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
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form ta ...
. 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 large four-storey school building was destroyed in 1972.
Reserves
Pine Creek 66A is the main
reserve of Pine Creek First Nation, with a total size of .
It is located approximately 110 kilometres north of
Dauphin along the southwestern shore of
Lake Winnipegosis between the communities of
Camperville and
Duck Bay
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form ta ...
. The
Rural Municipality of Mountain (South) borders it on the southwest.
Along with 32 other First Nations, Pine Creek First Nation also holds interest on the
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 located adjacent to and west of Fort Qu'Appelle. In the 2016 Canadian Census, t ...
, which spans and is located adjacent to
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan.
See also
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Aboriginal peoples in Manitoba
First Nations in Manitoba constitute of over 130,000 registered people, about 60% of whom live on reserve. There are 63 First Nations in the province and five indigenous linguistic groups. The languages are Nēhiyawēwin, Ojibwe, Dakota, Oji ...
References
External links
AANDC profileAboriginal Canada Portal profile of the First NationPalmer, Gwen. "Camperville and Duck Bay. Part 1 - Camperville" ''Manitoba Pageant'', Autumn 1972, Volume 18, Number 2Map of Pine Creek 66A at Statcan
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West Region Tribal Council
Hudson's Bay Company trading posts
First Nations in Central Manitoba