Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation

As of March, 2019, the total registered population of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation is 2036 persons.

The terms "Stoney" and "Assiniboine" stem from outsider's descriptions of how those peoples cooked by using heated stones (Assiniboine originates from the Ojibwe language; asinii meaning "stoney" and bwaan meaning "cooker").

The term Sioux is also an outsider's description used by the French to describe the Dakota and Lakota Nations in the United States.

[4] Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation has a custom electoral system based on section 10 of the Indian Act.

Every summer there is a pilgrimage to the lake which is attended by up to 40,000 over four days, most of First Nations and Métis descent.

In the arbor during the grand entry, Alexis powwow 2007.
Lac Ste. Anne pilgrims enter the waters during the blessing of the lake.