Okanese First Nation
Band number382
People
TreatyTreaty 4
HeadquartersBalcarres
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Main reserveOkanese 82
Reserve
  • Okanese 82(A) through
  • Okanese 82(HH)
On reserve283
Off reserve452
ChiefRichard Stonechild
Tribal councilFile Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council

The Okanese First Nation (cr: ᐅᑭᓃᐢ, okinîs, literal meaning: Little Rose-hip)[1] is a Cree-Saulteaux First Nation band government in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, Canada.[2][3][4]

The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.[4] It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875.[2] 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 Saskatchewan.[5]

Notable births

References

  1. ^ Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/okin%C3%AEs@3/
  2. ^ "Okanese First Nation". Saskatchewan First Nations. Archived from the original on 2009-11-19. This reserve was named after its first Chief, Okanis, who signed an adhesion to treaty four on September 9, 1875. The Okanese band settled in the File Hills area along with Peepeekisis, Little Black Bear and Starblanket.
  3. ^ "Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Fact Sheet". Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009-03-30. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13.
  4. ^ "First Nations Communities and Treaty Boundaries in Saskatchewan". Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. 2009-03-30. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05.
  5. ^ "Sask. women are leaders". Canwest. 2008-06-18. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier from the Okanese First Nation is the longest-serving female chief in Saskatchewan, having first taken office in 1981.