Smith's Landing First Nation

{{Short description|Canadian First Nation}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}{{Infobox First Nation

| image = Smith's Landing First Nation logo.png

| band_number = 477

| endonym = Tthëbátthı́ dënesųłı̨ne

| people = Dënesųłı̨né

| headquarters = Fort Smith

| province = Northwest Territories

| treaty = Treaty 8

| main_reserve =

| reserve = Ɂejëre K{{hamza}}elnı Kuę́ 196I
Hokédhe Kué 196E
K{{hamza}}ı Kué 196D
Łı̨ Dezé 196C
Tthebacha Náre 196A
Tthebatthıe 196
Ts{{hamza}}u K{{hamza}}adhe Kué 196F
Ts{{hamza}}u Nedhé 196H
Ts{{hamza}}u Kué 196G
Tthejëre Ghaı̨lı̨ 196B{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

| area = 100.497

| pop_year = 2019

| on_reserve = 163

| off_reserve = 204

| chief = Thaidene Paulette

| council_size = 5

| tribal_council = Akaitcho Territory Government

| website = [https://www.slfn196.com slfn196.com]

| footnotes =

}}

Smith's Landing First Nation ({{langx|chp|Tthëbátthı́ dënesųłı̨ne}}) is a band government headquartered at Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada.{{Cite web |title=Smith's Landing First Nation |url=https://www.treaty8urban.ca/about/locations/smiths-landing-first-nation-40/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Treaty 8 Urban Child and Family Services}} Members of the band call themselves, in the Dene Suline language, the Thebati Dene Suhne.{{Cite web |title=Smith's Landing First Nation |url=https://data.nativemi.org/tribal-directory/Details/smith-s-landing-first-nation-1460150 |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Native Ministries International}}

The film Honor of the Crown, directed by Tom Radford, documents the Thebatthi (Chipeweyan) people's successful battle to get the Canadian government to honor its obligations according to an 1899 treaty.{{Cite news |date=March 2002 |title=National film board release highlights Alberta First Nation |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=6625600&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=Windspeaker |page=26 |via=EBSCOHost |volume=19 |issue=11}} Led by François Paulette and his brother Chief Jerry Paulette, the band reclaimed nine tracts of land and $33 million in compensation, becoming Alberta's 44th First Nation.

On June 21, 2024, Smith's Landing First Nation signed a memorandum of agreement to collaborate with three other Fort Smith governments in improving the lives of constituents, as part of the Collaborative Leadership Initiative (CLI).{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Tom |date=3 July 2024 |title=Four Fort Smith governments commit to collaboration under new deal: ‘The governments above us are broke. Nobody’s coming to save us,’ says project lead Michael Miltenberger |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/four-fort-smith-governments-commit-collaboration/docview/3075162703/se-2 |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=The Hub |via=ProQuest}}