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| People | Willow Cree |
|---|---|
| Treaty | Treaty 6 |
| Headquarters | Duck Lake |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Land[1] | |
| Main reserve | Beardy's & Okemasis' 96 & 97 |
| Other reserve(s) | |
| Land area | 203.46 km2 |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| On reserve | 1354 |
| Off reserve | 2184 |
| Total population | 3538 |
| Government[1] | |
| Chief | Edwin Ananas |
| Council | Jeremy Seeseequasis, Sheryl Okemaysim, Delano Mike, Warren Seesequais, Marie Neubuhr, Kurt Seesequasis |
| Tribal Council[1] | |
| Independent. | |
| Website | |
| bofn9697.com | |
Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation is aCreeFirst Nationsband government inSaskatchewan, Canada.[2] Theirreserves include:
The nation is named for Willow Cree Chiefs Beardy (kâmiyescawesit (Kah-mis-cho-wey-sit), "one who has a little beard") and Okemasis (okimâsis, "little chief", diminutive ofokimâw). Together, they led two-thirds of the Willow Cree band and settled west of Duck Lake prior to the signing ofTreaty 6 in 1876. With adjoining reserves, the two bands have since merged into a single First Nation. The Cree name for this combined reserve isᓃᐱᓰᐦᑯᐹᐏᔨᓃᓈᕽnîpisîhkopâwiyinînâhk, "among the Willow Cree".[3]
The remaining Willow Cree today form theOne Arrow First Nation.[4]
The Willow Cree are a sub-group of the Plains Cree tribe located today in the geographic regions of the Saskatchewan parklands, situated on the southern edge of the Boreal Forest and northern edge of the Great Plains, also situated between the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan Rivers.
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