Sagkeeng Reserve | |
|---|---|
Reserve | |
| Fort Alexander Indian Reserve | |
  Sagkeeng Reserve | |
| Coordinates: 50°36′32″N 96°17′44″W / 50.60889°N 96.29556°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Manitoba |
| Census division | Division No. 1 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Band government (band #262) |
| • Chief | E.J. Fontaine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,771 ha (21,674 acres) |
| [1] | |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,208 |
| • On reserve | 3,644 |
| • Off reserve | 4,564 |
| Website | sagkeeng |
The Sagkeeng First Nation (also known as Sagkeeng Anicinabe)[3] is a Treaty-1 First Nation in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada, that is composed of the Anishinaabe people indigenous to the area at or near the Fort Alexander Indian Reserve #3 (or Fort Alexander)[4]: 14 located along the Winnipeg River and Traverse Bay.[3] Today, Sagkeeng holds territory in the southern part of Lake Winnipeg, 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of the city of Winnipeg, and on the mainland.
As of June 2021, the Sagkeeng reserve has a total registered population of 8,208 band members, with over 3,600 members living on the reserve and over 4,500 living off of the reserve.[2] As the reserve is located on both North and South shores at the outlet, or 'mouth', of the Winnipeg River, the name Sagkeeng is derived from the Ojibwe term Zaagiing, meaning 'Mouth of the river'.[4]: 14 It is adjacent to the northern border of the Rural Municipality of Alexander, which also borders the town of Pine Falls.
Sagkeeng’s traditional territory includes land within Treaty 1 and lands north and east of the Winnipeg River. The territory of Sagkeeng originally was to have commenced one mile upstream from the Fort Alexander trading post formerly occupied by the Hudson's Bay Company. Files of the federal Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs department indicate that the Chief and Council requested the boundaries to be moved to its present location.[when?]
- ^ "Sagkeeng First Nation • First Nations Land Management Resource Centre (RC)".
- ^ a b "First Nation Profiles". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008.
- ^ a b "History | Sagkeeng First Nation". www.sagkeeng.ca. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ^ a b "Traditional First Nation community names" (PDF), Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc., Principal's Newsletter, February 2009, retrieved July 15, 2016