Sharphead Reserve

Final Report of the Repatriation and Reburial of the Sharphead Remains

 12 June 2014

This final report summarises the activities, discussions, and recommendations stemming from the meetings as they pertain to the new cemetery site and the reburial of the Sharphead remains.

INFORMATION SHEET SUBMITTED TO THE SHARPHEAD DESCENDANTS

10 July 1993

A Historical Review of the Sharphead Band.
- For the Review and Information of All Sharphead Descendants - Prepared by Colleen French / Haines Consultants.

FATE OF THE SHARPHEAD STONEYS

Winter 1991

Article about the Sharphead Reservation, Published in Alberta History Winter Edition 1991. 
- Fate of the Sharphead Stoneys by Dr. Brian Titley, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.

THE SHAPHEAD BAND: 
A HISTORY OF ITS LAND

September 1980

A historical report of the Sharphead Band, by Bill Russell, on behalf of Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Research (T.A.R.R) and the Indian Association of Alberta (I.A.A). This report contains information about the Reserve Survey, the Breakup of the Sharphead Band, The Transfer of Band Members to White Whale Lake, and The Sale of the Wolf Creek Reserve.

Historical Location of Sharphead Reserve

Map showing the Indian and Métis settlements around the Battle River, Alberta.

Source: Far Corner Of The Strange Empire Central Alberta On The Eve Of Homestead Settlement

William C. Wonders

University of Alberta 

​1983 by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Former Sharphead Reserve Boundaries

The old reserve was situated near present day Ponoka Alberta

Membership List and Band Transfer Documents

Sharphead Band, Wolf Creek 141
Hobbema Agency
1894 - 1917

Sharphead Reserve *1890 Paylist/Paysheet

Sharphead Band Members paid at Wolf Creek, 1890