Battle of Honey Springs

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN, Chipewyan: K'ai Taile Dené) is a band government. It represents local people of the Denesuline (Chipewyan) ethnic group. It controls eight Indian reserves: Chipewyan 201 and Chipewyan 201A through Chipewyan 201G, near Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. The band is party to Treaty 8, and is a member of the Athabasca Tribal Council.^[2]

The ancestors of today's ACFN were evicted from Wood Buffalo National Park by the Government of Canada beginning in 1944, according to research published by the band.^[3]

The band launched a court challenge in 2007 to an oilsands lease given to Shell Canada by the provincial government which, the band alleged, they were not given a chance to oppose. In 2011, the band lost its suit, but planned to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.^[4]

The band was the focus of Neil Young's 2014 concert campaign against the Athabasca oil sands development. In the wake of that the band withdrew from the Oil Sands Monitoring program, which they say lacks input from aboriginal peoples and does not address treaty rights.^[5]

Chief Allan Adam was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in March 2020, tackling him and punching him severally in the head whilst he lay on the ground.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
^ "Athabasca Tribal Council – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation". Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
^ Willow Springs Strategic Solutions. "A HISTORY OF WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK'S RELATIONS WITH THE DENÉSULINÉ Final Report Including historical narrative, impacts and critical interpretations, with appendices" (PDF).
^ "Alberta Cree lose legal fight to stop Shell oilsands leases". The Toronto Star. 28 January 2011.
^ Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Pulls Out Of Joint Oilsands Monitoring Program, Canadian Press via the Huffington Post, January 24, 2014
^ Cecco, Leyland (2020-06-12). "First Nations chief shown being punched by Canadian police in video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
^ Porter, Catherine; Bilefsky, Dan (2020-06-12). "Video of Arrest of Indigenous Leader Shocks Canada". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-12.

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First Nation homepage

[1] "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

[2] "Athabasca Tribal Council – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation". Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-02-22.

[3] Willow Springs Strategic Solutions. "A HISTORY OF WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK'S RELATIONS WITH THE DENÉSULINÉ Final Report Including historical narrative, impacts and critical interpretations, with appendices" (PDF).

[4] "Alberta Cree lose legal fight to stop Shell oilsands leases". The Toronto Star. 28 January 2011.

[5] Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Pulls Out Of Joint Oilsands Monitoring Program, Canadian Press via the Huffington Post, January 24, 2014

[6] Cecco, Leyland (2020-06-12). "First Nations chief shown being punched by Canadian police in video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-12.

[7] Porter, Catherine; Bilefsky, Dan (2020-06-12). "Video of Arrest of Indigenous Leader Shocks Canada". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-12.

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The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Eight
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Saskatchewan	Black Lake Denesuline First Nation Clearwater River Dene Nation Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation
Alberta	Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Beaver First Nation Bigstone Cree Nation Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Dene Tha' First Nation Driftpile First Nation Duncan's First Nation Fort McKay First Nation Fort McMurray First Nation Horse Lake First Nation Kapawe'no First Nation Little Red River Cree Nation Loon River First Nation Lubicon Lake Band Mikisew Cree First Nation Sawridge First Nation Smith's Landing First Nation Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Sucker Creek Cree First Nation Swan River First Nation Tallcree First Nation Whitefish Lake First Nation Woodland Cree First Nation
British Columbia	Blueberry River First Nation Doig River First Nation Fort Nelson First Nation Halfway River First Nation McLeod Lake First Nation Prophet River First Nation Saulteau First Nation West Moberly First Nations
Northwest Territories	Deninu Kųę́ First Nation K'atlodeeche First Nation Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation Salt River First Nation Yellowknives Dene First Nation

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States

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