Canoe Lake First Nation

Located about 225 miles northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe canoe lake first nation. There are six Reserves which make up this First Nation. They cover an area of 14,171 total hectares or 35,017 total acres. In history, their ogimak (leaders) signed treaty 10 in 1906, which established their First Nation. Total population is 2,002, with most (1,006) living off the Reserve, and 893 living on-reserve, while 43 live on other Indian Reserves. Many can trace their origins back to Montana, where they originally lived but were driven out by the whites, after the 1868-1886 war. Ogimak Big Bear or Sitting Bull, led them up to Canada.