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The name “La Ronge” comes from the lake itself, although the actual origin of the name is uncertain. The French verb ronger translates as “to gnaw”, with at least one explanation theorising that 17th- and 18th-century French fur traders referred to the lake as la ronge (literally, the chewed) due to the abundant beaver population along the lake’s shoreline.
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (Woods Cree: ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, romanized: mistahi-sâkahikanihk [2]) is a Woodland Cree (Sakāwithiniwak) First Nations in northern Saskatchewan. It is one of the ten largest Cree ( Nîhithaw ) band governments in Canada, the largest First Nation in Saskatchewan, with the administrative centre ...
Island on Lac la Ronge. Lac La Ronge Provincial Park [5] extends around the lake on three sides, starting at La Ronge and ending along the east shore. [6] The park contains four RV parks, two of which are on the west shore of the lake, one is in the town of Missinipe (Missinipe is the Woodland Cree name for the Churchill River which is on the south-west shore of Otter Lake, which flows through ...
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Grandmother's Bay 219 (Woods Cree: ᑯᐦᑯᒥᓈᓂᕽ, romanized: kohkominânihk) is an Indian reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Saskatchewan. [1] [4] Located on Otter Lake, part of the Churchill River system, it is about 77 kilometres (48 mi) north-east of Lac la Ronge.
Little Red River 106C is an Indian reserve of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Saskatchewan. [1] [4] It is about 34 kilometres (21 mi) north of Prince Albert.In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 354 living in 88 of its 98 total private dwellings. [2]
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In 1879, Natives of Stanley, Lac la Ronge, and Pelican Narrows petitioned for a treaty due to the threat of starvation. In 1905, the granting of Saskatchewan with Provincial status galvanized the government to settle the issue of land rights in order to free up land for future government use.