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Little Black Bear First Nation

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Little Black Bear First Nation is a Cree and Assiniboine First Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The band is located approximately 23 kilometers north of Balcarres, Saskatchewan, and nine 9 kilometers east. Little Black Bear First Nation's reserves include Little Black Bear 84, Little Black Bear 84SC, and Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77, shared with 32 other bands. 

Little Black Bear First Nation is named for Chief Little Back Bear who was born in 1825 and passed away in 1885. He originated from the Cypress Hills Area, migrating towards the land which would become File Hills. Chief Little Black Bear was one of the first to sign Treaty 4, and did so on September 15, 1874, when his band consisted of 29 families. They settled in the File Hills area on a piece of land surveyed for them. The land was approximately 29,760 acres in size. 


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Little Black Bear First Nation is a Cree and Assiniboine First Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The band is located approximately 23 kilometers north of Balcarres, Saskatchewan, and nine 9 kilometers east.

Province : Saskatchewan

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Clarence Bellegarde
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