The Red Pheasant Cree Nation ( cr, ᒥᑭᓯᐘᒌᕽ, mikisiwacîhk) is a Plains Cree
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Saskatchewan
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. The band's sole
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North Battleford
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History
Chief Wuttunee's people were living along the Battle River when the
Numbered Treaties
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were being negotiated. Wuttunee did not want to sign
Treaty 6
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but appointed his brother Red Pheasant to sign in his place, and the
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henceforth referred to them as the Red Pheasant Band.
In 1878, they settled on a reserve in the Eagle Hills. A day school and an Anglican church were opened there within a decade.
In 2019, Chief Wuttunee secured the return of the original treaty medal which had been stolen in 1890 off the body of a deceased Chief.
Demographics
The band has 2,536 registered members, 821 of whom live on the reserve or other band lands and 1,715 live off reserve.
Notable people
* Alex Decoteau, Olympian; first Aboriginal police officer in Canada
* Don Francks (Iron Buffalo), actor, vocalist and jazz musician
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Gerald McMaster
Gerald Raymond McMaster (born 9 March 1953, in North Battleford) is a curator, artist, and author and a Plains Cree member of the Siksika Nation.Abbot, LarryGerald McMaster: Plains Cree.''A Time of Visions.'' (retrieved 20 Nov 2009) McMaster is ...
, artist, author, and curator
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Robert-Falcon Ouellette
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, federal politician and first Chair of the All Party Indigenous Parliamentarian Caucus in Ottawa.
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Poundmaker
Pîhtokahanapiwiyin ( – 4 July 1886), also known as Poundmaker, was a Plains Cree chief known as a peacemaker and defender of his people, the Poundmaker Cree Nation. His name denotes his special craft at leading buffalo into buffalo poun ...
(Pîhtokahanapiwiyin), Plains Cree chief known for his role in the North-West Rebellion
* Cree Summer, American actress raised on the Red Pheasant reserve
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Michelle Good
Michelle Good is a Cree writer, poet, and lawyer from Canada, most noted for her debut novel '' Five Little Indians''.Angelica Haggert"'The story I was intended to write': Michelle Good on forthcoming novel 'Five Little Indians'" '' Canadian Geog ...
Allen Sapp
Allen Sapp (January 2, 1928 – December 29, 2015) was a Canadian Cree painter, who resided in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. His art and his story have become known throughout Canada. His paintings tell a personal story, and many feature image ...
, Plains Cree Artist, OC, SOM, Grand Nephew of Chief Poundmaker, Grandson of Flying Eagle
* Colten Boushie, Youth killed by local farmer, Gerald Stanley. Not guilty verdict sparked outrage and changes to justice system.