Red Pheasant First Nation
Encyclopedia
Red Pheasant First Nation is a Cree
Nation located 33 km south of North Battleford.
Chief Wuttunee's people were living along the Battle River when the Numbered Treaties
were being negotiated. Wuttunee did not want to sign Treaty 6
but appointed his brother Red Pheasant to sign in his place, and the Department of Indian Affairs henceforth referred to them as the Red Pheasant Band.
In 1878, they settled on a reserve in the Eagle hills. A day school and an Anglican church were opened there within a decade.
The band has 1,893 registered members, 608 of whom live on the reserve.
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...
Nation located 33 km south of North Battleford.
Chief Wuttunee's people were living along the Battle River when the Numbered Treaties
Numbered Treaties
The numbered treaties are a series of eleven treaties signed between the aboriginal peoples in Canada and the reigning Monarch of Canada from 1871 to 1921. It was the Government of Canada who created the policy, commissioned the Treaty Commissioners and ratified the agreements...
were being negotiated. Wuttunee did not want 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...
but appointed his brother Red Pheasant to sign in his place, and the Department of Indian Affairs henceforth referred to them as the Red Pheasant Band.
In 1878, they settled on a reserve in the Eagle hills. A day school and an Anglican church were opened there within a decade.
The band has 1,893 registered members, 608 of whom live on the reserve.
Notable members
- PitikwahanapiwiyinPitikwahanapiwiyinPitikwahanapiwiyin , commonly known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people.-Name:...
(Poundmaker) - Legendary Cree leader raised by his maternal family - Gerald McMasterGerald McMasterGerald R. McMaster is a Plains Cree and Blackfoot curator, artist, and author. He is enrolled in the Siksika First Nation. Currently he lives in Toronto, Canada and is curator of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario....
- artist, author, and curator - Cree SummerCree SummerCree Summer Francks , best known as Cree Summer, is a Canadian actress, musician and voice actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as college student Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World...
- American actress raised on the Red Pheasant reserve.
External links
- Red Pheasant First Nation - Battlefords Tribal Council
- Red Pheasant First Nation - Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
- Map of Red Pheasant 108 at Statcan