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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 .
First Nations in Saskatchewan constitute many Native Canadian band governments. First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Cree, Assiniboine, Saulteaux, Lakota, Dene and Dakota. Historically, the Atsina and Blackfoot could also be found at various times.
The band migrated to the Battleford area after Tepee Hoska died in 1882. Both bands merged in 1951. After signing an adhesion to Treaty 4, Lean Man Band settled in the Treaty 6 area south of Battleford in May 1882. By 1931 only one person remained in Lean Man Band, and they merged with Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head.
Red Pheasant 108 is an Indian reserve of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] It is about 33 kilometres (21 mi) south of North Battleford . In the 2016 Canadian Census , it recorded a population of 519 living in 136 of its 163 total private dwellings. [ 2 ]
In his adult life, Poundmaker gained prominence during the 1876 negotiations of Treaty 6 and split off to form his own band. In 1881, the band settled on a reserve about 40 km northwest of Fort Battleford. [3] Poundmaker was not opposed to the idea of a treaty, but became critical of the Canadian government's failures to live up to its promises ...
Alexander Wuttunee Decoteau (November 19, 1887 – October 30, 1917), was a Cree Canadian track and field athlete, police officer and soldier.A member of the Red Pheasant First Nation, he joined the Edmonton Police in 1911 becoming the first Indigenous police officer in Canada.
Together, they led two-thirds of the Willow Cree band and settled west of Duck Lake prior to the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876. With adjoining reserves, the two bands have since merged into a single First Nation.
In 1874, Treaty 4, which brokered the sale of indigenous land to the British Crown, was established between Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nations. On September 15 of the same year, Kaneonuskatew (or, in his English name of George Gordon) was among the first of the Indigenous leaders to make the agreement, signing as Chief of the George Gordon First Nation. [3]