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West Region Tribal Council
The West Region Tribal Council is a First Nations tribal council in Manitoba, acting as the coordinating body for eight band governments of Treaty 2 and Treaty 4, located around the Westman and Parkland regions of the province. The eight band governments of the Council represent around 9,000 members in total. Member bands The eight band governments that comprise the tribal council are the: * Ebb and Flow First Nation — at Ebb and Flow, Manitoba * Gamblers First Nation — Binscarth, Manitoba * Keeseekoowenin First Nation — Elphinstone, Manitoba *O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation — Crane River, Manitoba * Pine Creek First Nation — Camperville, Manitoba * Rolling River First Nation — Erickson, Manitoba Erickson is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson within the Canadian province of Manitoba; it held town status prior to 1 January 2015. It is located on Highway 10 on 32-17-18W in south central Manit ... * Skownan Firs ...
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Erickson, Manitoba
Erickson is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson within the Canadian province of Manitoba; it held town status prior to 1 January 2015. It is located on Highway 10 on 32-17-18W in south central Manitoba. The main industry of Erickson is agriculture. History The community was originally established as a Canadian National railway point in 1905. When a post office was opened in 1908 it was known as Avesta. It was named after a town in south-central Sweden. Shortly after, the post office was moved near the railway station site, Erickson Station. The station had been named after the Postmaster, E. Albert Erickson. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; ), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. It is headquartered in ...
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Elphinstone, Manitoba
Elphinstone is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located northwest of Brandon, Manitoba and is on Highway 45. It is on the west bank of the Little Saskatchewan River. The primary industry of the community is agriculture. The Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation reserve is located just to the north, around the former Riding Mountain House trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). History Elphinstone was named after Lord Elphinstone, who came about 1880 as a guest of Robert Campbell, chief factor of the HBC, and bought about of land on the Little Saskatchewan River. Elphinstone post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... was established 1 Augu ...
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West Region Tribal Council
The West Region Tribal Council is a First Nations tribal council in Manitoba, acting as the coordinating body for eight band governments of Treaty 2 and Treaty 4, located around the Westman and Parkland regions of the province. The eight band governments of the Council represent around 9,000 members in total. Member bands The eight band governments that comprise the tribal council are the: * Ebb and Flow First Nation — at Ebb and Flow, Manitoba * Gamblers First Nation — Binscarth, Manitoba * Keeseekoowenin First Nation — Elphinstone, Manitoba *O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation — Crane River, Manitoba * Pine Creek First Nation — Camperville, Manitoba * Rolling River First Nation — Erickson, Manitoba Erickson is an unincorporated urban community in the Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson within the Canadian province of Manitoba; it held town status prior to 1 January 2015. It is located on Highway 10 on 32-17-18W in south central Manit ... * Skownan Firs ...
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Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve
The Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve () is a Indian reserve, First Nation located east of Roblin, Manitoba, west of Dauphin, Manitoba, and approximately north of Manitoba Highway 5, Highway 5. Tootinaowaziibeeng is a Treaty 4, Treaty 4 First Nation. Its main Indian reserve, reserve is Valley River 63A, which is bordered by both the Municipality of Roblin and Grandview Municipality, as well as by the Duck Mountain Provincial Forest on its north side. The Valley River (Manitoba), Valley River runs through the First Nation starting in the northwestern corner and exiting at the southeast. The total population of the First Nation in 2025 was 1,667, of which about half are at the Valley River reserve and the remainder at various locations off-reserve. Reserves Valley River 63A is the main Indian reserve, reserve of Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve. It is located northwest from Winnipeg, and has an area of . It is bordered by the municipalities of Grandview Municipality, ...
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Skownan, Manitoba
Skownan First Nation () is a Saulteaux (Ojibwe) First Nations in Canada, First Nations band government whose reserve community, Waterhen Indian Reserve No. 45, Waterhen 45, is located 288 km north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the south shore of Waterhen Lake (Manitoba), Waterhen Lake, between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis. As of May, 2015, the First Nation had 1,464 registered members, of which 750 lived on-reserve. The Skownan First Nation is a member of the West Region Tribal Council. Skownan First Nation also owns and operates a local radio station, known as 98.7 SKO FM. The radio station services the community. History Originally, the First Nation was known as the Waterhen River Band of Saulteaux and later simply as Waterhen First Nation (not to be confused with the Waterhen Lake Band of Cree in Saskatchewan, known today as the Waterhen Lake First Nation). The Skownan First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 2. Their name comes from ''Ne-biimiskonaan'', meaning 't ...
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Skownan First Nation
Skownan First Nation () 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 Lake Winnipeg and Lake Winnipegosis. As of May, 2015, the First Nation had 1,464 registered members, of which 750 lived on-reserve. The Skownan First Nation is a member of the West Region Tribal Council. Skownan First Nation also owns and operates a local radio station, known as 98.7 SKO FM. The radio station services the community. History Originally, the First Nation was known as the Waterhen River Band of Saulteaux and later simply as Waterhen First Nation (not to be confused with the Waterhen Lake Band of Cree in Saskatchewan, known today as the Waterhen Lake First Nation). The Skownan First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 2. Their name comes from ''Ne-biimiskonaan'', meaning 'to turn around the point' or 'turning point' in the Anishinaabe language. Gove ...
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Rolling River First Nation
The Rolling River First Nation () 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 of Erickson, Manitoba. Reserve lands Rolling River First Nation is in possession of three reserves: * Rolling River 67 () — the main reserve, with a total size of . It is located north of Brandon. Bordered mostly by the RM of Harrison, it also has a significant border with the RM of Clanwilliam, as well as a much smaller border with the RM of Minto. * Rolling River 67A () — has a total size of * Rolling River 67B () — has a total size of * Rolling River 67C () — has a total size of * 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 surrounded by the town of Fort Qu'Appelle. In the 2016 Canad ...
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Camperville, Manitoba
Camperville is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Camperville's residents are mainly Métis. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Manitoba Highway 20 (Northern Woods and Water Route East Branch) passes through the village. Local economy includes salt mining, tourism, hunting, fishing and trapping. History The community was named for Father C.J. Camper, an early Roman Catholic missionary. Nearby community Pine Creek First Nation had a church built 1906–1910, which was subsequently destroyed in 1930 but was rebuilt, as the walls of the old church were reusable. However, one can easily distinguish between the two because the first church had a two-storey steeple while the steeple on the second was only one storey. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, it was first reported that Camperville had a population of 90 living in 49 of its 51 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of ...
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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 between the communities of Camperville and Duck Bay. The Rural Municipality of Mountain (South) borders it on the southwest. The current chief of Pine Creek First Nation is Derek Nepinak. Pine Creek First Nation is part of Treaty 4. , the First Nation's registered population was 3,188, with 1,058 members living on reserves or crown land and 2,130 members living off reserve. The primary language spoken on the reserve is Saulteaux. History The community had a two-storey steeple church erected 1906-1910, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1930. A second church with a single steeple was reconstructed using the first building's salvageable stone walls. Pine Creek First Nation had a residential school on its Reserve, built 1894-1897. The lar ...
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Crane River, Manitoba
Crane River is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 128 in the Canada 2006 Census The Reservation consists of 3 Councillors and 1 Chief, the reserve has all the basic needs like a Water Treatment Plant, A school for the kids inside of the community, a band office for the band members, a radio station that is mainly used for radio bingo, Health Centre, Daycare and headstart programs for the younger kids that cannot attend elementary school. The primary language used is English, most of the youth do not know how to speak Ojibway, we may have an understanding but we do not know how to speak the language and understand what is being said. .
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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 Education Resource Centre Inchttps://mfnerc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Significance-of-Creating-First-Nation-Traditional-Names-Maps.pdf/ref>) is a First Nations community in Manitoba. Its reserve is Crane River 51. Consisting of over 3500 hectares of land on the shore of Lake Manitoba Lake Manitoba () is the 14th largest lake in Canada and the 33rd largest lake in the world with a total area of . It is located within the Canadian province of Manitoba about northwest of the province's capital, Winnipeg, at . History The la ..., it is approximately 225 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg and adjacent to the settlement of Crane River. External links Map of Crane River 51 at Statcan References ''INAC - O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nat ...
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