Historical and Alternate Community Names
Pelican Narrows, Peter Ballenden, Peter Ballendine
Reserves, Settlements, and Villages
Amisk Lake 184, Amiskosakahikan Indian Reserve No. 210, Birch Portage Indian Reserve No. 184 A, Chief Joseph Custer Reserve, Chief Philip Morin Indian Reserve No. 232, Denare Beach Indian Settlement, Deschambault Lake Indian Settlement, Kimosom Pwatinahk Indian Reserve No. 203, Kinoosao-Thomas Clarke Indian Reserve No. 204, Kipahigan Sakahikan Indian Reserve No. 222, Kiskaciwan Indian Reserve No. 208, Kistapinan Indian Reserve No. 211, Kistapinanihk Indian Reserve No. 231, Manawanstawayak Indian Reserve No. 230, Maskikopawiscikosik Indian Reserve No. 229, McKay Indian Reserve No. 209, Mirond Lake Indian Reserve No. 184 E, Mistahi Wasahk Indian Reserve No. 209, Mistik, Muskwaminiwatim Indian Reserve No. 225, Nakiskatoaneek Indian Reserve No. 227, Nemekus Sakahikan Indian Reserve No. 221, Northern Light Indian Reserve No. 220, Pelican Narrows Indian Reserve No. 184B, Pelican Narrows Indian Reserve No. 206, Pisiwiminiwatim Indian Reserve No. 207, Sandy Bay Indian Settlement, Sandy Narrows 184C, Sokatisewin Sakahikan Indian Reserve No. 224, Southend Indian Reserve No. 200, Southend Indian Reserve No. 200A, Sturgeon Weir Indian Reserve No. 184F, Sturgeon Weir Indian Reserve No. 205, Thoman Morin Indian Reserve, Wapaskokimaw Indian Reserve No. 202, Waskwaynikapik Indian Reserve No. 228, Waskwiatik Sakahikan Indian Reserve No. 223, Woody Lake Indian Reserve No. 184 D
General Information
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) community located to the north-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They are signatories to Treaty 6, which the group signed in 1889. As of 2022, Peter Ballantyne Cree First Nation has a registered population of 11,924.
- A Brief History of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation 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
- 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.