Montreal Lake, Saskatchewan

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Montreal Lake

Location of Montreal Lake in Saskatchewan

Montreal Lake is a Cree First Nation reserve in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is on the southern shore of Montreal Lake 103 km (64 miles) north of Prince Albert and 167 km (104 miles) south of La Ronge. Highway 969 passes through the village.^[1]

Plains Cree is a dialect of the Algonquian language, Cree, which is the most populous Canadian indigenous language. Plains Cree is sometimes considered a dialect of the Cree-Montagnais language, or sometimes a dialect of the Cree language, distinct from the Montagnais language. Plains Cree is one of five main dialects of Cree in this second sense, along with Woods Cree, Swampy Cree, Moose Cree, and Atikamekw. Although no single dialect of Cree is favored over another, Plains Cree is the most widely used. Out of the 80 thousand speakers of the Cree language, the Plains Cree dialect is spoken by about 34,000 people primarily in Saskatchewan and Alberta but also in Manitoba and Montana. This number is diminishing as social pressures increase to use English, leaving many Cree children without a fluent command of Cree. Monolingual Plains Cree speakers are still found, however, in the more rural Cree-speaking areas, such as the northern river communities in the Cree territories. These populations, nevertheless, are primarily composed of elders and are continuously shrinking in size.

In Canada, the First Nations are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle. Those in the Arctic area are distinct and known as Inuit. The Métis, another distinct ethnicity, developed after European contact and relations primarily between First Nations people and Europeans. There are 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.

In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."

Montreal Lake First Nation

The village is the administrative centre of the Montreal Lake First Nations band government. Chief William Charles and his councillors signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 in 1889 on behalf of Montreal Lake First Nation.^[2] and is a member of the Prince Albert Grand Council.

In Canada, an Indian band or band, sometimes referred to as a First Nation band or simply a First Nation, is the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act. Bands are typically small groups of people: the largest in the country, the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation had 22,294 members in September 2005, and many have a membership below 100 people. Each First Nation is typically represented by a band council chaired by an elected chief, and sometimes also a hereditary chief. As of 2013, there were 614 bands in Canada. Membership in a band is controlled in one of two ways: for most bands, membership is obtained by becoming listed on the Indian Register maintained by the government. As of 2013, there were 253 First Nations which had their own membership criteria, so that not all Status Indians are members of a band.

Treaty 6 is the sixth of seven numbered treaties that were signed by the Canadian Crown and various First Nations between 1871 and 1877. Specifically, Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Crown and the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other band governments at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt. Key figures, representing the Crown, involved in the negotiations were Alexander Morris, Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories; James McKay, The Minister of Agriculture for Manitoba; and W.J. Christie, the Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. Chief Mistawasis and Chief Ahtahkakoop represented the Carlton Cree.

The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is a Tribal Council representing the band governments of twelve First Nations in the province of Saskatchewan. Its head offices are located in the city of Prince Albert. The Tribal Council was created in 1977 and is one of the largest in Canada.

As of March 2013 the total membership of the Montreal Lake First Nation was 3,678 with 2,261 members living on-reserve or on crown land and 1417 living off reserve.^[3] It is governed by a Chief and 8 councillors.^[3] It has territory at Montreal Lake 106 (population 999),^[4] Montreal Lake 106 B (population 389)^[4] and Timber Bay (population 93).^[3]^[4]

A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.

Demographics

Canada census – Montreal Lake, Saskatchewan community profile
	2011	2006
Population:	999 (+13.5% from 2006)	880 (+2.2% from 2001)
Land area:	60.96 km² (23.54 sq mi)	60.96 km² (23.54 sq mi)
Population density:	16.4/km² (42/sq mi)	14.4/km² (37/sq mi)
Median age:	20.2 (M: 20.3, F: 19.9)	19.7 (M: 19.3, F: 20.7)
Total private dwellings:	291	237
Median household income:
References: 2011^[5] 2006^[6] earlier^[7]

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References

↑ http://www.mlcn.ca/
↑ "Prince Albert Grand Council website". 2013-03-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07.
1 2 3 "AANDC (Montreal Lake)" . Retrieved 2013-04-18.
1 2 3 "Canada Census 2011 (community profiles)" . Retrieved 2013-04-18.
↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census . Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census . Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census . Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.

External links

Prince Albert Grand Council

Coordinates: 54°03′10″N105°47′12″W / 54.0529°N 105.7866°W / 54.0529; -105.7866

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[1] ttp://www.mlcn.ca/

[2] "Prince Albert Grand Council website". 2013-03-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07.

[AANDC-3] 1 2 3 "AANDC (Montreal Lake)" . Retrieved 2013-04-18.

[Canada_Census_2011-4] 1 2 3 "Canada Census 2011 (community profiles)" . Retrieved 2013-04-18.

[cp2011-5] "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census . Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-08.

[cp2006-6] "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census . Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-08.

[cp2001-7] "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census . Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.

v t e The Numbered Treaties : Treaty Six
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	Marcel Colomb First Nation Mathias Colomb First Nation
Saskatchewan	Ahtahkakoop First Nation Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation Big Island Lake Cree Nation Big River First Nation Flying Dust First Nation Island Lake First Nation James Smith First Nation Lac La Ronge First Nation Little Pine First Nation Lucky Man First Nation Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Mistawasis First Nation Montreal Lake First Nation Moosomin First Nation Mosquito-Grizzly Bear's Head-Lean Man Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Muskoday First Nation One Arrow First Nation Onion Lake First Nation Pelican Lake First Nation Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Poundmaker Cree Nation Red Pheasant First Nation Saulteaux First Nation Sweetgrass First Nation Sturgeon Lake First Nation Thunderchild First Nation Waterhen Lake First Nation Witchekan Lake First Nation
Alberta	Alexander First Nation Alexis First Nation Beaver Lake Cree Nation Cold Lake First Nation Enoch Cree Nation Ermineskin Cree Nation Frog Lake First Nation Heart Lake First Nation Kehewin Cree Nation Louis Bull First Nation Michel Band (disputed) Montana First Nation O'Chiese First Nation Papaschase (disputed) Paul First Nation Saddle Lake Cree Nation Samson First Nation Sunchild First Nation Whitefish Lake First Nation (Goodfish)