Mistawasis First Nation

Located some 70 kilometers or 43 miles west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe mistawasis first nation. In history, this band of Anishinabek were led by one ogima (chief) Mistawasis when the Freemason colony of Canada commenced to start trouble with his people. These Anishinabek possibly participated in the wars the Anishinabek were fighting on the northern plains of the United States. Supposedly ogima Mistawasis signed treaty 6 in 1876. That is the year this First Nation was supposedly established. There are five Reserves which make up this First Nation. They cover an area of 12,500 hectares or 30,888 total acres. Total population is 2,216, with a little over 1,000 living on-reserve. 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.