Big Island Lake Cree Nation

Big Island Lake Cree Nation
Band No. 399
PeopleCree
TreatyTreaty 6
HeadquartersPierceland
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Land[1]
Reserve(s)
Big Island Lake Cree Territory
Land area47.001 km2
Population (2021)[1]
On reserve887
Off reserve379
Total population1266
Government[1]
ChiefDavid Sandfly
Council
Carvey Sandfly

Donna Oseemeemow Annabelle Sandfly

Ryan Sandfly

Tribal Council[1]
Yawpowitik
Website
Wikipedia

Big Island Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᒥᐢᑎᑯᐢᑳᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ mistikoskâw-sâkahikan, meaning many trees lake)[2] is a Cree First Nation[3] in Saskatchewan, Canada. They have reserved for themselves one reserve, also called Big Island Lake Cree Nation, within Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622.

  1. ^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ^ http://www.bigorrin.org/archive19.htm
  3. ^ "First Nation Detail - Big Island Lake Cree Nation". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2018.