Cowessess First Nation

It is (Cowessess First Nation) one of four Ojibway communities located at a small Ojibwa Reserve located at southeast Saskatchewan. It is a community of Crooked Lakes Ojibway Reserve. Below are links to google earth photos of Cowessess First Nation Town which is capital of Crooked Lakes Reserve and Kahkewistahaw. Cowessess First Nation has an on-Reserve population of 645 according to a 2021 census. They have 219 dwellings with 214 lived in. Average household size is 3.0 persons per household. In 2016, population of Cowessess Reserve was 540. Reserve leaders are allowing whites to colonize this Reserve. In 1907, a large area of land from Cowessess Reserve was given to chief Rocky Boys Ojibwa Subjects from Montana. At Canada, it's known as Land Surrenders from 1897 to 1911. American leaders forced Montana Ojibwa's to relocate several times between 1896 and 1909. Actual relocations may have continued up to 1934. An unknown number of chief Rocky Boys Ojibwa Subjects were ceded 20,704 acres of Cowessess Reserve. Up to 200 Montana Ojibwa's were relocated to Crooked Lakes Reserve in 1907 and the years following. Canada refused to honor the agreement and instead of giving the 20,704 acres to Montana Ojibwa's, they gave the land to white settlers. The land belongs to the Montana Ojibwa's who relocated to Crooked Lakes Reserve and Cowessess Reserve. Cree (aka Beaver and Keskatchewan) People are really the Athabascan Beaver Tribe. There are no Cree First Nations at Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec! Below the photos are excerpts from very old books that will help you learn information on this page! Look for the 18th century maps. Instead of south to north they are from southeast to northwest. Churchill River is the north boundary. A few Assiniboine and Cree lived west of Lake Winnipeg but were driven to the northwest by 1800 by Ojibwa Soldiers. Churchill River was a boundary used in the 18th century. From Churchill, Manitoba to South Indian Lake, Manitoba to Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan to Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan where the source of Churchill River is, this river flows for 1,000 miles. It's source is Churchill Lake, Saskatchewan. All land north of Churchill River is Chipewyan land. Chipewyan is the correct pronunciation of O Chib-bwan or Chib-bwan which means "The Originals and Originals in Ojibwa Language."

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