Okanese First Nation
Cree-Saulteaux band government
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The Okanese First Nation (Cree: ᐅᑭᓃᐢ, okinîs, literal meaning: Little Rose-hip)[5] is a Cree-Saulteaux First Nation band government in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, Canada.[6][7][8]
Main reserveOkanese 82
Other reserve(s)
- Okanese 82(A) through
- Okanese 82(HH)
On reserve283
Off reserve452
| |
| People | |
|---|---|
| Treaty | Treaty 4 |
| Headquarters | Balcarres |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Land[1] | |
| Main reserve | Okanese 82 |
| Other reserve(s) |
|
| Population[2] | |
| On reserve | 283 |
| Off reserve | 452 |
| Total population | 735 |
| Government[3] | |
| Chief | Richard Stonechild |
| Tribal Council[4] | |
| File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council | |
The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.[8] It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875.[6] 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.[9]
Notable births
- Dawn Dumont, writer
- Connie Walker (1979), journalist
- Richard Wolfe, gangster.
- Danny Wolfe, gangster.