Big Island Cree Nation (Bighead)
- P.O. Box 309 , Pierceland , SK , S0M 2K0
- Big Island Lake Cree Territory , Pierceland , SK , S0M 2K0
- 306.839.2277
- 306.839.2323
- https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/big_island_lake_first_nation_joseph_big_head.php
- http://www.anishinabe-history.com/first-nation/big-island-saskatchewan.shtml
- https://www.bigisland.ca/homel
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Island_Lake_Cree_Nation
- https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=399&lang=eng
- https://geo.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/cippn-fnpim/index-eng.html
- https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/SearchFN.aspx?lang=eng
- https://kids.kiddle.co/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada
- https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Canada_First_Nations
About
Joseph Bighead First Nation, now known as Big Island Lake Cree Nation, was a band named for chief Joseph Bighead, the chief at the time of the reserve's creation in 1914. Bighead's surname was probably a translation of mahkistikwân 'big head'. In 2000, the chief and council decided to reinstate the traditional name of the band, which relates to Lac des Iles.
The band is one of the few in Saskatchewan to remain outside any tribal council, believing membership serves to diminish treaty rights. Cree Chief Joseph Bighead signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 on June 25, 1913.
Big Island Lake Cree Nation is a Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. They have reserved for themselves one reserve, also called Big Island Lake Cree Nation, within Rural Municipality of Beaver River No. 622.
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Joseph Bighead First Nation was a band named for chief Joseph Bighead, the chief at the time of the reserve's creation in 1914. Cree Chief Joseph Bighead signed an adhesion to Treaty 6 on June 25, 1913. Joseph Bighead First Nation is now known as Big Island Lake Cree Nation.
Province : Saskatchewan
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Wesley Big George
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