First Nations in Manitoba

First Nations in Manitoba constitute of over 160,000 registered persons , about 57% of whom live on reserve. Manitoba is second to Ontario in total on-reserve population and in total First Nation population.

There are 63 First Nations in the province and five indigenous linguistic groups. The languages are Nēhiyawēwin, Ojibwe, Dakota, Oji-Cree, and Dene.

First Nations are listed by common usage names but other names may be applied in certain areas; for example, "Cree Nation" and "First Nation" is applied to certain bands on the same reserve.

Demographics 
, there were 164,289 registered First Nation persons in Manitoba, 57.1% of whom (93,840) live on reserve.

There are 63 First Nations in Manitoba, including 6 of the 20 largest bands in Canada.

There are 5 Indigenous linguistic groups in the province: Cree, Ojibway, Dakota, Oji-Cree, and Dene.

Governance 
There are 7 First Nations treaties in the province:

 Treaty 1 in the south-central region
 Treaty 2 in the central and southwestern region
 Treaty 3 in the southeastern region
 Treaty 4 in part of west-central Manitoba
 Treaty 5 (1875 and 1908) in the central and northern regions
 Treaty 6 in the northern region
 Treaty 10 along northwestern Manitoba

The Dakota Nations (Birdtail Sioux, Sioux Valley, Canupawakpa, Dakota Tipi, and Dakota Plains) are not signatory to any treaty with Canada, though their  land is considered reserve land under the Indian Act.
There are 7 First Nations tribal councils in Manitoba:

 Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council
 Interlake Reserves Tribal Council
 Island Lake Tribal Council
 Keewatin Tribal Council
 Southeast Resource Development Council
 Swampy Cree Tribal Council
 West Region Tribal Council

Cross Lake, Dakota Tipi, Fisher River, Sagkeeng, Nisichawayasihk, Norway House, O-Pipon-Na-Piwin, and Tootinaowaziibeeng have no tribal council affiliations.

Additionally, First Nations in Manitoba are represented by 3 active provincial political organizations divided on a north-south basis: the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, and the Southern Chiefs Organization.

Manitoba Indigenous Reconciliation and Northern Relations is the department of the Manitoba government responsible for issues related to Indigenous affairs and reconciliation in the province.

Geography 
Seventeen First Nations are not accessible by an all-weather road. This accounts for approximately half of all First Nations people who live on reserve in Manitoba.

Reserves in Manitoba 

There are about 63 reserves in Manitoba:

 Barren Lands First Nation
 Berens River First Nation
 Birdtail Sioux First Nation
 Bloodvein First Nation
 Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
 Buffalo Point First Nation
 Bunibonibee Cree Nation
 Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation
 Chemawawin Cree Nation
 Cross Lake First Nation
 Dakota Plains First Nation
 Dakota Tipi First Nation
 Dauphin River First Nation
 Ebb and Flow First Nation
 Fairford First Nation
 Fisher River Cree Nation
 Fox Lake Cree Nation
 Gamblers First Nation
 Garden Hill First Nation
 God's Lake First Nation
 Grand Rapids First Nation
 Hollow Water First Nation
 Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation
 Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation
 Lake Manitoba First Nation
 Lake St. Martin First Nation
 Little Black River First Nation
 Little Grand Rapids First Nation
 Little Saskatchewan First Nation
 Long Plain First Nation
 Manto Sipi Cree Nation
 Marcel Colomb First Nation
 Mathias Colomb First Nation
 Mosakahiken Cree Nation
 Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
 Northlands First Nation
 Norway House Cree Nation
 O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation
 Opaskwayak Cree Nation
 Pauingassi First Nation
 Peguis First Nation
 Pinaymootang First Nation
 Pine Creek First Nation
 Poplar River First Nation
 Red Sucker Lake First Nation
 Rolling River First Nation
 Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation
 Sagkeeng First Nation
 Sandy Bay First Nation
 Sapotaweyak Cree Nation
 Sayisi Dene First Nation
 Shamattawa First Nation
 Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
 Skownan First Nation
 St. Theresa Point First Nation
 Swan Lake First Nation
 Tataskweyak Cree Nation
 Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation
 War Lake First Nation
 Wasagamack First Nation
 Waywayseecappo First Nation
 York Factory First Nation

Urban reserves 
There are currently 14 urban reserves in Manitoba:

 Opaskwayak Cree Nation — adjacent to The Pas
 Swan Lake First Nation's urban reserve land — within the Rural Municipality of Headingley
 Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation's urban reserve land — adjacent to Winnipeg
 Sapotaweyak Cree Nation's two parcels of urban reserve land — both within Swan River
 Nisichawaysihk Cree Nation's urban reserve land — within Thompson
 Birdtail Sioux First Nation's urban reserve land — within Foxwarren in Prairie View Municipality
 War Lake First Nation's 40 parcels of urban reserve land — in Ilford
 Long Plain First Nation's two urban reserve lands — one adjacent to Portage la Prairie and one within Winnipeg
 Gambler First Nation's urban reserve business park — in Brandon
 Peguis First Nation's urban reserve land — within Winnipeg
 Rolling River First Nation's urban reserve land — in the Rural Municipality of Headingley
 Waywayseecappo First Nation's urban reserve land — in the Rural Municipality of Elton

See also 
 Indian Reserves in Manitoba

References

External links
 Manitoba Chiefs website regarding the history of Treaties in Manitoba

 
First Nations
First Nations, Manitoba