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James smith Cree nation map: The James Smith First Nation is a plain Cree Aboriginal band government whose reserve is north is north Melfort
Saskatchewan Canada James Smith has one reserve Fort a Corne 100 located north of Kinston near Fort de la
Corne on the Saskatchewan River. This reserve I shared between three first nations the other two being the peter
Chaman first Nation and chakastaypasin fist nation James smith has a present population of 2412 with the on-
reserve population estimated to be 1592 members James Smith is part of the prince Albert grand council.
Bordering the reserve are the rural municipalities of kinisistino No.459 and torch river no 488 as well as the
Cumberland 100a reserve.
James smith Cree nation map.
The first nation takes its name after chief James smith a brother of chief john smith who founded the muskoday
first nation. James smith signed treaty six at fort Carlton in 1876. The population at the time of the signing was
134 members or 32 families. The original language spoken was cree. James smith alongside john smith migrated
to the area from the red river district of Manitoba and his cree name has been recorded as notwaw (k). However,
the term means good growing area and is better applied to the community rather than the chief. The
Saskatchewan First Nations later joined the people of James smith following the dissolution of their reserve rear st.
Louis Saskatchewan after the northwest rebellion. As they are separate signatories to treaty 6 the Chakras tapas
in do have some legal status as a separate nation but their status as a separate first nation remains in limbo with
an inquiry since 1999. The people of the peter Chapman first nation were incorporated into the same band in
1902 but they are generally recognized as a separate band with their legal status disputed both in court and by
an urging commission of inquiry. The people of the Pete Chapman first nation were incorporated into the same
band in 1902 but they are generally recognized as a separate band with their legal status disputed both in court
and by an ongoing commission of inquiry. Recently the three nations that had been forced under one
government by the name of James smith decided to separate into their founding bands. The Margaret tumor
health clinic named after Margaret uner in memory of her health work in 1980 is located in the middle village.
The bernard constant in 1990. The James smith school was originally in the south village but in 1991 it was
torn down and the new school was built in the middle village which opened on May 2, 1992.Buildings from the
1980 were demolished due to the lack of funds but the south hockey ring was left.
