Red Pheasant Cree Nation
The Red Pheasant Cree Nation 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 south of North Battleford.
People | Cree |
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Treaty | Treaty 6 |
Headquarters | Cando |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Land[1] | |
Main reserve | Red Pheasant 108 |
Land area | 253.084 km2 |
Population (2020)[2] | |
On reserve | 722 |
Off reserve | 1808 |
Total population | 2530 |
Government[3] | |
Chief | Clinton Wuttunee |
Tribal Council[4] | |
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs | |
Website | |
facebook.com/redpheasantcreenation |
History
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
The band has 1,893 registered members, 608 of whom live on the reserve.
Notable people
- Alex Decoteau, Olympian; first Aboriginal police officer in Canada (Deceased)
- Don Francks (Iron Buffalo), actor, vocalist and jazz musician (Deceased)
- Gerald McMaster, artist, author, and curator
- Robert-Falcon Ouellette, politician and son of English-born mother and Red Pheasant father.
- Pîhtokahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Plains Cree chief known for his role in the North-West Rebellion (Deceased)
- Allen Sapp, Plains Cree Artist (Deceased)
- Cree Summer, American actress raised on the Red Pheasant reserve
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References
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- Thompson, Christian. Red Pheasant First Nation. Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. 2006.
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