O'Chiese First Nation
Band No. 431
PeopleAnishinaabe
TreatyTreaty 6
HeadquartersRocky Mountain House
ProvinceAlberta
Land[1]
Main reserveO'Chiese 203
Other reserve(s)
O'Chiese Cemetery 203A
Land area141.32 km2
Population (2019)[2]
On reserve926
Off reserve527
Total population1453
Government[3]
ChiefRay “Douglas” Beaverbones
Tribal Council[4]
Yellowhead Tribal Council
Website
ochiese.ca

The O'Chiese First Nation (/oʊˈtʃiːz/) is a Saulteaux First Nation in Alberta, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is the 14,131.9 ha (34,921 acres) O'Chiese 203 Indian reserve, located approximately 52 km northwest of Rocky Mountain House. Also reserved is the O'Chiese Cemetery 203A. As of November 2013, the First Nation had the population of 1,250 registered people, of which the on-reserve population was 831 people.[5] The primary language spoken on the reserve is Western Ojibwa. Though the ancestors of O'Chiese First Nation made the area about the Baptiste River their winter camp site where they hunted moose and deer, and trapped small game for the fur trade, they also migrated in the summer as far south as the Milk River in what is now Montana.

Governance

The O'Chiese First Nation elect their leadership through the Act Electoral System.[5] The First Nation is affiliated with Yellowhead Tribal Council.[5] O'Chiese First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 6 adhesion, signed on May 13, 1950.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "First Nation Detail: O'Chiese". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

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