Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation

Historical and Alternate Community Names

George Nott, Island Lake, Little Island Lake, Ministikwan


Reserves, Settlements, and Villages

Ministikwan 161, Ministikwan 161A


General Information

Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation are a Nêhiyaw (Cree) Community located to the south-west of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. The group entered Treaty 6 in 1876. As of 2022, Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation has a registered population of 1,343.


Support Services and Programs Available to Community Members


Ministikwan


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.

 

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