Peter Ballantyne First Nation

Located near Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan, is the Anishinabe peter ballantyne first nation. The history the whites have created for these Anishinabek is rather derogatory and very misleading. After the 1876-1877 wars ended in the Montana region, a great many Anishinabek and other Indians (many being of Dakota and Salishan origins) fled up into southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan. After the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, a great many of the Anishinabek and their Indian allies, once again commenced another diaspora northwards. In 1894, the whites were once again starting trouble with the Anishinabek and their Indian allies among who are now referred to as the Peter Ballantyne First Nation. They forced ogima Peter Ballantyne to sign an adhesion to treaty six in the year 1894, which established this First Nation. There are 36 Reserves which make up this First Nation. They cover an area of 36,908 total hectares or 91,201 total acres. Total population is 8,784, with most (4,458) living on Reserve, while 2,994 live off Reserve, and 108 live on other reserves, and 1,222 live 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.