Saddle Lake First Nation

Located about 39.2 miles or 63.2 kilometres west of Frog Lake, Alberta is Saddle Lake First Nation Reserve which is adjacent to chief Big Bears Reserves west boundary. Saddle Lake may be adjacent to chief Big Bears Reserve yet Edmonton Agency managed Saddle Lake from 1877 to 1885. After 1885's Northwest Rebellion the large Ojibwa Reserves were eradicated and much smaller Ojibwa Reserves created. Saddle Lake was one of them. They did participate in 1885's Northwest Rebellion. On April 3, 1885 Ojibwa Soldiers looted a store house at Saddle Lake to obtain food and other items. Below are links to google maps photos of Saddle Lake. According to 2021's census, the on-Reserve population of Saddle Lake First Nation is ? They did not provide census data for Saddle Lake Reserve. Whitefish Lake First Nation is considered a part of Saddle Lake or they're considered one Reserve. At wikipedia they incorrectly wrote that Saddle Lake Reserve is the second largest Ojibwa Reserve at Alberta in population. That's incorrect. Using google maps I counted 600 housing units at Saddle Lake. Some of them are duplexes, triplexes, ect. Saddle Lake Town is largely made up of duplexes, ect. I'd estimate 2,500 to 3,000 people live at Saddle Lake Reserve First Nation and 1,093 live at Whitefish Lake Reserve so up to 4,000 or more people live there. Siksika Reserve has a larger population but Blood Reserve has a lower population. Siksika Reserve has at least 10 communities while Saddle Lake has one. I counted near 800 housing units at Siksika Reserve. However, according to 2021's census, Siksika Reserve has a population of 3,576 with 1,051 housing units. And not to forget, Whitefish Lake Reserve is supposedly not connected to Saddle Lake Reserve. Hobbema Reserve has a population of over 7,000. Wikpedia's estimate of 6,691 people living at Saddle Lake and Whitefish Lake is way off. It's off by 2,500 to 3,000. Reason for the larger population at both SLFN and WLFN is all the Montana Ojibwa's brought to that region during Montana's 1876-1877 War and after. They think they are Cree. It deals with prophesy! Corrupted Ojibwa Language which is what Lewis and Clark called Cree Language, is spoken at Saddle Lake First Nation and White Fish Lake Reserve. Cree People are really the Athabascan Beaver Tribe. There are no Cree First Nations at Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec! Below are excerpts from very old books that will help educate you! Look at the 18th century maps! Instead of south to north they are southeast to northwest. Churchill River is a boundary. A few Assiniboine and Cree lived west of Lake Winnipeg but were driven to the northwest by 1800 by Ojibwa Soldiers. Churchill River was a boundary used in the 18th century. From Churchill, Manitoba to South Indian Lake, Manitoba to Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan to Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan where the source of Churchill River is, this river flows for 1,000 miles. It's source is Churchill Lake, Saskatchewan. All land north of Churchill River is Chipewyan land. Chipewyan is the correct pronunciation of O Chib-bwan or Chib-bwan which means "The Originals and Originals in Ojibwa Language." A change obviously took place after those maps were drawn. The Beaver Tribe (the Cree) no longer live north of Churchill River. Ojibwa's do. To the west of the Beaver Tribe are the Assiniboine or the Sekani Tribe.

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Saddle Lake From Road

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