |
North Peace Tribal Council (High Level) | |
Stoney Nakoda - Tsuut'ina Tribal Council (Tsuut'ina) | |
Tribal Chiefs Ventures (Beaver Lake Cree) | |
Western Cree Tribal Council (Valleyview) | |
Yellowhead Tribal Council (Morinville) | |
Unaffiliated | |
Not federally recognized |
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Not headquartered in Alberta |
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Terminated |
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53°49′53″N 110°24′05″W / 53.83139°N 110.40139°W / 53.83139; -110.40139 (Frog Lake)