Swan Lake First Nation

This band of chippewa indians are related to the saskatchewan yellowquill anishinabek. Chief yellow quill was appointed as leader over several chippewa bands by the whites, but he had an extremely difficult time making that clear to the chippewa indians from swan lake and those other regions. Their history is similar to that of other manitoba indians. They signed the 1871 treaty but trouble obviously arose in which many of the chippewa indians from the southern plains of canada, fled to the north. This band of chippewa indians have a reserve in southern manitoba, and like other indian first nation surrounded by white communities, they are feeling the horrible effects of contact with white culture. Their total enrolled band population is near 1,200, with about half living off reserve. Their first nation covers 5,956 hectares or 14,718 acres.