THE MIKESEW CREE LIVED IN THE NORTHEAST ALBERTA SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. THE PEACE ATHABASKA DELTA IS IN THE CENTER OF OUR TRADITIONAL LANDS. IT IS AN UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL DELTA. WHEN A TRADING FORT WAS ESTABLISHED ON THIS AREA THE MIKISEW WERE THOSE WHO FIRST TRADED FURS.
THE LANDS ARE IN AN AREA WHERE THE ATHABSKA OIL SAND DEPOSITS WERE FOUND. THEY SHARE THIS WITH FOUR OTHER FIRST NATIONS THAT MAKE UP OUR TRIBAL COUNCIL. IT HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION OF THE FIVE POPULATION OF THE FIVE ATHABASKAN COUNCIL NATIONS. IN 1986 THEY SIGNED A TREATY WITH CANADA THAT CREATED SEVERAL RESERVES. IN 2005 THEY WON A LEGAL BATTLE GIVING THEM TITLE TO AREAS OF WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK. THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE.
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