Cumberland House Cree Nation

Historical and Alternate Community Names

Cumberland


Reserves, Settlements, and Villages

Budd's Point 20D, Cumberland House Cree Nation 20, Muskeg River 20C, Pine Bluff 20A


General Information

Cumberland House Cree Nation is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) Community located to the far north-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They are signatories to Treaty 5, which the group singed in 1876. As of 2022, Cumberland House Cree Nation has a registered population of 1,986.


Support Services and Programs Available to Community Members


Cumberland House


Works Consulted

Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada; Communications Branch, “First Nation Profiles,” fact sheet; resource list, November 14, 2008, https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/SearchFN.aspx?lang=eng.

“Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia | University of Saskatchewan,” accessed November 29, 2022, https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/index.php.

Library and Archives Canada, “Indexes of Western First Nations Bands: Languages, Agencies, Inspectorates, and Regional Offices,” August 18, 2022, https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/indigenous-heritage/pages/bands-western-canada.aspx.

 

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