First Nations in Manitoba constitute of over 130,000 registered people, about 60% of whom live on

reserve Reserve or reserves may refer to: Places * Reserve, Kansas, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish * Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County * Reserve, New Mexico, a US vi ...

. There are 63

First Nations First Nations or first peoples may refer to: * Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area. Indigenous groups *First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including: **First Natio ...

in the province and five indigenous linguistic groups. The languages are Nēhiyawēwin,

Ojibwe The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...

Dakota Dakota may refer to: * Dakota people, a sub-tribe of the Sioux ** Dakota language, their language Dakota may also refer to: Places United States * Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Dakota, Illinois, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, ...

Oji-Cree The Oji-Cree are a First Nation in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, residing in a narrow band extending from the Missinaibi River region in Northeastern Ontario at the east to Lake Winnipeg at the west. The Oji-Cree people are d ...

, and

Dene The Dene people () are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages. ''Dene'' is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" ha ...

. First Nations are listed by ''common usage'' names but other names may be applied in certain areas; for example, " Cree Nation" and "

First Nation Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

" is applied to certain bands on the same reserve.

Reserves in Manitoba

There are about 63 reserves in Manitoba: *

Barren Lands First Nation Barren Lands First Nation ( cr, ᑭᓯᐸᑲᒫᕽ, kisipakamâhk) is a First Nation located on the north shore of Reindeer Lake in northern Manitoba close to the Saskatchewan border. It has one reserve land called Brochet 197, which is in size ...

* Berens River First Nation * Birdtail Sioux First Nation *

Bloodvein First Nation The Bloodvein First Nation is a First Nations community located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, along the Bloodvein River in Manitoba, Canada. There are many caribou, bears, wolves, bald eagles, lynx, owls, and various species of fish in the a ...

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation Brokenhead Ojibway Nation (BON, oj, Baaskaandibewi-ziibiing, meaning ''at the brokenhead River'') is an Anishinaabe ( Saulteaux/ Ojibwa) First Nation located approximately northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The main reserve of Brokenhead 4 is su ...

* Buffalo Point First Nation *

Bunibonibee Cree Nation Bunibonibee Cree Nation ( cr, ᐸᓂᑇᓂᐱᐩ, panipwânipiy), formerly known as Oxford House First Nation and as Oxford House Band of Indians, is a First Nation located along the eastern shoreline of Oxford Lake at the headwaters of the Hayes ...

* Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation * Chemawawin Cree Nation *

Cross Lake First Nation Cross Lake First Nation ( cr, ᐱᒥᒋᑲᒫᐠ ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑ, pimicikamâk nîhithawî, lit=Cree of the Lake that lies Athwart or ' 'Otter People') is a band of Cree First Nations people in Canada governed under the Indian Act. Its membersR.S ...

Dakota Plains First Nation Dakota Plains First Nation, Dakota Plains Wahpeton Oyate, or Wakhpetunwin Otinta (Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ Otina Dakhóta Oyáte, "Leaf dwellers") is a Wahpeton band Dakota First Nations entity southwest of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. It borders the somew ...

Dakota Tipi First Nation Dakota may refer to: * Dakota people, a sub-tribe of the Sioux ** Dakota language, their language Dakota may also refer to: Places United States * Dakota, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Dakota, Illinois, a town * Dakota, Minnesota, ...

Dauphin River First Nation Dauphin River First Nation ( oj, Isickachewanoong or alternatively ''Zaaskajiwaning''Andy Thomas Thomas, Florence Paynter. The Significance of Creating First Nation Traditional Names Maps. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inchttps:// ...

Ebb and Flow First Nation Ebb and Flow First Nation (Ojibwe: ''Gaa-gwekwekejiwang'') is an Anishinaabe First Nations community in Manitoba. It is located on the eponymous Ebb and Flow Lake, northeast of Riding Mountain National Park. It is about 180 km from Winnipeg, ...

* Fairford First Nation *

Fisher River Cree Nation Fisher River ( cr, ᐅᒉᑯ ᓰᐱᐩ, ocêko-sîpiy) is a Cree First Nations reserve located approximately 193 km north of Manitoba's capital city, Winnipeg. The Fisher River Cree Nation is composed of two reserves; Fisher River 44 and F ...

* Fox Lake Cree Nation * Gamblers First Nation *

Garden Hill First Nation Garden Hill is the second largest of three reserves of the Island Lake region of Manitoba. Garden Hill First Nations (Oji-Cree: ᑭᐢᑎᑲᐣᐘᒋᐣᐠ, Kistiganwacheeng), the reserve's First Nations community, is located in the northeast s ...

God's Lake First Nation God's Lake First Nation ( cr, manto sakahigan, ᒪᓂᑐ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is a First Nations band government whose reserve is primarily located at an area known as God's Lake Narrows, about 250 kilometers southeast of Thompson, Manitoba. Ther ...

* Grand Rapids First Nation *

Hollow Water First Nation Hollow Water First Nation ( oj, Waanibiigaaw also spelt as ''Wanipigow'') is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) First Nation located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, north of Pine Falls, Manitoba, and north of Winnipeg. The main economic base o ...

Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation (KOFN; also known as Riding Mountain Band, oj, Giizhigowininiing) is a First Nations community primarily located on Keeseekoowenin 61 (Indian Reserve 61A), situated near Elphinstone, Manitoba, south of Riding Mo ...

* Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation * Lake Manitoba First Nation * Lake St. Martin First Nation * Little Black River First Nation *

Little Grand Rapids First Nation Little Grand Rapids First Nation ( oj, Mishi-baawitigong) is a remote Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/ Ojibwa) First Nation community in northeast Manitoba, located approximately northeast of Winnipeg. It is a fly-in community. On 4 October 2020, a C ...

* Little Saskatchewan First Nation *

Long Plain First Nation The Long Plain First Nation ( oj, Gaa-ginooshkodeyaag) is an Ojibway and Dakota First Nations band government whose reserve is located in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. Its reserve lands include the Long Plain Reserve #6, the Kee ...

Manto Sipi Cree Nation Gods River is a remote, isolated settlement in Northern Manitoba, Canada, and the primary settlement of the Manto Sipi Cree Nation ( cr, ᒪᓂᑐ ᓰᐱᐩ, manito sîpiy) () First Nations community. The settlement is on Gods Lake at the point o ...

Marcel Colomb First Nation Marcel Colomb First Nation (MCFN) ( cr, ᓇᒦᐏ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, namîwi-sâkahikan), Band #328, is a First Nations Band of approximately 449 Registered Swampy Cree (Maškēkowak / nēhinawak) and Rocky Cree (Asinīskāwiyiniwak) located in ...

Mathias Colomb First Nation The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) ( cr, ᐸᑲᑕᐚᑲᐣ, pukatawâkan) —also known as Mathias Colomb First Nation, Mathias Colomb (Cree) First Nation, and Pukatawagan/Mathias Colomb Cree Nation—is a remote First Nations community in ...

Mosakahiken Cree Nation The Mosakahiken Cree Nation (Cree: ᒨᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ môsâkahikan)Ogg, Arden (August 19 2015) Cree Names of Cree-speaking Communities across CanadLink/ref> is a First Nations located around the community of Moose Lake in northern Manitoba. ...

Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN; cr, ᓂᓯᒐᐚᔭᓯᕽ, nisicawâyasihk; formerly the Nelson House First Nation) is a Cree First Nations community centered in Nelson House, Manitoba, Canada. Its main reserve is Nelson House 170. Nelson ...

* Northlands First Nation *

Norway House Cree Nation The Norway House Cree Nation ( cr, Kinosao Sipi, ᑭᓄᓭᐏ ᓰᐱᐩ. SRO: kinosêwi-sîpiy) is based at Norway House, Manitoba, which is located on the Playgreen Lake section of the Nelson River system. The people are Swampy Cree from the Ro ...

O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation The O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation (spelt as ''Ojijaako-ziibiing'' in standardized double-vowel Ojibwe OrthographyAndy Thomas Thomas, Florence Paynter. The Significance of Creating First Nation Traditional Names Maps. Manitoba First Nations Educat ...

Opaskwayak Cree Nation The Opaskwayak Cree Nation (; OCN, Cree: ᐅᐸᐢᑿᔭᐠ , ''opâskwêyâhk'', meaning: at the wooded narrows) is a First Nations band government in Manitoba, Canada. Most of the on-reserve population lives near The Pas on the OCN 21E reser ...

Pauingassi First Nation Pauingassi First Nation ( oj, Bawingaasi)Translate Ojibwe Online dictionary - "Pauingassihttps://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi/ref> is an Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nations in Canada, First Nation commun ...

Peguis First Nation Peguis First Nation (formerly St. Peter's Band, oj, Oshki-ishkonigan meaning ''new reserve'') is the largest First Nations community in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of approximately 10,300 people (3,521 on reserve and 6,504 off reserve). ...

Pinaymootang First Nation Pinaymootang First Nation (also spelt in Ojibwe as ''Binemoodaang'', meaning ''Partridge Crop Place'') is a First Nations people whose home location is on Fairford 50 Reserve at Fairford, Manitoba, Canada. They are situated on Hwy #6 in the Interla ...

Pine Creek First Nation The Pine Creek First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is the Pine Creek 66A reserve, located approximately 110 kilometres north of Dauphin along the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipegosis betwe ...

Poplar River First Nation Poplar River First Nation (Ojibwe: ''Azaadiwi-ziibing'') is an Ojibwa First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. It is named after the Poplar River, which is the main river on which it resides. Its landbase is the Poplar River 16, an Indian reserve loca ...

Red Sucker Lake First Nation Red Sucker Lake (Oji-Cree language, Oji-Cree: Mithkwamepin Thaakkahikan, ᒥᐢᑾᒣᐱᐣ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) is an Oji-Cree First Nations in Canada, First Nation in Manitoba, Canada, located about northeast of Winnipeg. , the registered popula ...

Rolling River First Nation The Rolling River First Nation ( oj, Ditibineya-ziibiing) is an Ojibwe First Nations community in Manitoba, located south of Riding Mountain National Park. About half of the members are resident on its reserves, which are located south and east o ...

Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation (Ojibwe: ''Okwewanashko-ziibiing'', meaning: "Rag Weed River")Ross, Jordan. “Aug 2021: Roseau River First Nation Organizes Honour Walk.” The Carillon, August 7, 2021https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/the-car ...

Sagkeeng First Nation The Sagkeeng First Nation (also known as Sagkeeng Anicinabe) is a Treaty-1 First Nation in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada, that is composed of the Anishinaabe people indigenous to the area at or near the Fort Alexander Indian Reserve #3 (o ...

Sandy Bay First Nation Sandy Bay First Ojibway Nation (Ojibwe: ''Gaa-wiikwedaawangaag'') is an Ojibway/Dakota/mixed-blood First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, it had a population of 2,515; while the First Nation's website reported a member ...

Sapotaweyak Cree Nation The Sapotaweyak Cree Nation (SCN, cr, ᓵᐳᐦᑕᐍᔮᕽ, sâpohtawêyâhk, ''meaning: "golden eagle"'') is a First Nations band government whose reserves are located in northern Manitoba, north-east of Swan River, approximately 400 kilometr ...

* Sayisi Dene First Nation *

Shamattawa First Nation The Shamattawa First Nation ( cr, ᑭᓭᒫᑖᐘ, kisêmâtâwa) () is a remote First Nations community in northern Manitoba, Canada, located in the reserve of Shamattawa 1. Shamattawa 1 is located on the banks of the Gods River where the E ...

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (SVDN) or Wipazoka Wakpa ('Saskatoon River', named for the abundance of Saskatoon bushes along the river) is a Dakota people, Dakota (Sioux) First Nations in Canada, First Nation that resides west of Brandon, Manitoba. T ...

Skownan First Nation Skownan First Nation ( oj, Ishkwaawinaaning) is a Saulteaux (Ojibwe) First Nations band government whose reserve community, Waterhen 45, is located 288 km north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the south shore of Waterhen Lake, between Lak ...

* St. Theresa Point First Nation * Swan Lake First Nation *

Tataskweyak Cree Nation The Tataskweyak Cree Nation ( cr, ᑕᑕᐢᑿᔭᕽ, tataskwayak) (Formerly known as ''Split Lake Cree First Nation'' in English) is a First Nations band government whose primary community is located at Split Lake, Manitoba, on the Nelson River ...

Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation The Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation is an Anishinabe band in Manitoba , image_map = Manitoba in Canada 2.svg , map_alt = Map showing Manitoba's location in the centre of Southern Canada , Label_map ...

* War Lake First Nation *

Wasagamack First Nation Wasagamack First Nation (Oji-cree: ᐗᓴᑲᒪᐣᐠ, ''meaning: At the Bay'') is an Oji-Cree First Nation band government in Manitoba, Canada. As of December 2014 the registered population of the Wasagamack First Nation was 2,017, of which 1,823 ...

Waywayseecappo First Nation The Waywayseecappo First Nation ( oj, Wewezhigaabawing) is a First Nations band government whose reserve is located twenty miles (32 km) east of Russell, Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's reserve is 10,059 hectare (24,856 acres) and is loca ...

York Factory First Nation York Factory First Nation (Cree: )—sometimes referred to as York Landing First Nation or York Factory Cree Nation—is a First Nations community in northern Manitoba, Canada. Its main reserve is York Landing (; ), which is located along the ea ...

External links

Manitoba Chiefs website regarding the history of Treaties in Manitoba
{{Canada topic, First Nations in, First Nations in Canada

First Nations, Manitoba

Reserves in Manitoba

See also

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