Historical and Alternate Community Names
Chakuk, Cheecucks, Cheecuks, Muscow Wepeetun, Muskowpetung, Reserve no. 080
Reserves, Settlements, and Villages
Last Mountain Lake Indian Reserve No. 80A, Muscowpetung 80, Treaty Four Reserve Ground No. 77
General Information
Muscowpetung is a Anishinaabe (Ojibwe, Saulteaux) and Nêhiyaw (Cree) First Nation located to the north-east of Regina, Saskatchewan. They are signatories to Treaty 4, which the group signed in 1875. As of 2022, The Muscowpetung First Nation has a registered population of 1,628.
- Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation Website
- A Brief History of the Muscowpetung Community
- A Brief Summary of Cree Cultural History in Western Canada
- A Brief Summary of Anishinaabe Cultural History in Western Canada
- Cree Justice and Legal Traditions
- Trapping, Traplines, and Northern Lifeways
- Residential School List
- Day School List
Support Services and Programs Available to Community Member
- Works Consulted
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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.