Hay River First Nation

It is the only Indian Reserve in the Northwest Territories. It covers 134 sq. km. or 52 sq. mi. There is an Anishinabe population living amongst these Athabascan people known as the hay river dene. There has to because Anishinabe is one of the several Native American languages which are official languages in the Northwest Territories. The population of the Reserve is supposedly 309. To learn why there is in fact a Anishinabe population living throughout what is now the Northwest Territories click here. The fact is the Anishinabek arrived to the Delta of the McKenzie River after the whites did. The Seven Fires Prophecy led them to invade that region in order to attempt to stop the white invasion into that region. The whites knew even before they discovered the America's that in eastern Asia, there had to be a passage to the America's. They knew that was where the Mongols came from. In the process the Russians discovered Alaska in the late 16th century. Soon after, the whites who invaded eastern North America, became infatuated with discovering the Northwest Passage. That occurred in the late 18th century.

However, they were too late in preventing the Freemasons from establishing several forts in what is now the Northwest Territories. From the Northwest Territories the Freemasons established several forts in Alberta in the 1780s and 1790s. The Freemasons probably established their first fort in Alberta in 1751 near either Calgary or Rocky Mountain House. After doing so the Anishinabek soon arrived to the location of that new white fort to keep a carefull watch on the whites in that fort. The Anishinabek could care less about trading with the whites. They knew what their future foretold and obviously wanted to stop that future from occurring. Below is a list of Native American settlements in the Northwest Territories. Yes, the Anishinabek do live throughout the Northwest Territories.

Acho Dene Koe
FORT LIARD SETTLEMENT

Aklavik

Aklavik
AKLAVIK SETTLEMENT

Behdzi Ahda" First Nation
COLVILLE LAKE SETTLEMENT

Dechi Laot'i First Nations
SNARE LAKE SETTLEMENT

Deh Gah Gotie Dene Council
FORT PROVIDENCE SETTLEMENT

Deline First Nation
FORT FRANKLIN SETTLEMENT

Deninu K'ue First Nation
FORT RESOLUTION SETTLEMENT

Dog Rib Rae
RAE-EDZO SETTLEMENT

Fort Good Hope
FORT GOOD HOPE SETTLEMENT

Fort Resolution

Gameti First Nation
RAE LAKES SETTLEMENT

Gwichya Gwich'in
ARCTIC RED RIVER SETTLEMENT

Holman

Inuvik

Inuvik Native
INUVIK SETTLEMENT

Jean Marie River First Nation
JEAN MARIE RIVER SETTLEMENT

Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation
KAKISA LAKE SETTLEMENT

Liidlii Kue First Nation
FORT SIMPSON SETTLEMENT

Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation
SNOWDRIFT SETTLEMENT

Nahanni Butte
NAHANNI BUTTE SETTLEMENT

Paulatuk

Pehdzeh Ki First Nation
WRIGLEY SETTLEMENT

Sachs Harbour

Salt River First Nation #195
FORT SMITH SETTLEMENT
SALT PLAINS 195
SALT RIVER NO. 195

Sambaa K'e (Trout Lake) Dene
TROUT LAKE SETTLEMENT

Tetlit Gwich'in
FORT MCPHERSON SETTLEMENT

Tuktoyaktuk

Tulita Dene
FORT NORMAN SETTLEMENT

West Point First Nation

Wha Ti First Nation
LAC LA MARTRE SETTLEMENT

Yellowknives Dene First Nation
DETTAH SETTLEMENT
NDILO SETTLEMENT
YELLOWKNIFE SETTLEMENT