Muscowpetung First Nation

In the long history of this saskatchewan Anishinabe indian reserve, it is similar to that of the key. Ogima Cheekuk signed an adhesion to treaty 4 on september 8, 1875, but probably put the fear in the whites because he and his band continued to freely move from location to location, as they had done for an extremely long time. An event in the history of the Anishinabe indians of the muscowpetung first nation, occurred some five years later when ogima muscowpetung became the principle leader of the band. The new ogima was probably liked by the whites because he led his people to their reserve to settle down and live. As for what happened to ogima cheekuk, that is a mystery to me. It appears that he may have been a bit difficult to negotiate with. The reserve covers 9,357 hectares or 23,122 acres, and has a total enrolled population of 1,183 but the great majority live off reserve. Only 284 live on the muscowpetung first nation. Most have left to find employment in white communities unfortunately. 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.