Norway House Cree Nation

Norway House Cree Nation
Band No. 278
Kinosao Sipi
ᑭᓄᓭᐏ ᓰᐱᐩ
kinosêwi-sîpiy
PeopleCree
TreatyTreaty 5[1]
HeadquartersNorway House
ProvinceManitoba
Land[3]
Main reserveNorway House 17[2]
Population (October 2019)[3]
On reserve8389
On other land68
Off reserve1918
Total population10375
Government[3]
ChiefLarson Anderson
Council
  • Anthony Apetagon
  • Deon Clarke
  • Dave Swanson
  • Edward Albert
  • John Henry Jr
  • Orville Apetagon
Website
http://nhcn.ca

The Norway House Cree Nation (Kinosao Sipi) (Swampy Cree: ᑭᓄᓭᐏ ᓰᐱᐩ, romanized: kinosêwi-sîpiy) is based at Norway House, Manitoba, which is on the Playgreen Lake section of the Nelson River system. The people are Swampy Cree from the Rocky Cree (Asiniskaw Īthiniwak or Asinīskāwiyiniwak) band government. They are in possession of a number of reserves, but population is centered at IR Norway House 17 (06392).[2] There are over 8300 members living on-reserve with another 1900 plus members at various locations off-reserve.[4] The 2016 Census reported an official population of 7,927 inhabitants at Norway House 17 up from 7,758 in 2011.[5]

The Norway House Cree Nation school is the subject of a documentary by Alanis Obomsawin.[6]

  1. ^ Government of Great Britain (1885). Edward Hertslet (ed.). "Treaty 5" . A Complete Collection of the Treaties and Conventions between Great Britain and Foreign Powers. Vol. XV. Butterworths, Law. pp. 702–799 – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ a b "Reserves/Settlements/Villages". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 26 September 2019.
  3. ^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Registered Population". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 26 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Norway House Cree Nation (Code 4622058) Census Profile". 2016 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.
  6. ^ Brownstein, Bill (10 November 2016). "There's no stopping legendary documentarian Alanis Obomsawin". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia. Retrieved 15 November 2016.