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The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), formerly known as the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, is a Saskatchewan-based First Nations organization. The FSIN represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan. The Federation is committed to honouring the spirit and intent of the Treaties, as well as the promotion, protection and implementation of the Treaty promises that were made more than a century ago.
History
The seeds of the organization were planted when Chiefs and leaders gathered in Fort Qu'Appelle in 1946, emerging with an organization to advocate for the rights of First Nations people -- the Union of Saskatchewan Indians. The Union was created with the merger of two other groups, the Protective Association for the Indians and their Treaties, and the Association of Saskatchewan Indians, (officially incorporated in 1945 with Joe Dreaver as president).
In 1958, the First Nations leaders gathered in Fort Qu'Appelle and reviewed the constitution of the Union, replacing it with a new organization that more fairly represented the First Nations reality. It was decided that the organization be looked upon as a federation of bands and that the power reside in the hands of the Chiefs. The Union evolved into the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians.
In April 1982, the First Nations signed the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Convention and agreed to unite in a common front to protect and preserve First Nations' Treaty rights and their political, economic, social and cultural characteristics. The political convention outlined a governing structure that consisted of the Chiefs-in-Assembly, a Senate, an Elders' Council, an Executive Council and an Indian Government Commission.
In May 2016 the FSIN Chiefs-in-Assembly voted to change the name to the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.[1]
List of Presidents and Chiefs
Presidents and Chiefs of the FSI and FSIN include:[2]
- John Tootoosis (1958-1961)
- David Knight (1961-1964)
- Wilfred Bellegarde (1964-66)
- Walter Deiter (1966-68)
- David Ahenakew (1968-1978)
- Albert Bellegarde (1978-1979)
- Sol Sanderson (1979-1986)
- Roland Crowe (1986-1994)
- Blaine Favel (1994-1998)
- Perry Bellegarde (1998-2003)
- Alphonse Bird (2003-2006)
- Lawrence Joseph (2006-2009)
- Guy Lonechild (2009-2011)
- Morley Watson Interim (2011-2012)
- Perry Bellegarde (2012-2014)
- Kim Jonathan Interim (2014-2015)
- Bobby Cameron (2015-Present)
List of Saskatchewan First Nations
Name | Location | Population | Language | Number | Size |
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Carry the Kettle First Nation | 53 miles East of Regina along the TransCanada #1 Highway | 2387 (850 on reserve, 1537 off reserve | Nakota (Assiniboine) | 378 | 15 km x 13 km |
Cowesses First Nation | 20 kilometres North of Broadview, off highway #1 | 3526 (712 on reserve) | Cree, Salteaux, English | 73 | 8 miles x 12 miles |
Fishing Lake First Nation | Near Wadena | 1500 | Saulteaux | 390 | 233 acres |
George Gordon First Nation | 8 km from Punnichy, 125 km NE of Regina | 3106 (1100 on reserve) | Cree and Saulteaux | 86 | 145 square km |
Kahkewistahaw First Nation | 150km east of Regina | Nil | Nil | 362 | Nil |
Kawacatoose First Nation | Near Raymore, Quinton, Punnichy | 2746 (731 on reserve, 115 rural towns, 1900 urban / off reserve) | Cree and Ojibway | 88 | 6 square km + 12,200 acres purchased land |
Lac la Ronge First Nation | Multi-Community: Reserves at La Ronge, Stanley Mission, Grandmother's Bay, Little Red River, Sucker River and Hall Lake. | 8,666 | Woodland Cree | 353 | 6 Reserve Communities and 18 Separate Reserve lands, with a total land mass of 107,001 acres. The acreage of each reserve ranges from .49 acres to 34,955 acres. |
Piapot First Nation | 50 km NE of Regina in the Qu'Appelle Valley | 2020 (580 on reserve) | Cree | 385 | 6 miles x 5 miles |
Sakimay First Nation | 100 km E of Regina | 1412 | Nakawe (Saulteaux) | 364 | Nil |
Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation | Qu'Appelle Valley | 1,111 | Dakota | 386 | 2,246.1 Hectares |
Poundmaker Cree First Nation | North Battleford | 1281 (505 on reserve) | Cree | Nil | Nil |
Little Pine First Nation | 53 km NW of Battleford | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head First Nation | 30 km S of Battleford | 1243 (644 on reserve) | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Lucky Man First Nation | 60 km E of North Battleford near Mayfair | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Day Star First Nation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
George Gordon First Nation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Muskowekwan First Nation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Whitecap Dakota First Nation | 26 km S of Saskatoon | 521 | Dakota | 372 | 4,913 acres |
Yellow Quill First Nation | 267 km NE of Saskatoon | Nil | Saulteaux | Nil | 5,926.4 Hectares |
Big River First Nation | Debden | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Pelican Lake First Nation | Leaville | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Witchekan First Nation | Spiritwood | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Ahtahkakoop First Nation | Shell Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Moosomin First Nation | Cochin | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Red Pheasant First Nation | Cando | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Sweetgrass First Nation | Gallivan | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Young Chippewayan First Nation | Gallivan | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Little Black Bear First Nation | Goodeve | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Muscowpetung First Nation | Fort Qu'Appelle | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Nekaneet First Nation | Maple Creek | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Okanese First Nation | Balcarres | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Pasqua First Nation | Fort Qu'Appelle | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Peepeekisis First Nation | Balcarres | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Piapot First Nation | Zehner | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Standing Buffalo First Nation | Fort Qu'Appelle | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Star Blanket First Nation | Balcarres | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Wood Mountain First Nation | Assiniboia | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Birch Narrows First Nation | Tumor Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Buffalo River First Nation | Dillon | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Canoe Lake First Nation | Canoe Narrows | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Clearwater River Dene First Nation | La Loche | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
English River First Nation | Patuanak | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Flying Dust First Nation | Meadow Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Island Lake First Nation | Loon Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation | Loon Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Waterhen Lake First Nation | Waterhen Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Opawakoscikan First Nation | Prince Albert | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Black Lake Denesuline First Nation | Black Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Cumberland House Cree First Nation | Cumberland House | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation | Fond Du Lac | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation | Wollaston Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
James Smith First Nation | Melfort | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Montreal Lake Cree First Nation | Montreal Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Peter Ballantyne Cree First Nation | Pelican Narrows | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Red Earth First Nation | Red Earth | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Shoal Lake First Nation | Pakwaw Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Sturgeon Lake First Nation | Shellbrook | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Wahpetan Dakota First Nation | Prince Albert | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Kinistin Saulteaux First Nation | Tisdale | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Mistawasis First Nation | Leask | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Muskeg Lake Cree First Nation | Marcelin | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Muskoday First Nation | Muskoday | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
One Arrow First Nation | Bellevue | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Ochapowace First Nation | Whitewood | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
White Bear First Nation | Carlyle | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Cote First Nation | Kamsack | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Kahkewistahaw First Nation | Broadview | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Keeseekoose First Nation | Kamsack | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Key First Nation | Norquay | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Ocean Man First Nation | Stoughton | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation | Duck Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Big Island First Nation | Pierceland | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Chacachas First Nation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Chakastapaysin First Nation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Onion Lake Cree Nation | Onion Lake | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Peter Chapman First Nation | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation | Kisbey | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Saulteaux First Nation | Cochin | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Thunderchild First Nation | Turtleford | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
References
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/fsin-first-nations-name-change-1.3600463
- ↑ The Historical Formation of the FSIN, Saskatchewan Indian v30n2 (Spring 2000)
- ↑ http://www.fsin.com/
- Opekokew, Delia. "The First Nations: Indian Government and the Canadian Confederation" (Saskatoon: Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, 1980)