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The Keeseekoose First Nation is a Saulteaux band government located in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. The band is named for Chief Kiishikouse, who signed an adhesion to Treaty 4 at Swan Lake, Manitoba in 1875. Flooding on the band's Manitoba reserve forced a relocation to the band's current location, adjacent to the Cote First Nation reserve. Those who stayed in Manitoba are today known as the Pine Creek First Nation. The current population is approximately 2750 people, with the majority living abroad and in urban centers across Canada.
Big Grassy First Nation is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation band government located in Rainy River District, Ontario near Morson, Ontario.
Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation located in Kenora District, Ontario near Nestor Falls, Ontario. Together with the Big Grassy First Nation, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation is a successor apparent to the former Assabaska Band of Saulteaux. Total registered population in February, 2012, was 737, of which the on-reserve population was 445. The First Nation is a member of the Anishinabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council, a regional tribal council that is a member of the Grand Council of Treaty 3.
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- ↑ "First Nation Detail - Saulteaux". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada . Government of Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
