Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation

Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation
Reserve
Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation Location of Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation in Manitoba
Coordinates: 50°33′09″N 100°18′06″W / 50.552598°N 100.301743°W / 50.552598; -100.301743Coordinates: 50°33′09″N 100°18′06″W / 50.552598°N 100.301743°W / 50.552598; -100.301743
Country	Canada
Province	Manitoba
Region	Westman
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	Central (CDT) (UTC-5)

Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation has their main population located near Elphinstone, Manitoba on (IR) 61 which is located south of Riding Mountain National Park. They are sometimes referred to as the Riding Mountain Band. The main reserve is surrounded by territory of the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead, in whose northeastern portion it lies. The band also have IR 61A located within the National Park. There is also a third and smaller reserve known as IR 61B. This reserve is located on Bottle Lake.^[1]^[2]

Origins

The reserve was established around Riding Mountain House, a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company that operated from 1860 until 1895.^[3]^[4] The group takes their name from Keeseekoowenin, who was Chief when they moved to the reserve in 1875.^[5]

References

↑ "Keeseekoowenin". Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
↑ "Keeseekoowenin". Aboriginal Canada Portal. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
↑ "RIDING MOUNTAIN BIOSPHERE RESERVE Periodic Review Report" (PDF). 2000. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
↑ Trevor E. Lockhart (2000). "Water Management Issues in the Turtle River Watershed Conservation District" (PDF). National Library of Canada. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
↑ Neufeld, Peter Lorenz (1994). "KEESEEKOOWENIN". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

First Nations in Southern Manitoba

The following regions of Manitoba are defined as constituting Southern Manitoba for the purposes of this template:

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Two
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Treaty Two Nations	Dauphin River First Nation Ebb and Flow First Nation Keeseekoowenin First Nation Lake Manitoba First Nation Lake St. Martin First Nation Little Saskatchewan First Nation O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation Pinaymootang First Nation Skownan First Nation

Division No. 15, Manitoba (Western Manitoba)

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Former towns	Birtle Erickson Hamiota Rapid City Shoal Lake

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Former villages	St. Lazare

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Former RMs	Archie Birtle Blanshard Clanwilliam Ellice Harrison Langford Miniota Minto Odanah Park Saskatchewan Shoal Lake Strathclair

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