Pelican Lake First Nation

Located on the shore of Chitek Lake which is in Saskatchewan, about 193 kilometers or 120 miles west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe pelican lake first nation. There are five Reserves which make up this First Nation. They cover an area of 13,080 total hectares or 32,321 total acres. Total population is 1,383, with most (880) living on the Reserves, while 329 live off the Reserve, and 173 live on other reserves, and 1 lives 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.