Muskoday First Nation

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The Muskoday First Nation is a First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Their territory is located roughly 12 kilometres southeast of the city of Prince Albert. The First Nation was known until the 1970s as the John Smith First Nation. The Nation has one reserve that has an area of approximately 97 square kilometres.

The First Nation's reserve was taken up after Chief John Smith of a Cree and Saulteaux band who were originally from Manitoba signed Treaty Six at Fort Carlton in 1876. The First Nation was named after their Chief John Smith, who was a brother of Chief James Smith, the founder of the James Smith First Nation. Also during the late 1800s, James Isbister served for a period as a farm instructor at Muskoday.

During the 1970s when the name of the First Nation was changed, a highway was completed through the reserve that linked the town of Birch Hills with Prince Albert. The Muskoday Bridge was then built over the South Saskatchewan River, which divides the reserve lands roughly in half.

The Muskoday First Nation recently completed construction (2005) of its own Kindergarten to Grade 9 school. In 1997 the First Nation designed a Land Code to manage its own lands, rather than have them managed by the federal Government of Canada.

The First Nation has a registered population of 1466 people as of June 2005. Approximately 550 members of the First Nation live on-reserve, and approximately 900 live off-reserve.

The First Nation is affiliated with the Saskatoon Tribal Council, along with six other First Nations.

[edit] External links

• Muskoday First Nation official website
• Muskoday First Nation Land Code
• Government of Canada's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs First Nation profile

First Nations in Central Saskatchewan

Ahtahkakoop First Nation | Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation | Big Bear Band | Big Island Lake Cree Nation | Big River First Nation | Chakastapaysin Band of the Cree Nation | Cumberland House Cree Nation | Flying Dust First Nation | Island Lake First Nation | James Smith Cree Nation | Kinistin First Nation | Little Pine First Nation | Lucky Man Cree Nation | Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation | Mistawasis First Nation | Montreal Lake Cree Nation | Moosomin First Nation | Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation | Muskeg Lake First Nation | Muskoday First Nation | One Arrow First Nation | Onion Lake First Nation | Pelican Lake First Nation | Peter Chapman First Nation | Poundmaker Cree Nation | Red Earth First Nation | Red Pheasant First Nation | Saulteaux First Nation | Shoal Lake Cree Nation | Sturgeon Lake First Nation | Sweetgrass First Nation | Thunderchild First Nation | Wahpeton Dakota Nation | Waterhen Lake First Nation | Witchekan Lake First Nation | Yellow Quill First Nation | Young Chippewayan First Nation

For the purposes of this template, Central Saskatchewan is defined as all places north of Saskatoon and south of the most southerly point of Lac La Ronge.