Muskeg Lake Cree Nation

Historical and Alternate Community Names

Keetoowahaw, Keetoowayhow, Petaquakey, Petaquacay, Petaquakay, Petequaquay, Petequakey, Pettiquacky, Pettequakey, Reserve no. 102

Reserves, Settlements, and Villages

Asimakaniseekan Askiy 102A, Asimakaniseekan Askiy No. 102B, Lake Pitihkwakew 102B, Muskeg Lake 102 (various)

General Information

Muskeg Lake Cree Nation #102 is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) First Nation located to the west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They are signatories to Treaty 6, which the group signed in 1876. As of 2022, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation #102 has a registered population of 2,396.

• Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Website
• A Brief History of the Muskeg Lake Community
• A Brief Summary of Cree 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 Members

• Alternative Measures & Extrajudicial Sanction Agencies

• Directory: FSIN Tribal Council/Independent Affiliation Community Justice Programs 

• CIRNAC First Nation Profile - Muskeg Lake Cree Nation #102

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.