Pasqua First Nation ( cr, ᐸᐢᒁᐤ paskwâw) is a
Saulteaux
The Saulteaux (pronounced , or in imitation of the French pronunciation , also written Salteaux, Saulteau and other variants), otherwise known as the Plains Ojibwe, are a First Nations band government in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, A ...
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Cree First Nation
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in southern
Saskatchewan
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, Canada.
[ Their ]reserve
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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
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s include:
* Last Mountain Lake 80A, shared with 6 other bands
* Pasqua 79
* Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77
The Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77 are an Indian reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada, shared by 33 band governments from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Reserve Grounds are located adjacent to and west of Fort Qu'Appelle. In the 2016 Canadian Census, t ...
, shared with 32 other bands.
History
Chief Paskwa (''Pis-qua'', brother of Okanes) was a negotiator and signatory to Treaty 4
Treaty 4 is a treaty established between Queen Victoria and the Cree and Saulteaux First Nation band governments. The area covered by Treaty 4 represents most of current day southern Saskatchewan, plus small portions of what are today western M ...
on 15 September 1874.
References
First Nations in Saskatchewan
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