Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation

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Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation
Band No. 369
Land

People	Willow Cree
Treaty	Treaty 6
Headquarters	Duck Lake
Province	Saskatchewan
Main reserve	Beardy's & Okemasis' 96 & 97
Other reserve(s)	96 & 97A 96 & 97B 96 & 97C Willow Cree
Land area	203.46 km
Population (2019)
On reserve	1354
Off reserve	2184
Total population	3538
Government
Chief	Edwin Ananas
Council	Jeremy Seeseequasis, Sheryl Okemaysim, Delano Mike, Warren Seesequais, Marie Neubuhr, Kurt Seesequasis
Tribal Council
Independent.
Website
bofn9697.com

Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation is a Cree First Nations band government in Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserves include:

History & Etymology

The nation is named for Willow Cree Chiefs Beardy (kâmiyescawesit (Kah-mis-cho-wey-sit), "one who has a little beard") and Okemasis (okimâsis, "little chief", diminutive of okimâw). Together, they led two-thirds of the Willow Cree band and settled west of Duck Lake prior to the signing of Treaty 6 in 1876. With adjoining reserves, the two bands have since merged into a single First Nation. The Cree name for this combined reserve is ᓃᐱᓰᐦᑯᐹᐏᔨᓃᓈᕽ nîpisîhkopâwiyinînâhk, "among the Willow Cree".

The remaining Willow Cree today form the One Arrow First Nation.

The Willow Cree are a sub-group of the Plains Cree tribe located today in the geographic regions of the Saskatchewan parklands, situated on the southern edge of the Boreal Forest and northern edge of the Great Plains, also situated between the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan Rivers.

References

"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
"First Nation Detail - Beardy's and Okemasis". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/n%C3%AEpis%C3%AEhkop%C3%A2wiyin%C3%AEn%C3%A2hk/
Barry, Bill (2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.

External links

Official website

First Nations in Saskatchewan

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

Ethnolinguistic groups

Historical polities

Numbered Treaties

Treaty 2 (1871)
Treaty 4 (1874)
Treaty 5 (1875)
Treaty 6 (1876)
Treaty 8 (1899)
Treaty 10 (1906)

Tribal councils and
band governments

Agency Chiefs Tribal Council (Spiritwood)	Big River Pelican Lake Witchekan Lake
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (North Battleford)	Ahtahkakoop Moosomin Red Pheasant Saulteaux Sweetgrass
Battlefords Tribal Council (North Battleford)	Little Pine Lucky Man Lean Man Poundmaker
File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council (Fort Qu'Appelle)	Carry the Kettle Little Black Bear Muscowpetung Nekaneet Okanese Pasqua Peepeekisis Piapot Standing Buffalo Star Blanket Wood Mountain
Meadow Lake Tribal Council (Meadow Lake)	Birch Narrows Buffalo River Canoe Lake Clearwater River English River Flying Dust Island Lake Makwa Sahgaiehcan Waterhen Lake
Prince Albert Grand Council (Prince Albert)	Black Lake Cumberland House Fond du Lac Hatchet Lake James Smith Lac La Ronge Muskowekwan Montreal Lake Peter Ballantyne Red Earth Shoal Lake Sturgeon Lake Wahpeton
Saskatoon Tribal Council (Saskatoon)	Kinistin Mistawasis Muskeg Lake Muskoday One Arrow Whitecap Yellow Quill
Touchwood Agency Tribal Council (Punnichy)	Day Star Gordon Kawacatoose Muskowekwan
Yorkton Tribal Administration (Yorkton)	Cote Kahkewistahaw Keeseekoose The Key Ocean Man Sakimay
Unaffiliated	Beardy's and Okemasis Big Island Lake Cowessess Fishing Lake Ochapowace Onion Lake Pheasant Rump Thunderchild White Bear
Not federally recognized	Chakastaypasin Stoney Knoll

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