PAUL FIRST NATION
HISTORY

Paul First Nation Heritage and Culture

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ORIGIN STORY

Establishment of Wabamun 133A-B, Chiefs and Councillors Historical Timeline, Historical Reports

Anthropologists believe that the Stoney Indians of the Alexis and Paul Bands in Alberta are descendants of the Assiniboine's in their “... most northwesterly penetration into the foothills of the Canadian Rockies ...”, Probably sometime in the early or mid 1700s. ...

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NAKOTA/CREE PHOTOS

Wabamun Lake

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WABAMUN 133A, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

Reserve Maps, Canada Census Records, Sharphead Reserve Documents, 1895-1952, Treaty Annuity Paylists

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MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Paul First Nation items held in collections of Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, and The Smithsonian, Washington D.C. (National Museum of the American Indian)

Paul First Nation Treaty 6 Medal, currently on display at the Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton

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VIDEOS AND RECORDINGS

Interviews, Stories and Songs

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TRADITIONAL LAND USE

Maps, Subsistence Harvesting, and Traditional Land Use Study Reports

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Wabamun Lake, Parkland County, Alberta, Canada

LOCATION

Wabamun Lake, a traditional fishing and hunting area, had been selected by Headman Ironhead and his followers as a desirable area. Wabamun is a Cree word meaning mirror or looking glass. The lake was once referred to as White Whale Lake however, the Stoney called it Wihnemne (glass looking glass).
Reserve lands Wabamun 133A and 133B, surveyed in November 1891 by John C. Nelson, were established through an Order in Council on June 16, 1892 (ICC 2007a).