Lucky Man Cree Nation

Lucky Man Cree Nation is a Cree First Nation[5] in Saskatchewan, Canada. The reserve is located at Lucky Man, on the eastern border of the Rural Municipality of Meeting Lake No. 466. Re-established in 1989 after spending more than a hundred years amalgamated into the Little Pine First Nation, Lucky Man has the smallest membership in Treaty 6.

Lucky Man Cree Nation
Band No. 341
PeopleCree
TreatyTreaty 6
HeadquartersSaskatoon
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Land[1]
Reserve(s)
Lucky Man Reserve
Land area30.786 km2
Population (2019)[2]
On reserve6
Off reserve109
Total population115
Government[3]
ChiefCrystal Okemow
Tribal Council[4]
Battlefords Tribal Council

Etymology

The nation is named for Chief Papaway, papewe meaning "lucky man", headman for Little Pine when that group signed Treaty 6 at Fort Walsh in 1879. Lucky Man became chief in his own right, but was deposed by the government in the early 1880s. The band shared the Little Pine reserve before receiving its own land in the 1990s.

References
  1. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  3. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  4. "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  5. "First Nation Detail - Lucky Man". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2018.


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