The Moosomin First Nation ( cr, ᒨᓱᒥᓂᕽ ''môsominihk'')
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The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
First Nation band government
In Canada, an Indian band or band (french: bande indienne, link=no), sometimes referred to as a First Nation band (french: bande de la Première Nation, link=no) or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subjec ...
in Cochin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Its reserves are approximately thirty-five kilometres and twenty-two kilometres north of North Battleford. It borders the rural municipalities of Meota No. 468 and Round Hill No. 467. Moosomin First Nation has over 1,500 Band members and control of more than of land.
The First nation is named after Cree Chief ᒨᓱᒥᐣ môsomin.
History
Chief Moosomin signed Treaty 6 at Battleford in 1880. Moosomin is the Cree
The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
word for the moose berry or high bush cranberry.
Indian reserves
The band governs thirteen Indian reserves:Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
, 5077.90 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112H, 37 km west of Spiritwood, 2042.90 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112J, 23 km southwest of Spiritwood, 199 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112K, 129.50 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112L, 27 km northwest of Blaine Lake
Blaine Lake is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 85 km north of Saskatoon, 104 km southwest of Prince Albert and 104 km east of North Battleford at the junction of Highway 12 and Highway 40. Nearby are the ur ...
, 2069.20 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112M, 707.70 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112N, 64.80 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112P, 29 km north of Hafford, 709 ha.
*Moosomin Indian Reserve No. 112S, 126.60 ha.
References
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First Nations governments in Saskatchewan
Cree governments