Stoney

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The Stoney are often confused in the literature with the Assiniboine from whom they evolved. They became an independent people during the eighteenth century. The Stoney are Siouan-speaking and are located in the northwestern portion of the Plains/Prairie on five reserves in Alberta, Canada. Traditional economic pursuits were hunting, fishing, trapping, and gathering.

Identifier

Region

• North America

Subregion

• Plains and Plateau

Subsistence Type

• hunter-gatherers

Countries

• Canada