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The nation is named for Willow Cree Chiefs Beardy (kâmiyescawesit (Kah-mis-cho-wey-sit), "one who has a little beard") and Okemasis (okimâsis, "little chief", diminutive of okimâw). Together, they led two-thirds of the Willow Cree band and settled west of Duck Lake prior to the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876.
Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96 is an Indian reserve of the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. [1] [4] It is 58 kilometres southwest of Prince Albert.In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 1323 living in 301 of its 311 total private dwellings. [2]
Beardy's 97 and Okemasis 96; Beardy's & Okemasis' 96 & 97-A; ... Cumberland House Cree Nation 20; Cumberland 100A; D. Day Star 87; Denare Beach Indian Settlement;
First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Cree, Assiniboine, Saulteaux, Lakota, Dene and Dakota. Historically, the Atsina and Blackfoot could also be found at various times. "In 1992, the federal and provincial governments signed a historic land claim agreement with Saskatchewan First Nations.
The Willow Cree Reserve is an Indian reserve shared by Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation and the One Arrow First Nation in Saskatchewan. [1] [2] It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south-west of Prince Albert, and adjacent to Duck Lake.
The First Nations people are Cree and the band government of the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation is located here. Duck Lake was home to one of the last operating schools in the Canadian Indian residential school system, the St. Michael's Indian Residential School (Duck Lake Indian Residential School), which closed in 1996.
The Nation is a member of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. [149] The Bigstone Cree Nation is based in Wabasca, Alberta, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Slave Lake, on the Wabasca 166A reserve. [150] The Nation is not associated with a Tribal Council. [151]
The Big River First Nation follows a custom electoral system. [9] The current chief of the Big River First Nation is Chief Jack Rayne. [9] The current twelve Tribal Council members are Leonard Lachance, Noreen Morin, Marvin Netmaker, Jonathon Bear, Robert Rabbitskin, Isadore Weenonis, Sylvia McAdam, Michael Crookedneck, Tyrone Morin, Marshall Dreaver, Euclid Morin, and Bryan Morin. [9]