Casinos
Play the First Nations casinos, bingo halls, and gaming facilities.
Events
Visit Alberta powwows, festivals, concerts, rodeos, and other celebrations.
World famous for the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition
http://www.calgarystampede.com/
Places to Visit
Enjoy Alberta's cultural and heritage centers, museums, historical sites, archaeology
sites, libraries, national parks and monuments.
First Nations
Contact information for the First Nations and Bands of Alberta.
The Aboriginal people, whose ancestors are thought to have crossed the Bering
Sea from Asia thousands of years ago, were the first people to live in what is
now Alberta. The Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan, Cree, Gros Ventre, Sarcee, Kootenay,
Beaver and Slavey peoples, speaking a variety of Athapaskan and Algonquian
languages, were the sole inhabitants of what was then a vast wilderness
territory.
On September 1, 1905, Alberta, named for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta,
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, became a province of Canada with Edmonton as
its capital city.
Nearly 3 million people - In 1996, approximately 120 000 people were of
Aboriginal or Metis origin.
Alberta
