Okanese First Nation
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The Okanese First Nation (Template:Langx, okinîs, literal meaning: Little Rose-hip)[1] is a Cree-Saulteaux First Nation band government in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, Canada.[2][3][4]
The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.[4] It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875.[2] 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.[5]
Notable births
- Dawn Dumont, writer
- Connie Walker (1979), journalist
- Richard Wolfe, gangster.
- Danny Wolfe, gangster.
References
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- ↑ Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/okin%C3%AEs@3/
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