Kahkewistahaw First Nation

Located around 150 kilometers or 93 miles east of Regina, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe kahkewistahaw first nation. There are ten Reserves which make up the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. They cover an area of 10,005 total hectares or 24,722 total acres. Total population is 1,747, with most (1,194) living off the Reserve, while 492 live on-reserve, and 61 live on other Reserves, and 0 live on crown land. 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.