Peepeekisis First Nation

Located near Balcarres, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe peepeekisis first nation. In history, this band of Anishinabek were led by one ogima Cau-ah-ha-cha-poo when the 1874 treaty four was signed. I don't know if this group of Anishinabek participated in the 1885 Northwest Rebellion. After the death of ogima Cau-ah-ha-cha-poo, his son ogima Peepeekisis was either elected freely by the citizens of this band of Anishinabek to be their ogima, or he inherited the position, or the whites appointed him to be the bands ogima. They settled in the File Hills area of Saskatchewan in 1884. There are two Reserves which make up this First Nation. They cover an area of 11,296 total hectares or 27,913 total acres. Total population is 2,378, with most (1,715) living off the Reserve, while 600 live on the Reserve, and 62 live on other Reserves. 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.