Little Pine First Nation

Located near Paynton, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe little pine first nation. There are a total of three Reserves which make up this First Nation. They cover 24,681 total hectares or 60,988 total acres. Total population is 1,754, with most (939) living off the reserve, while 750 live on-reserve, and 63 live on other Reserves, and 2 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.