Historical and Alternate Community Names
Flying Round, Foremost Man, Front Man, Goes Before, He Starts in Advance, Kahkeewistahaw, Kahkuwastahaw, Kahwistahaw, Kakeewistahaw, Kakewistahaw, Kakewistahow, Kakiiwistahaw, Kakuwistahaw, Kawistahaw, Maple Creek Reserve, Necanete, Nekahnew, Nekaynea, Reserve no. 072, Reserve no. 072a
Reserves, Settlements, and Villages
Kahkewistahaw Indian Reserve No. 72 (various)
General Information
Kahkewistahaw is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) First Nation located to the east of Regina, Saskatchewan. They are signatories to Treaty 4, which the group signed in 1874. As of 2022, Kahkewistahaw has a registered population of 2,231. In March 1999, the Indian Claims Commission performed an inquiry, published under the title, “Inquiry into the Claim of the Nekaneet First Nation.” This document suggests that the relationship between the Kahkewistahaw First Nation and the Nekaneet First Nation is ambiguous, stating, “The Nekaneet First Nation takes the position that, at the time Treaty 4 was signed by Chief Kahkewistahaw at Fort Qu’Appelle, Foremost Man was the leader of a separate band [Nekaneet].” Nonetheless, the documents confirms that the Nekaneet First Nation was present on the 1875 and 1876 Treaty 4 paylists for the Kahkewistahaw Band.
- Kahkewistahaw First Nation Website
- A Brief History of the Kahkewistahaw 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
- 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.