Mistawasis Nêhiyawak

Historical and Alternate Community Names

Mistahmahsis, Mistowasis, Reserve no. 103

Reserves, Settlements, and Villages

Mistawasis Indian Reserve (numbered, various)

General Information

Mistawasis Nêhiyawak 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, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak has a registered population of 2,988.

• Mistawasis Nêhiyawak Website
• A Brief History of the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak 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 - Mistawasis Nêhiyawak

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.