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| 2101 Stoney Nakoda Nation - Beaver Family (Sampson, Leah and baby Frances Louise), 1906 |
The Nakoda (also known as Stoney or Îyârhe Nakoda), lived along Alberta's Rocky Mountains foothills from the headwaters of the Athabasca River south to Chief Mountain in Montana. They refer to themselves as Nakoda, meaning friend, ally. The name Stoney was given them by white explorers, because of their technique of using fire-heated rocks to boil broth in rawhide bowls. They are very closely related to the Assiniboine who are also known as Stone Sioux (from Ojibweasinii-bwaan).
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