Okanese First Nation facts for kids

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Okanese First Nation
Band No. 382

People	Cree Saulteaux
Treaty	Treaty 4
Headquarters	Balcarres
Province	Saskatchewan
Land
Main reserve	Okanese 82
Other reserve(s)	Okanese 82(A) through Okanese 82(HH)
Population
On reserve	283
Off reserve	452
Total population	735
Government
Chief	Richard Stonechild
Tribal Council
File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council

Okanee First Nation in Saskatchewan

The Okanese First Nation is a Cree-Saulteaux First Nation band government in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four. It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875. The Nation's population was 104 in 1879. 225 of the 459 members lived on the Nation's Reserve in 1999.

In June 2008 Canwest reported Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier the Chief of the Okanese since 1981, was the longest-serving female Chief in Saskatchewan.

Comedian and playwright Dawn Dumont was born and raised on the Okanese First Nation. She depicts elements of life on the reserve in her books Nobody Cries at Bingo (2011) and Rose's Run (2014).