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Onion Lake Cree Nation
Band No. 344
ᐑᐦᒉᑲᐢᑯᓰᐏᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ
wîhcêkaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk
People	Cree
Treaty	Treaty 6
Headquarters	Onion Lake
Province	Saskatchewan
Land
Reserve(s)	Seekaskootch 119; Onion Lake 119-1; Onion Lake 119-2; Makaoo 120;
Land area	585.711 km2
Population (2019)
On reserve	3954
On other land	1
Off reserve	2520
Total population	6475
Government
Chief	Henry Lewis
Website
	onionlake.ca

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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

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

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

^ ^a ^b "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ "Chief and Council – Onion Lake".
^ "About Us". Onion Lake Cree Nation. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
^ ^a ^b "GeoSearch2006". Statistics Canada. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
^ Onion Lake Cree Nation Schools
^ "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.
^ Barry, Bill (2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.
^ "Geographical Names of Canada – Onion Lake, Saskatchewan". National Resources Canada. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

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[AANDC-1] "First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

[2] "Chief and Council – Onion Lake".

[about-3] "About Us". Onion Lake Cree Nation. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[GeoSearch2006-4] "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.

[SKtoponyms-7] Barry, Bill (2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.

[CGNDB-8] "Geographical Names of Canada – Onion Lake, Saskatchewan". National Resources Canada. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

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+{{Short description|Plains Cree First Nations band government in Canada}}
-{{Location map|Canada Saskatchewan|relief=yes|lat=53.72|long=-110.00|width=220|caption=Location of Onion Lake Cree Nation|label=Onion Lake Cree Nation}}
+{{Infobox First Nation
-'''Onion Lake Cree Nation''', comprising the adjacent '''Makaoo 120''' and '''Seekaskootch 119''' Indian reserves, is a [[First Nations]] community in [[Canada]] that straddles 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>
+| band_name             = Onion Lake Cree Nation
+| band_number           = 344
+| endonym               = ᐑᐦᒉᑲᐢᑯᓰᐏᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ<Br>wîhcêkaskosîwi-sâkahikanihk
+| image                 =
+| caption               =
+| map                   =
+| map_caption           =
+| people                = [[Cree]]
+| treaty                = [[Treaty 6]]
+| headquarters          = [[Onion Lake, Saskatchewan|Onion Lake]]
+| province              = [[Saskatchewan]]
+| main_reserve          =
+| reserve               =
+*[[Seekaskootch 119]]
+*[[Onion Lake 119-1]]
+*[[Onion Lake 119-2]]
+*[[Makaoo 120]]
+| area                  = 585.711
+| pop_year              = 2019
+| on_reserve            = 3954
+| on_other_land         = 1
+| off_reserve           = 2520
+| total_pop             =
+| chief                 = Henry Lewis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onionlake.ca/council/|title = Chief and Council – Onion Lake}}</ref>
+| council               =
+| tribal_council        =
+| 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.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]]
-It is within Alberta's [[Vermilion River County, Alberta|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>
+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>
-The Makaoo 120 reserve is located within both provinces while the Seekaskootch 119 reserve is wholly within Saskatchewan. With the two reserves combined, the Onion Lake Cree Nation has a total land mass of {{convert|21254.6|ha|acre}}, and has 5350 registered First Nations members (as of December, 2012).<ref>{{cite web
-| title =AANDC (Registered Population)
-| url =http://pse5-esd5.ainc-inac.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNRegPopulation.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=344&lang=eng
-| date =
-| accessdate =2013-01-11 }}</ref><ref name=about/>
+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>
-Onion Lake takes its name after the nearby lake in Alberta.
+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 four schools within the community, one of which is a Cree immersion program.
+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>
+== Etymology ==
+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 ==
-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 ==
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 == 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]
-{{First Nations in Central Saskatchewan}}
+{{First Nations in Alberta}}
+{{First Nations in Saskatchewan}}
 {{Numbertreaty|treaty=6}}
+{{Authority control}}
-{{Alberta|IR=yes}}
-{{coord|53|43|N|110|00|W|region:CA|display=title}}
-[[Category:Vermilion River County, Alberta]]
+[[Category:County of Vermilion River]]
 [[Category:Frenchman Butte No. 501, Saskatchewan]]
-[[Category:Hudson's Bay Company trading posts]]
-[[Category:Communities on First Nation reserves in Alberta]]
-[[Category:Hamlets in Saskatchewan]]
 [[Category:First Nations governments in Saskatchewan]]
+[[Category:Cree governments]]
-{{Alberta-geo-stub}}
 {{Saskatchewan-geo-stub}}
+{{CentralAlberta-geo-stub}}

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Six
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
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