Ahtahkakoop

Historical and Alternate Community Names

Ahtahkahcoops, Ahtahkakoops, Ahtahkahkoops, Ahtakacoops, Ahtuckacoop, Ahtukukkoop, Atahkakoop, Atakakoop, Attackakoops, Attackakoop, Attahkahkoop, Attakakoop, Reserve no. 104

Reserves, Settlements, and Villages

Ahtahkakoop Indian Reserve No. 104

General Information

The Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) Community located near Hines Lake, Saskatchewan. They are signatories to Treaty 6, which the group signed in 1876. As of 2022, the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation has a registered population of 3,895.

• A Brief History of the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation
• Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation Status on Specific Claims and T.L.E. Newsletter

• Statement from the Government of Saskatchewan: Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, Canada and Saskatchewan Settle Treaty Land Entitlement Claim

• 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 - Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation

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.