The Red Pheasant Cree Nation ( Cree : ᒥᑭᓯᐘᒌᕽ, mikisiwacîhk ) is a Plains Cree First Nations band government in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . The band's sole reserve , Red Pheasant 108 , is 33 km (21 mi) south of North Battleford .
6-704: Chief Wuttunee's people were living along the Battle River when the Numbered Treaties were being negotiated. Wuttunee did not want to sign Treaty 6 but appointed his brother Red Pheasant to sign in his place, and the Department of Indian Affairs henceforth referred to them as the Red Pheasant Band. In 1878, they settled on a reserve in the Eagle Hills. A day school and an Anglican church were opened there within
12-399: A decade. In 2019, Chief Wuttunee secured the return of the original treaty medal which had been stolen in 1890 off the body of a deceased Chief. In 2020, Chief Clinton Wuttunee was re-elected to the position of Chief. However, his election and that of one other band councilor were annulled amid substantiated allegations of electoral fraud, including vote buying. This decision was appealed to
18-612: The Federal Court of Appeal by Chief Wuttunee and the other band councilor on the basis that any vote buying conducted by them had not been decisive in the election. The appellate court affirmed the annulment of the election, noting the lower court's finding that "Chief Wuttunee and Councillor Nicotine had occupied leadership positions within the RPFN, and that, as such, they were supposed to lead by example. Instead of acting as “bulwarks of First Nation democracy”, however, they endeavoured to corrupt
24-660: The North Saskatchewan River . The Battle River flows for 570 kilometres (350 mi) and drains a total area of 30,300 square kilometres (11,700 sq mi). Its mean discharge at the mouth is 10 m³/s. The river is said to be named for a battle that took place between the Cree and the Blackfoot . The headwaters of Battle River is Battle Lake in west-central Alberta, east of Winfield . The river flows through Alberta and into Saskatchewan, where it discharges into
30-544: The North Saskatchewan River at Battleford . Over its course, the river flows through Ponoka and by Hardisty and Fabyan within Alberta. Big Knife Provincial Park is situated on the south bank of the river west of Highway 855 , about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Forestburg . The Fabyan Trestle Bridge also spans the river. Battle Lake, Samson Lake, Driedmeat Lake, and Big Knife Lake are formed along
36-471: The democratic process." [1] The band has 2,536 registered members, 821 of whom live on the reserve or other band lands and 1,715 live off reserve. This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle River Battle River is a river in central Alberta and western Saskatchewan , Canada. It is a major tributary of
#463536