Kinistin Saulteaux Nation

Kinistin 91A

Land area41.48 km²Population (2019)^[1]On reserve339Off reserve750Total population1089Government^[1]ChiefFelix ThomasTribal Council^[1]Saskatoon Tribal CouncilWebsitekinistin.sk.ca

The Kinistin Saulteaux Nation (Ojibwe: Gidishkoniganinaan)^[2] is a Saulteaux band government in Saskatchewan. Their reserve is 39 kilometres (24 mi) southeast of Melfort. The Kinistin Saulteaux Nation is a signatory of Treaty No. 4, which was signed by Chief Yellow-quill on August 24, 1876.

Total registered population in February, 2009, was 913, of which the on-reserve population was 328 members. The First Nation is a member of the Saskatoon Tribal Council and have their urban offices in Saskatoon as well as their Tribal Council offices.

History

The First Nation was originally part of the Yellow-quill Saulteaux Band, a Treaty Band named after a Treaty 4 signatory Chief Ošāwaškokwanēpi, whose name means "Green/Blue-quill." However, due to "š" merging with "s" in Nakawēmowin (Saulteaux language), this led to a mistranslation of his name as "Yellow-quill"—"yellow" being osāw-, while "green/blue" being ošāwaško- (or osāwasko- in Saulteaux). Kinistin is named after Chief Kiništin ("Cree"), one of the headmen for Chief Ošāwaškokwanēpi. Chief Kiništin came to Saskatchewan from Western Ontario along with his two brothers, Miskokwanep ("Red [Crow-]Feather") and Mehcihcākanihs ("Coyote"). In 1901, lands were set aside for the Kinistin Band. Soon after the death of Chief Ošāwaškokwanēpi, the Yellow-quill Saulteaux Band divided into three groups, with the group originally headed by Chief Kiništin becoming the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation.

Reserves

The First Nation have reserved for themselves three reserves:

3,562.90 hectares (8,804.1 acres) Kinistin Reserve 91, which serves as their main Reserve.
457.30 hectares (1,130.0 acres) Kinistin Reserve 91A
37.1 hectares (92 acres) Treaty Four Reserve Grounds (Indian Reserve 77), which is shared with 32 other First Nations.

Governance

Kinistin have an elected tribal council consisting of a chief and five councilors. The current council for the two-year-long electoral term ending in April 2019, consists of Chief Felix Thomas and Councillors Wayne J. Thomas, Joseph Smokeyday, Cecil McNab and Craig Thomas.

References

^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ FREELANG Ojibwe-English-Ojibwe online dictionary, Gidishkoniganinaan - Kinistin (Reserve #91 & #91A)(SK) https://www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php?lg=gb

External links

Official website

Saskatoon Tribal Council

Kinistin
Mistawasis
Muskeg Lake
Muskoday
One Arrow
Whitecap
Yellow Quill

SDC Development Corporation
Cress Housing
Urban First Nation Services
STC Health & Family Services

v t e Yellow Quill Saulteaux
Fishing Lake Kinistin Yellow Quill

First Nations in Saskatchewan

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

Ethnolinguistic groups

Historical polities

Numbered Treaties

Treaty 2 (1871)
Treaty 4 (1874)
Treaty 5 (1875)
Treaty 6 (1876)
Treaty 8 (1899)
Treaty 10 (1906)

Tribal councils and
band governments

Agency Chiefs Tribal Council (Spiritwood)	Big River Pelican Lake Witchekan Lake
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (North Battleford)	Ahtahkakoop Moosomin Red Pheasant Saulteaux Sweetgrass
Battlefords Tribal Council (North Battleford)	Little Pine Lucky Man Lean Man Poundmaker
File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council (Fort Qu'Appelle)	Carry the Kettle Little Black Bear Muscowpetung Nekaneet Okanese Pasqua Peepeekisis Piapot Standing Buffalo Star Blanket Wood Mountain
Meadow Lake Tribal Council (Meadow Lake)	Birch Narrows Buffalo River Canoe Lake Clearwater River English River Flying Dust Island Lake Makwa Sahgaiehcan Waterhen Lake
Prince Albert Grand Council (Prince Albert)	Black Lake Cumberland House Fond du Lac Hatchet Lake James Smith Lac La Ronge Muskowekwan Montreal Lake Peter Ballantyne Red Earth Shoal Lake Sturgeon Lake Wahpeton
Saskatoon Tribal Council (Saskatoon)	Kinistin Mistawasis Muskeg Lake Muskoday One Arrow Whitecap Yellow Quill
Touchwood Agency Tribal Council (Punnichy)	Day Star Gordon Kawacatoose Muskowekwan
Yorkton Tribal Administration (Yorkton)	Cote Kahkewistahaw Keeseekoose The Key Ocean Man Sakimay
Unaffiliated	Beardy's and Okemasis Big Island Lake Cowessess Fishing Lake Ochapowace Onion Lake Pheasant Rump Thunderchild White Bear
Not federally recognized	Chakastaypasin Stoney Knoll

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Four
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Manitoba	Gamblers First Nation Pine Creek First Nation Rolling River First Nation Sapotaweyak Cree Nation Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve First Nation Waywayseecappo First Nation Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation
Saskatchewan	Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation Coté First Nation Cowessess First Nation Day Star First Nation Fishing Lake First Nation Gordon First Nation Kahkewistahaw First Nation Kawacatoose First Nation Keeseekoose First Nation The Key First Nation Kinistin Saulteaux Nation Little Black Bear First Nation Muscowpetung First Nation Muskowekwan First Nation Nekaneet Cree Nation Ocean Man First Nation Ochapowace First Nation Okanese First Nation Pasqua First Nation Peepeekisis First Nation Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation Piapot First Nation Standing Buffalo First Nation (included, though not a signatory) Star Blanket Cree Nation White Bear First Nation Wood Mountain First Nation (included, though not a signatory) Yellow Quill First Nation Zagime Anishinabek