Keeseekoose First Nation

Keeseekoose First Nation
Band No. 367
PeopleSaulteaux
TreatyTreaty 4
HeadquartersKamsack
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Land[1]
Main reserveKeeseekoose 66
Other reserve(s)
Keeseekoose 66A-66ST04
Land area79.554 km2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve711
Off reserve1814
Total population2525
Government[1]
ChiefLee Anthony Ketchemonia
Council
  1. Alvin Musqua Jr
  2. Alvin Quewezance
  3. Ralph Keshane
  4. Beverly Keshane
  5. Henry Keshane
  6. Lyndon Musqua
  7. Robert Stevenson
  8. Calvin Stevenson
  9. Glen Ketchemonia
  10. Ambrose Musqua
  11. Lorenz Keshane
  12. Kevin Musqua
Tribal Council[1]
Yorkton Tribal Administration Tribal Chief Isabelle O'Soup
Website
keeseekoose.com

The Keeseekoose First Nation (Ojibwe: Giizhigoons Anishinaabeg) is a Saulteaux band government located in Kamsack, Saskatchewan.[1] The band is named for Chief Kiishikouse (kîšîkôns, Giizhigoons, "little sky"), who signed an adhesion to Treaty 4 at Swan Lake, Manitoba in 1875. Flooding on the band's Manitoba reserve forced a relocation to the band's current location, adjacent to the Cote First Nation reserve. Those who stayed in Manitoba are today known as the Pine Creek First Nation.[2] The current population is approximately 2750 people, with the majority living abroad and in urban centers across Canada.

Keeseekoose is well known for producing some of the best talent in junior and senior hockey. One notable hockey player that excelled in hockey between 1950 and 1960 was Leonard Ketchemonia, who has earned many accolades throughout his career. In golf, Ashley Straightnose is a legend in Saskatchewan and in other parts of western Canada.

  1. ^ a b "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Barry, Bill (2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.