Iroquois
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The Iroquois were the most recent First Nations Peoples to arrive in Alberta. In 1798, a group of Iroquois arrived at Fort Edmonton-Fort Augustus asking for advice about where they could go to establish trapping lines. Some traveled south; others went to Jasper or Hudson’s Hope.
The Iroquois were from the St. Lawrence region and spoke an Algonkian language. They were established in the Peace River region by 1819.
The Iroquois introduced the use of the steel trap and were so successful that entire areas in which they trapped in would be stripped of all fur-bearing animals. This caused a conflict with others like the Dunne-za who had occupied the Peace River country for centuries without destroying entire populations of animals.
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Most of the descendents of the Iroquois are found around Hinton, Grade Cache, Lac Ste. Anne, Lesser Slave Lake, and Kelly Lake, British Columbia.
Like many other Aboriginal people, the Iroquois now work in the oil, gas, and forestry industries, and can be found in professions like education, law, social services, and the arts.