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The large Blackfoot reserves in Southern Alberta apparently produced an "immense" potato crop in 1884 and achieved good sales. Local settlers , often unaware of the terms of the treaties and hostile to their Indigenous neighbours, felt the assistance being given to First Nations gave them an unfair advantage and complained to the Indian ...
Muskowekwan First Nation (Ojibwe: Mashkawigwaning) [2] is a Saulteaux First Nation who inhabit approximately 100 km northwest of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. As of May, 2008, the First Nation has 1,517 registered people, of which their on- reserve population was 400.
The Sturgeon Lake First Nation (Cree: ᓇᒦᐏ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, namîwi-sâkahikanihk [1]) is a Cree First Nation band government in Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is on the eastern shore of Sturgeon Lake about 30 km northwest of Prince Albert. The First Nation's territory consists of one reserve, Sturgeon Lake 101.
1870s - Farming expands to include a 150 head cattle herd. 1876 - August 19, John Smith signed Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton, resulting in the creation of the John Smith Indian Reserve. early 1900s - First Church in Muskoday. 1914 - 1918 - Loss of land claim in Candle Lake. 1924 - Chief John Smith dies. 1930s - First car on Muskoday (John Bird).
The band controls three Indian reserves, the large Sturgeon Lake 154 and the smaller 154A and 154B. [3] It is based on the shores of Sturgeon Lake, around Calais, west of Valleyview, in the M.D. of Greenview in the Peace Country of Northern Alberta. The registered population of the band is 3,064, of those 1,407 are on the band's own reserves. [4]
As of February 2013, the total membership of Barren Lands First Nation was 1,075 with 455 members living on-reserve or on crown land and 620 members living off-reserve. [ 2 ] The First Nation is governed by a Chief and three councillors [ 2 ] and is affiliated with the Keewatin Tribal Council .
The total registered population was 1,081 as of October, 2018 with 889 members living on reserve. Shoal Lake First Nation has one reserve "Shoal Lake 28A" which has an area of 1,479 hectares (3,650 acres) at coordinates 53°28′52″N 102°37′47″W / 53.4812°N 102.6297°W / 53.4812; -102
Their reserve is twenty kilometres northwest of Kelvington. The Yellow Quill First Nation is a signatory of Treaty No. 4 , which was signed by Chief Yellow-quill on August 24, 1876. Total registered population in October 2007, was 2522, of which the on-reserve population was 800+ members, and off-reserve population was 1600+ members.