Pasqua First Nation
Band No. 383
Land^[1]

People	Saulteaux Cree
Treaty	Treaty 4
Headquarters	Pasqua
Province	Saskatchewan
Reserve(s)	Pasqua 79
Land area	90.895 km²
Population (2019)^[1]
On reserve	695
Off reserve	1737
Total population	2432
Government^[1]
Chief	Matthew Todd Peigan
Tribal Council^[1]
File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council
Website
pasquafn.ca

Pasqua First Nation (Cree: ᐸᐢᒁᐤ paskwâw)^[2] is a Saulteaux-Cree First Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.^[1] Their reserves include:

Last Mountain Lake 80A, shared with 6 other bands
Pasqua 79
Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77, shared with 32 other bands.

History

Chief Paskwa (Pis-qua, brother of Okanes) was a negotiator and signatory to Treaty 4 on 15 September 1874.^[3] He created a document of pictographs indicating his understanding of the treaty.^[4] His death in 1889 left the First Nation leaderless for 22 years.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "First Nation Detail". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ Ogg, Arden (August 19 2015) Cree Names of Cree-speaking Communities across Canada Link
^ ^a ^b "History". Pasqua First Nation. 14 June 2018.
^ "Deciphering Paskwa pictograph not a simple, fast process: Delbert Pasqua". CBC News. Mar 26, 2017.

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 First 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