The Key First Nation

The Key First Nation (Ojibwe: Baakwaang) is a band government in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserves include: The Key 65 Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77, shared with 32 other bands.

The Key First Nation
Band No. 368
Land^[1]

Treaty	Treaty 4
Headquarters	Norquay
Province	Saskatchewan
Reserve(s)	The Key 65
Land area	64.048 km²
Population (2019)^[1]
On reserve	308
Off reserve	1099
Total population	1407
Government^[1]
Chief	Clinton Key
Tribal Council^[1]
Yorkton Tribal Administration
Website
keyband.com

The Key First Nation (Ojibwe: Baakwaang)^[2]^[3] is a band government in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.^[1] Their reserves include:

The Key 65
Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77, shared with 32 other bands.

Chiefs

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This First nation band, led by Chief Ow-tah-pee-ka-kaw (“He Who unlocks” or “The Key”, the namesake of the modern First Nation), signed Treaty 4 with the representatives of the Crown on September 24, 1875.^[4]

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chiefs Assembly honoured Gwendolyn Lucy O'Soup Crane for her lifetime achievements and recognized her as Canada's first female, First Nations Chief (of The Key First Nation), and the first elected under the current electoral system.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

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^ ^a ^b "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ "Translation Ojibwe-English-Ojibwe - FREELANG online dictionary". www.freelang.net. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ "Ojibwe-English translation :: Baakwaang :: Dictionary". translateojibwe.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ "Metis Museum, Metis of the Shoal River Cree-Saulteaux Band" (PDF). www.metismuseum.ca. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ Hammond, Stephen (2017). "Human Rights a Day: August 12, 1930 - Gwen O'Soup Crane [podcast]". player.fm. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ "Gwen Crane: Obituary". The Leader-Post. August 12, 2005. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ Chaput, John (September 14, 2005). "GWEN CRANE, NATIVE ELDER 1930-2005". The Globe & Mail. p. S9.

v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Four
Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11
Manitoba	Gamblers First Nation Pine Creek First Nation Rolling River First Nation Sapotaweyak Cree Nation Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve First Nation Waywayseecappo First Nation Wuskwi Sipihk First Nation
Saskatchewan	Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation Coté First Nation Cowessess First Nation Day Star First Nation Fishing Lake First Nation Gordon First Nation Kahkewistahaw First Nation Kawacatoose First Nation Keeseekoose First Nation The Key First Nation Kinistin Saulteaux Nation Little Black Bear First Nation Muscowpetung First Nation Muskowekwan First Nation Nekaneet Cree Nation Ocean Man First Nation Ochapowace First Nation Okanese First Nation Pasqua First Nation Peepeekisis First Nation Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation Piapot First Nation Standing Buffalo First Nation (included, though not a signatory) Star Blanket Cree Nation White Bear First Nation Wood Mountain First Nation (included, though not a signatory) Yellow Quill First Nation Zagime Anishinabek

First Nations in Saskatchewan

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

Ethnolinguistic groups

Historical polities

Numbered Treaties

Treaty 2 (1871)
Treaty 4 (1874)
Treaty 5 (1875)
Treaty 6 (1876)
Treaty 8 (1899)
Treaty 10 (1906)

Tribal councils and
band governments

Agency Chiefs Tribal Council (Spiritwood)	Big River Pelican Lake Witchekan Lake
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (North Battleford)	Ahtahkakoop Moosomin Red Pheasant Saulteaux Sweetgrass
Battlefords Tribal Council (North Battleford)	Little Pine Lucky Man Lean Man Poundmaker
File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council (Fort Qu'Appelle)	Carry the Kettle Little Black Bear Muscowpetung Nekaneet Okanese Pasqua Peepeekisis Piapot Standing Buffalo Star Blanket Wood Mountain
Meadow Lake Tribal Council (Meadow Lake)	Birch Narrows Buffalo River Canoe Lake Clearwater River English River Flying Dust Island Lake Makwa Sahgaiehcan Waterhen Lake
Prince Albert Grand Council (Prince Albert)	Black Lake Cumberland House Fond du Lac Hatchet Lake James Smith Lac La Ronge Muskowekwan Montreal Lake Peter Ballantyne Red Earth Shoal Lake Sturgeon Lake Wahpeton
Saskatoon Tribal Council (Saskatoon)	Kinistin Mistawasis Muskeg Lake Muskoday One Arrow Whitecap Yellow Quill
Touchwood Agency Tribal Council (Punnichy)	Day Star Gordon Kawacatoose Muskowekwan
Yorkton Tribal Administration (Yorkton)	Cote Kahkewistahaw Keeseekoose The Key Ocean Man Sakimay
Unaffiliated	Beardy's and Okemasis Big Island Lake Cowessess Fishing Lake Ochapowace Onion Lake Pheasant Rump Thunderchild White Bear
Not federally recognized	Chakastaypasin Stoney Knoll

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