Ministikwan First Nation

These Saulteaux Ojibway People are adjacent to Onion Lake and Thunderchild on their east. Below are google earth photos of their community. They are a part of Jackfish Lake Saulteaux Ojibway People (aka Sunchild) of Saskatchewan. They are really within Big Bear Reserve. Ministikwan First Nation has two communities. Ministikwan First Nation has an on-Reserve population of 847 according to 2016's census. They have 192 dwellings with 168 lived in. Average household size is 5.0 persons per household. Around 165 speak Corrupted Ojibway which is what Lewis and Clark called Cree Language. In 1876, chief Big Bear fled his native Montana for Alberta's and Saskatchewan's Cypress Hills. He agreed to sign treaty and relocate 100's of miles north to near Fort Pitt, where his Ojibway subjects found many locations to live. One is Ministikwan First Nation which supposedly means Island Head.

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