Poundmaker 114
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First NationPoundmaker
Community Well-Being Index[3]53
Poundmaker 114 | |
|---|---|
| Poundmaker Indian Reserve No. 114 | |
 Location in Saskatchewan | |
| First Nation | Poundmaker |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,493.8 ha (20,988.6 acres) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 547 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Community Well-Being Index[3] | 53 |
Poundmaker 114 is an Indian reserve of the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.[1][4] It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of North Battleford. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 547 living in 176 of its 201 total private dwellings.[2] In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 53 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community.[3]
It contains or is near to Cut Knife Creek and Cut Knife Hill, the site of a 1885 battle between government troops and Poundmaker's people.
