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Cote First Nation
Band No. 366
Band symbol
PeopleSaulteaux
TreatyTreaty 4
HeadquartersKamsack
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Land[1]
Reserve(s)
Cote 64
Land area80.882 km2
Population (2019)[1]
On reserve1074
Off reserve2987
Total population4061
Government[1]
ChiefGeorge Cote
Tribal Council[1]
Yorkton Tribal Council
Website
cotefirstnation.ca

The Cote First Nation (

boreal forest in the aspen parkland ecosystem of Canada. The Ojibwe of this region of Saskatchewan and Manitoba were both hunters of the plains bison
and hunters of the forests which were more abundant during the 19th century. They also fished the endless lakes and other waterways in the land. They seldom went hungry as a result of the large bison herds. However, by the 1870s, commercial hunting had reduced the bison to near extinction and the Ojibwe of Saskatchewan and Manitoba began to suffer from famine.

History

Historically, the people of Cote have lived in Saskatchewan and neighbouring Manitoba, for at least 250 to 300 years. After the

Chief Kinistin
during the 19th century.

Reserves

Cote was originally a larger reserve connected to the

Treaty Four Reserve Grounds Indian Reserve No. 77 with 33 other Treaty 4 First Nations. The Cote First Nation is a member of the Yorkton Tribal Council whose offices are located in Yorkton
.

Membership

As of September, 2013 there were 3,616 registered members with 904 members living on-reserve and 2,712 members living off-reserve.[5]

Cote was originally a larger reserve connected to the Keeseekoose First Nation. Today the Cote Reserve covers 8,088 ha (19,990 acres).[6] Together with the Keeseekoose Reserve the area increases to 16,567 ha (40,940 acres). The population of the Cote First Nation is 841 on-Reserve and 2,642 off-Reserve. Total population is 3,483. When including the total population of the Keeseekoose, it increases to 5,726.

Chiefs

Antoine "Tony" Cote (1935 - July 31, 2019) was "elected Chief of Cote for a period of 8 years" (1970–78)[7] and was responsible for building an arena on the reserve and the inception of the first Saskatchewan Indian Summer Games in 1974,[8] the first all Indian Junior B Hockey Team, first all Indian Oldtimers Hockey Team and in 1980 is recorded as Treasurer of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians.[9] He is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (2011) and was the winner of the Tom Longboat Award for Saskatchewan in 1974.[1] The Saskatchewan First Nations Summer Games were renamed the Tony Cote Summer Games in his honour.[8]

References

  1. ^ "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ISBN 978-0-88977-219-9
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  3. ^ Cote, Lorena Lynn (December 2012). AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISCOURSE FUNCTION OF SAULTEAUX /mi-/ AS EXEMPLIFIED IN A TRADITIONAL COTE FIRST NATION TEACHING TEXT (PDF) (Thesis). University of Regina. p. 7. Retrieved 24 February 2023. The Saulteaux of south-eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba signed Treaty #2 on August 21, 1871 and on September 15, 1874 the Saulteaux of southern Saskatchewan signed Treaty #4. The area that the Saulteaux Band (Cote's Indians) first settled in was originally called ininīotōškanink (Man's Elbow), which is presently known as Fort Pelly. Cote First Nation is presently situated 3 miles north of Kamsack along the Assiniboine River. The First Nation now takes its name from the man who signed the treaty, Gabriel Cote, Pakwaci-omīmī (Wild Pigeon).
  4. ^ "Cote First Nation". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. 2006. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  5. ^ "AANDC (Cote First Nation 366)". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
  7. ^ "Tony Cote". Aboriginal Faces of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre. n.d. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "'A great visionary': Sask. sporting legend Tony Cote dies aged 84". CBC News. July 31, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "Sports Leaders honoured". Saskatchewan Indian. 10 (2–3): 6. February–March 1980.
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