Red Pheasant Cree Nation
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| People | Cree |
|---|---|
| Treaty | Treaty 6 |
| Headquarters | Cando |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Land | |
| Main reserve | Red Pheasant 108[1] |
| Land area | 253.084[1] km2 |
| Population (2021[2]) | |
| On reserve | 820 |
| On other land | 1 |
| Off reserve | 1,715 |
| Total population | 2,536 |
| Government | |
| Chief | Clinton Wuttunee[3] |
| Council |
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| Tribal Council | |
| Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs[4] | |
| Website | |
| facebook.com/redpheasantcreenation | |
The Red Pheasant Cree Nation[5] (Cree: ᒥᑭᓯᐘᒌᕽ, mikisiwacîhk) is a Plains Cree First Nations band government in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The band's sole reserve, Red Pheasant 108, is 33 km (21 mi) south of North Battleford.[1]
History[edit]
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.
Demographics[edit]
The band has 2,536 registered members, 821 of whom live on the reserve or other band lands and 1,715 live off reserve.[2]
Notable people[edit]
- Alex Decoteau, Olympian; first Aboriginal police officer in Canada
- Don Francks (Iron Buffalo), actor, vocalist and jazz musician
- Gerald McMaster, artist, author, and curator
- Robert-Falcon Ouellette, politician and son of English-born mother and Red Pheasant father.
- Poundmaker (Pîhtokahanapiwiyin), Plains Cree chief known for his role in the North-West Rebellion
- Allen Sapp, Plains Cree artist
- Cree Summer, American actress raised on the Red Pheasant reserve
- Michelle Good, author, winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 2020 for Five Little Indians
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Reserves, settlements or villages of the Red Pheasant Cree First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ a b Registered population of the Red Pheasant Cree First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Governance of the Red Pheasant Cree First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Tribal Council detail of the Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Tribal Council at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ First Nation details for the Red Pheasant Cree First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- Thompson, Christian. Red Pheasant First Nation. Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. 2006.
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