Waterhen Lake First Nation

Not to be confused with the Waterhen First Nation.

Waterhen Lake First Nation (Cree: ᓯᐦᑭᐦᑊ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ sihkihp sâkahikanihk)[1] is a Cree First Nation band government located in northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. As of October 2018 the total membership of the Waterhen Lake First Nation was 2,053. There were 983 members living on reserve, 2 on Crown Land and 1,068 members living off reserve.[2] The First Nation is a member of the MLTC Program Services, a regional tribal Chiefs' Council. The First Nation is also a signatory to the Adhesion to Treaty 6 in 1921.[3]

  1. ^ Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/sihkihp_s%C3%A2kahikan/
  2. ^ "AANDC (First Nation Profiles)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  3. ^ Charles V. Fiddler, "Waterhen Lake Reserve: An Ethno-History from 1921-1993", M.Ed. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Fall 1994