Okanese First Nation
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The Okanese First Nation is a First Nations
in Saskatchewan
, Canada
.
The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.
It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875.
The Nation's population was 104 in 1879.
225 of the 459 members lived on the Nation's Reserve in 1999.
In June 2008 Canwest reported Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier
the Chief of the Okanese since 1981, was the longest-serving female Chief in Sasketchewan.
First Nations
First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...
in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.
It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875.
The Nation's population was 104 in 1879.
225 of the 459 members lived on the Nation's Reserve in 1999.
In June 2008 Canwest reported Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier
Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier
Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier is the Chief of the Okanese First Nation.In June 2008 Canwest described Walker-Pelletier as "the longest-serving female chief in Saskatchewan".Walker-Pelletier became Chief in 1981....
the Chief of the Okanese since 1981, was the longest-serving female Chief in Sasketchewan.
See also
- Connie WalkerConnie Walker (journalist)Connie Walker is a Canadian journalist.Walker grew up in the Okanese First Nation, in Saskatchewan.Walker was awarded a Joan Donaldson Newsworld Scholarship while studying at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, which provided her with an opportunity to work as an intern for CBC Newsworld...
, journalist - Dawn Dumont, playwright
- Reba O'Watch, (Journalist)