Nakoda (people)
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The Nakoda (also known as Stoney) are a First Nation group, indigenous to both Canada and the United States.
They inhabit large parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana. They are descendants of the Dakota and Lakota nations of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, part of the large Sioux Nation.
They refer to themselves in their own language as "Nakoda", meaning people. The name "Stoney" was given them by white explorers because of their technique of using fire-heated rocks to boil broth in rawhide bowls. The Assiniboine Nation is another tribe of Nakoda, and are also known as Stone Sioux (from Ojibwe asinii-bwaan).
In 1877, representatives of the Nakoda met with representatives of the British Crown to discuss the terms of Treaty 7. In exchange for use of traditional native lands, the Crown agreed to honor their right to self-government and an ancestral way of life. They were also promised reserve lands, 279 km2 situated along the Bow River between the Kananaskis River and the Ghost River, which became the Big Horn, Stoney and Eden Valley reserves, shared between the Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley tribes.
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Alexander • Alexis Nakota Sioux • Athabasca Chipewyan • Beaver • Beaver Lake Cree • Bigstone Cree • Chipewyan Prairie • Cold Lake • Dene Tha' • Driftpile • Duncan's • Enoch Cree • Ermineskin Cree • Fort McKay • Fort McMurray • Frog Lake • Heart Lake • Horse Lake • Kainai • Kapawe'no • Kehewin Cree • Little Red River Cree • Loon River • Louis Bull • Lubicon Lake • Mikisew Cree • Montana • O'Chiese • Paul • Piikani • Saddle Lake • Samson Cree • Sawridge • Siksika • Smith's Landing • Stoney • Sturgeon Lake • Sucker Creek • Sunchild • Swan River • Tallcree • Tsuu T'ina • Whitefish Lake (Atikameg) • Whitefish Lake (Goodfish) • Woodland Cree
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