Chicken 224
Indian reserve
Chicken Indian Reserve No. 224
A map of the province of Saskatchewan showing 297 rural municipalities and hundreds of small Indian reserves. One is highlighted with a red circle.
Location in Saskatchewan
First NationBlack Lake
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Area
[1]
 • Total25,819.4 ha (63,801.1 acres)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,379
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Community Well-Being Index[3]42

Chicken 224 is an Indian reserve of the Black Lake Denesuline First Nation in Saskatchewan.[1][4] It is 170 kilometres southeast of Uranium City. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 1379 living in 263 of its 280 total private dwellings.[2] In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 42 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community.[3]

Etymology

The three Chicken reserves were named after a Chief Chicken, early leader of the Black Lake band.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Reserve/Settlement/Village Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 "The Community Well-Being index". Indigenous Services Canada. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Canada Lands Survey System - CLSS Map Browser". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.

59°11′56″N 105°37′33″W / 59.1988°N 105.6259°W / 59.1988; -105.6259 (Chicken 224)


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