Mistawasis First Nation - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Mistawasis First Nation is a Cree

Cree

The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...

First Nation in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

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. Their territory is located roughly 68 kilometres west of the city

City

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of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

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. The Nation has one reserve

Indian reserve

In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...

with an area of approximately 125.44 square kilometres.

The First Nation has a registered population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

of 2171 people as of November 2005http://sdiprod2.inac.gc.ca/fnprofiles/FNProfiles_GeneralInformation.asp?BAND_NUMBER=374&BAND_NAME=Mistawasis. Approximately 1036 members of the First Nation live on-reserve, and approximately 1135 live off-reserve.

The First Nation is affiliated with the Saskatoon Tribal Council, along with six other First Nations.

The First Nation takes its name from the name of its first chief, Chief Mistawasis. Mistawasis, or "Big Child" in English, was the first person to sign Treaty 6

Treaty 6

Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Canadian monarch and the Plain and Wood Cree Indians and other tribes of Indians at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt and Battle River. The area agreed upon by the Plain and Wood Cree represents most of the central area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan and...

in 1876.

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