FDI - Sarcee

The Tsuu T'ina (previously Sarcee) were a nomadic hunter/gatherer tribe of the western plains. They were located on the upper courses of the Saskatchewan and Athabaska Rivers of Alberta. They fissioned from the Sekani/ Beaver sometime before White contact. The Tsuu T'ina traded with the Whites, and had a constant state of war with the Cree who drove them westward. Several Tsuu T'ina bands intermarried with the Blackfoot with whom they sought refuge as a result of the conflicts with the Cree.

Aboriginal Locations

Among Sekani in AB and BC

Year	*History*
1772	First mentioned by Matthew Cocking, but soon became known as traders with opening of Cumberland house
1780	Fission of Sekani/Beaver with the Sekani retreating from the Beaver, Sarcee later separated from the Beaver
18XX	Warfare with Cree, who had horses and guns, forced them to unite with Blackfeet for protection
1836	Smallpox epidemic
1856	Scarlet fever epidemic
1870	Smallpox epidemic
1877	Signed Treaty No. 7 ceding lands
1880	Placed on reservation
1884	Canadian Pacific Railroad completed
1900	Signed Treaty No.9
1899	Signed Treaty No. 8

Sarcee Tribe Sites:

Beaver Indians' Habitations http://www.calverley.ca/Part01-FirstNations/01-053.html

Beaver Language http://www.ydli.org/langs/beaver.htm

Beaver Language http://www.native-languages.org/beaver.htm

Beaver Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bea

Beaver Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=bea

Blackfoot and Sacree http://northernblue.ca/ablog/categories/30-Blackfoot-and-Sarcee

Sarcee http://www.albertasource.ca/alphabet/article.php?article_id=119

Sarcee Indian Agency http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/sarcee.cfm

Sarcee Indian Rodeo Days http://www.discovercalgary.com/Photos/TraditionalCostume/10-109.html

Sekani Indians of Canada http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/indians/sekani_indians.htm

Sarcee Language http://www.native-languages.org/sarcee.htm

Sarsi Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=srs

Sarsi Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91100

Sekani of British Columbia ... http://www.calverley.ca/Part01-FirstNations/01-033.html

Sarcee or Sarci Indian of Canada http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/indians/sarcee_sarsi_indians.htm

Sarcee Reserve http://collections.ic.gc.ca/sarcee/eng/HavingFunAtSarcee/page60.html

Treaty 7 - Articles http://www.treaty7.org/Article.Asp?ArticleID=38

Treaty 7 Historical Background http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/t7/bkg_e.html

Treaty 8 http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/treaty.html

Tsuu T'ina Annual Rodeo and Pow Wow http://www.braggcreek.ca/todo/tsuutina.htm

Tsuu T'ina Art http://www.invitationproject.ca/cgi-win/quilt.exe?LISTING=1380

Tsuu T'ina Chief http://www.albertaventure.com/abventure_4183.html

Tsuu T'ina Chief is Goal Oriented http://www.ammsa.com/achieve/AA2000-R.Whitney.html

Tsuu T'ina Murder Inquest http://members.fortunecity.com/brutalitycanada/Jacobs1.html

Tsuu T'ina Nation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuu_T'ina

Tsuu T'ina Nation http://www.calgaryregion.ca/tsuutina.html

Tsuu T'ina Nation http://www.justice4youth.com/main/jump.php?article_topic_id=30

Tsuu T'ina Nation http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/alberta/pro_ab40.php

Tsuu T'ina Nation http://www.tsuutina.ca/

Tsuu T'ina Nation Community Information http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCRSummaryEn/781?OpenDocument

Tsuu T'ina Nation Website http://www.sarcee.com/

*Ethnie:*	TSUU T'INA (SARCEE)
*Dialect*	Tsuu T'ina
*Language:*	Sekani
*Family:*	Canadian Athapaskan
*Stock:*	Nuclear Na-Dene
*Phylum:*	Na-Dene
*Macro-Culture:*	Great Plains

Year	AB Population	Source
1700		NAHDB calculation (Enumerated with Sekani)
1800		NAHDB calculation
1859		Farraud estimate
1900		NAHDB calculation
1970		CDIA
1978		CDIA
2000		NAHDB calculation
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