"Plan of Cumberland Indian Reserve"

Plan of Cumberland Reserve, showing Chiefs Island and part of Cumberland Island.

Historical note:

The Cumberland House Cree signed an adhesion to Treaty 5 in September 1876, and a reserve was surveyed for them in 1883. This initial survey included an island (named Chief's Island) on which the chief, a councilor, and a number of the band's members resided. A lay reader and the Reverend Davis also lived within the community. Before the surveyor left the area, the chief requested that a reserve be laid out for himself and his people near Fort à la Corne, knowing that there was better agricultural land in that region; however, the government would not grant reserve land outside of their own treaty area. The band's attempt at growing potatoes, cabbage, turnips, carrots, onions and lettuce was successful, but their grain production was not. The soil of Chief's Island is of fair quality, ranging from stony areas to small hay marshes, wetlands, and timberland. Band members still rely on hunting, fishing and trapping, while the Forestry industry, tourism, guiding, and hunting camps contribute to furthering their economic development. Their community infrastructure includes a school and gymnasium, teacherage, health clinic, band office, and community maintenance facilities. The Cumberland House Reserve totals 2,145.8 ha; while their total band membership sits at 957 people, only 535 members live on the reserve, 160 km northeast of Nipawin. Source: The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Contributor/Editor
[Saskatchewan Archives Board]
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
Yes
Publisher
[University of Saskatchewan Archives]
Publication Date
1883
Credit
Saskatchewan Archives Board, Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection, S-B-6538; records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
Location
First Nation, Metis, Inuit Locations
Resource Type
Images -- Photographs
Format
Image
Language
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