List of children/young adults not registered for school, by Alberta reserve

Compiled by Elise Stolte, Edmonton Journal, with numbers supplied by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Any questions can be addressed to Elise at estolte@edmontonjournal.com May 2012 Students in Students in First provincial Nations-run schools schools Alexander First Nation Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Beaver First Nation (Treaty 8) Beaver Lake Cree Nation (Treaty 6) Bigstone Cree Nation Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Cold Lake First Nation Dene Tha' First Nation Driftpile First Nation Duncan's First Nation Enoch Cree Nation Erminskin First Nation Frog Lake Fort McKay First Nation Fort McMurray First Nation Saddle Lake First Nation (numbers include Whitefish/Goodfish First Nation) Heart Lake First Nation Horse Lake First Nation Kainai First Nation Kapawe'no First Nation Kehewin Cree Nation Little Red River Cree Nation Loon River First Nation Louis Bull First Nation Lubicon Lake Nation Mikisew Cree First Nation Montana First Nation O'Chiese First Nation Paul First Nation Peerless Trout First Nation (note 1) Piikani Nation Samson Cree Nation Sawridge First Nation Siksika Nation Stoney Nakoda Nation (includes Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley) Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Sucker Creek First Nation Sunchild First Nation Swan River First Nation Tallcree First Nation Tsuu T'ina First Nation Whitefish Lake First Nation (Treaty 8) Woodland Cree First Nation Total for all reserves 53 75 45 105 55 443 85 127 145 107 30 211 222 139 91 44 250 190 0 0 54 186 11 0 198 86 0 212 952 282 0 0 Total children in school (note 2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 303 265 45 105 109 629 96 226 343 193 30 423 1185 421 91 44 Children not in school (note 4) 4 6 1 3 0 10 0 10 0 5 0 7 22 12 1 1 75 155 78 60 50 617 33 201 334 123 16 201 255 409 40 40

Students in private/federal schools

Children age 4 - 21 (note 3) 415 437 124 175 165 1290 135 448 681 330 51 639 1515 858 137 86

Graduates from 07/08 8 2 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 5 1 1 15 3 1 0

Graduates from 08/09 14 5 0 5 2 11 3 2 1 3 2 0 20 5 4 0

Graduates from 09/10 11 4 0 2 3 13 3 4 3 1 2 7 18 8 0 1

Graduates from 10/11

Per cent not in school 18% 35% 63% 34% 30% 48% 24% 45% 49% 37% 31% 31% 17% 48% 29% 47%

925 22 109 616 27 131 0 0 142 94 132 63 9 273 233 213 395 10 295

551 22 16 857 0 220 1005 112 230 0 0 127 155 119 0 217 809 0 829

32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 98 0 0

1508 44 125 1473 27 351 1005 112 388 94 132 218 164 392 233 430 1302 10 1124

2457 88 205 2774 49 475 2303 184 834 236 464 335 346 596 379 855 2843 21 1493 -

29 2 3 48 0 2 13 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 14 10 0 29

22 0 2 32 0 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 9 0 20

37 0 0 42 0 4 15 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 12 9 1 12

42 0 2 4 1 2 14 0 3 0 1 4 0 10 13 18 0 0

819 42 73 1175 21 111 1248 72 439 140 330 110 182 180 146 383 1495 10 308

33% 48% 36% 42% 43% 23% 54% 39% 53% 59% 71% 33% 53% 30% 39% 45% 53% 48% 21%

328 302 176 1 67 40 160 1 39 6780

996 110 10 368 22 116 271 167 148 9898

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 285

1324 412 186 369 89 156 431 168 188 16963

1953 549 282 445 132 207 620 712 330 29653

17 7 3 0 2 2 10 0 0 253

23 4 3 9 5 2 4 0 0 235

16 1 6 1 1 1 15 0 0 260

22 7 7 1 4 0 4 0 2 243

551 118 77 65 31 46 156 544 140 11699

28% 21% 27% 15% 23% 22% 25% 76% 42% 39%

Notes 1 - Peerless/Trout has no graduate numbers available from Aboriginal Affairs because the community became a federal reserve in 2011. The final number for children not in school is actually somewhat lower. 2 - The number of children registered for school comes from Aboriginal Affairs nominal roll counts for each community for the school year 2011/12. These are the students attending at least 40 per cent of the time during a two-week period at the end of September. 3 - The population numbers come from the Indian Register for children living on reserve or associated crown land. The numbers are updated and filed monthly by each First Nation. One caution is that if a First Nation's government has recently been through significant disruption, they may have fallen behind in updating the number of families moving off reserve. 4 - This number is calculated by taking the total number of children between the ages of 4 and 21, and subtracting the number of children registered for school and the number of children who already graduated.