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Cowessess First Nation

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Cowessess First Nation
Band No. 361
PeopleSaulteaux
TreatyTreaty 4
HeadquartersCowessess
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Land[1]
Main reserveCowessess 73
Other reserve(s)
Land area421.843 km2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve846
Off reserve3449
Total population4295
Government[1]
ChiefCadmus Delorme
Website
cowessessfn.com

Cowessess First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation[2] in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserves include:

Chief Ka-we-zause (Cowessess, or Little Child) was the leader of a mixed band of Plains Cree, Saulteaux and Metis who were known as plains bison hunters ranging from Leech Lake (Saskatchewan) as far southwest as the Cypress Hills and the Milk River basin in Montana. Cowessess signed Treaty Four in September 1874 at Fort Qu'Appelle. The band originally selected a reserve near Maple Creek (Saskatchewan), however Headman Louis O'Soup led a dissident group which abandoned the Cypress Hills and moved to the Qu'Appelle River valley and they had a reserve surveyed at Crooked Lake Saskatchewan.[3]

References

  1. ^ "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "First Nation Detail - Cowessess". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. ^ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/kiwisance_11E.html