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{{Short description|Plains Cree First Nations band government in Canada}}
{{Infobox First Nation
{{Infobox First Nation
| band_name = Onion Lake Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Nation
| band_name = Onion Lake Cree Nation
| band_number = 344
| band_number = 344
| endonym =
| endonym = ᐑᐦᒉᑲᐢᑯᓰᐏᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ<Br>wîhcêkaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
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*[[Makaoo 120]]
*[[Makaoo 120]]
| area = 585.711
| area = 585.711
| pop_year = 1909
| pop_year = 2019
| on_reserve = 6969
| on_reserve = 3954
| on_other_land = 1
| on_other_land = 1
| off_reserve = 0420
| off_reserve = 2520
| total_pop =
| total_pop =
| chief = Vishaun Laliberte
| chief = Henry Lewis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onionlake.ca/council/|title = Chief and Council – Onion Lake}}</ref>
| council = Walker Watson
| council =
| tribal_council = Logan Kroyman
| tribal_council =
| website = [https://onionlake.ca/ onionlake.ca]
| website = [https://onionlake.ca/ onionlake.ca]
| footnotes = <ref name=AANDC>{{Cite web|title=First Nation Detail|website=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=September 10, 2019|url=http://fnp-ppn.aandc-aadnc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=344&lang=eng}}</ref>
| footnotes = <ref name=AANDC>{{Cite web|title=First Nation Detail|website=Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=September 10, 2019|url=http://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=344&lang=eng}}</ref>
}}
}}


[[File:Helen Jeffries and Dave Robertson - Cree - Onion Lake Sask 1946.jpg|thumb|right|Two members of Onion Lake Cree Nation in 1946]]
[[File:Helen Jeffries and Dave Robertson - Cree - Onion Lake Sask 1946.jpg|thumb|right|Two members of Onion Lake Cree Nation in 1946]]


The '''Onion Lake Cree Nation''' is a [[Plains Cree]] [[First Nations]] [[band government]] in [[Canada]], straddling the [[Alberta]]/[[Saskatchewan]] provincial border approximately {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the City of [[Lloydminster]].<ref name=about>{{cite web | url=http://www.onionlake.ca/about%20us.html | title=About Us | publisher=Onion Lake Cree Nation | accessdate=2011-08-19}}</ref>
The '''Onion Lake Cree Nation''' ({{langx|cr|ᐑᐦᒉᑲᐢᑯᓰᐏᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, wîhcêkaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk}}) is a [[Plains Cree people|Plains Cree]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] [[band government]] in [[Canada]], straddling the [[Alberta]]/[[Saskatchewan]] provincial border approximately {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the City of [[Lloydminster]].<ref name=about>{{cite web | url=http://www.onionlake.ca/about%20us.html | title=About Us | publisher=Onion Lake Cree Nation | access-date=2011-08-19}}</ref>


It is within Alberta's [[County of Vermilion River]] and Saskatchewan's [[Frenchman Butte No. 501, Saskatchewan|Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501]] at the intersection of [[Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)|Highway 17]] and [[Alberta Highway 641]]/[[Saskatchewan Highway 797]].<ref name=GeoSearch2006>{{cite web | url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F | title=GeoSearch2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2009-02-16 | accessdate=2011-08-19}}</ref>
It is within Alberta's [[County of Vermilion River]] and Saskatchewan's [[Frenchman Butte No. 501, Saskatchewan|Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501]] at the intersection of [[Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)|Highway 17]] and [[Alberta Highway 641]]/[[Saskatchewan Highway 797]].<ref name=GeoSearch2006>{{cite web | url=http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F | title=GeoSearch2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=2009-02-16 | access-date=2011-08-19 | archive-date=2007-11-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116021459/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F | url-status=dead }}</ref>


The Makaoo 120 reserve is located within both provinces while the Seekaskootch 119 reserve is wholly within Saskatchewan. Both reserves once maintained separate band governments, combining to form Onion Lake in 1914. With all reserves combined, the Onion Lake Cree Nation has a total land area of {{convert|585.711|sqkm|sqmi}}, and has 6,475 registered members (as of August 2019).<ref name=AANDC/>
The Makaoo 120 reserve is located within both provinces while the Seekaskootch 119 reserve is wholly within Saskatchewan. Both reserves once maintained separate band governments, combining to form Onion Lake in 1914. With all reserves combined, the Onion Lake Cree Nation has a total land area of {{convert|585.711|sqkm|sqmi}}, and has 6,475 registered members (as of August 2019).<ref name=AANDC/>


The Onion Lake Cree Nation has five schools within the community: Sakāskohc High School, Eagleview Middle School, Chief Taylor Elementary School, Pewasenakwan Primary School, and Kihēw Waciston Cree Immersion School.<ref>[https://oleducation.ca Onion Lake Cree Nation Schools]</ref> A widely seen First World War propaganda poster shows Moo-Che-We-In-Es of the Onion Lake Cree Nation making a $1.50 donation to the [[Canadian Patriotic Fund]] with a cover letter in [[Western Cree syllabics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Posters: Canadian Patriotic Fund |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/31060 |website=Imperial War Museums |access-date=1 October 2021 |language=en}}; {{cite book |last1=Winegard |first1=Timothy C. |title=Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War |date=3 November 2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-01493-0 |pages=220–221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzIw-c1YOAIC&pg=PA220 |language=en}}</ref>
The Onion Lake Cree Nation has four schools within the community, one of which is a Cree immersion program.


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==


Onion Lake is a translation of ''oskaskosîwi-sâkahikan'', "wild onion lake", a nearby body of water where the plant was abundant. When referring to the community today, though, Cree speakers typically use ''wîhcekaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk'', "[domestic] onion lake".<ref name=SKtoponyms>{{cite book | title=Geographic Names of Saskatchewan | url=https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr | url-access=registration | first=Bill | last=Barry | year=2005 | isbn=1-897010-19-2 | publisher=People Places Publishing Ltd. | location=Regina, Saskatchewan}}</ref>
Onion Lake is a translation of ''Wicekikaskosîwi-sâkahikan'', "Wild Onion" smelly plant, a nearby body of water where the plant was abundant. When referring to the community today, though, Cree speakers typically use ''wîhcekaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk'', "[domestic] onion lake".<ref name=SKtoponyms>{{cite book | title=Geographic Names of Saskatchewan | url=https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr | url-access=registration | first=Bill | last=Barry | year=2005 | isbn=1-897010-19-2 | publisher=People Places Publishing Ltd. | location=Regina, Saskatchewan}}</ref>


== Onion Lake, Saskatchewan ==
== Onion Lake, Saskatchewan ==
The unincorporated area of '''Onion Lake''' is located within the Saskatchewan portion of the Onion Lake Cree Nation<ref name=CGNDB>{{cite web | url=http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/unique_e.php?output=xml&id=HANFB | title=Geographical Names of Canada – Onion Lake, Saskatchewan | publisher=National Resources Canada | date=2011-06-03 | accessdate=2011-08-19}}</ref> at the intersection of [[Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)|Highway 17]] and [[Alberta Highway 641]]/[[Saskatchewan Highway 797]].<ref name=GeoSearch2006/>
The unincorporated area of '''Onion Lake''' is located within the Saskatchewan portion of the Onion Lake Cree Nation<ref name=CGNDB>{{cite web | url=http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/unique_e.php?output=xml&id=HANFB | title=Geographical Names of Canada – Onion Lake, Saskatchewan | publisher=National Resources Canada | date=2011-06-03 | access-date=2011-08-19}}</ref> at the intersection of [[Highway 17 (Alberta–Saskatchewan)|Highway 17]] and [[Alberta Highway 641]]/[[Saskatchewan Highway 797]].<ref name=GeoSearch2006/>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.onionlake.ca/ Onion Lake Cree Nation]
*{{Official website|http://www.onionlake.ca/}}
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/ChurchHistory.html#OnionLake Saskatchewan Roman Catholic Churches ~ Online Parish Registers ~ History >>Onion Lake]


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Latest revision as of 17:23, 30 October 2024

Onion Lake Cree Nation
Band No. 344
ᐑᐦᒉᑲᐢᑯᓰᐏᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ
wîhcêkaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk
PeopleCree
TreatyTreaty 6
HeadquartersOnion Lake
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Land[1]
Reserve(s)
Land area585.711 km2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve3954
On other land1
Off reserve2520
Total population6475
Government[1]
ChiefHenry Lewis[2]
Website
onionlake.ca
Two members of Onion Lake Cree Nation in 1946

The Onion Lake Cree Nation (Cree: ᐑᐦᒉᑲᐢᑯᓰᐏᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, wîhcêkaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk) is a Plains Cree First Nations band government in Canada, straddling the Alberta/Saskatchewan provincial border approximately 50 km (31 mi) north of the City of Lloydminster.[3]

It is within Alberta's County of Vermilion River and Saskatchewan's Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501 at the intersection of Highway 17 and Alberta Highway 641/Saskatchewan Highway 797.[4]

The Makaoo 120 reserve is located within both provinces while the Seekaskootch 119 reserve is wholly within Saskatchewan. Both reserves once maintained separate band governments, combining to form Onion Lake in 1914. With all reserves combined, the Onion Lake Cree Nation has a total land area of 585.711 square kilometres (226.144 sq mi), and has 6,475 registered members (as of August 2019).[1]

The Onion Lake Cree Nation has five schools within the community: Sakāskohc High School, Eagleview Middle School, Chief Taylor Elementary School, Pewasenakwan Primary School, and Kihēw Waciston Cree Immersion School.[5] A widely seen First World War propaganda poster shows Moo-Che-We-In-Es of the Onion Lake Cree Nation making a $1.50 donation to the Canadian Patriotic Fund with a cover letter in Western Cree syllabics.[6]

Etymology

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Onion Lake is a translation of Wicekikaskosîwi-sâkahikan, "Wild Onion" smelly plant, a nearby body of water where the plant was abundant. When referring to the community today, though, Cree speakers typically use wîhcekaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk, "[domestic] onion lake".[7]

Onion Lake, Saskatchewan

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The unincorporated area of Onion Lake is located within the Saskatchewan portion of the Onion Lake Cree Nation[8] at the intersection of Highway 17 and Alberta Highway 641/Saskatchewan Highway 797.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Chief and Council – Onion Lake".
  3. ^ "About Us". Onion Lake Cree Nation. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  4. ^ a b "GeoSearch2006". Statistics Canada. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  5. ^ Onion Lake Cree Nation Schools
  6. ^ "Posters: Canadian Patriotic Fund". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 1 October 2021.; Winegard, Timothy C. (3 November 2011). Indigenous Peoples of the British Dominions and the First World War. Cambridge University Press. pp. 220–221. ISBN 978-1-107-01493-0.
  7. ^ Barry, Bill (2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
  8. ^ "Geographical Names of Canada – Onion Lake, Saskatchewan". National Resources Canada. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
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