Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation is a Swampy Cree First Nation located northeast Birch River, Manitoba

Birch River, Manitoba

Birch River is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Mountain in the western portion of central Manitoba. The municipality is split into two regions, Mountain North and Mountain South. Mountain North is one of the most northerly municipalities in...

, along the western shores of Swan Lake. As of April, 2011, the First Nation had a total registered population of 623 people, of which 197 people lived on their own Indian 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...

. The current Chief for the First Nation is Derek Audy.

Reserves

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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....

, shared with 32 other First Nations.

External links

• INAC profile