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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other reserve(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Big_River_118A" title="Big River 118A">Big River 118A</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Land area</th><td class="infobox-data">119.648 km<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ccf;">Population (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">On reserve</th><td class="infobox-data">2556</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">On other land</th><td class="infobox-data">202</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Off reserve</th><td class="infobox-data">1095</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total population</th><td class="infobox-data">3863</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ccf;">Government<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief</th><td class="infobox-data">Jonathon Bear</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Council size</th><td class="infobox-data">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Council</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist">Leonard Lachance, Noreen Morin, Marvin Netmaker, Jonathon Bear, Robert Rabbitskin, Isadore Weenonis, Sylvia McAdam, Michael Crookedneck, Tyrone Morin, Marshall Dreaver, Euclid Morin, and Bryan Morin </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ccf;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bigriverfirstnation.ca/">bigriverfirstnation.ca</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree Nation</a> and is located in the <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> is also called ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᓰᐲᕁ <i>mistahi-sîpîhk</i> in <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree</a> meaning "at the big river".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are signatories of <a href="/wiki/Treaty_6" title="Treaty 6">Treaty 6</a> are located close to Pelican Lake Ojibway, the Big River and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_National_Park" title="Prince Albert National Park">Prince Albert National Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are 120 km northwest of the city of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert,_Saskatchewan" title="Prince Albert, Saskatchewan">Prince Albert</a> and 19 km southwest of the village of <a href="/wiki/Debden,_Saskatchewan" title="Debden, Saskatchewan">Debden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Big River First Nation has nearly 30,000 acres of <a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">reserve land</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their <a href="/wiki/Indian_reserve" title="Indian reserve">reserves</a> include- </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_River_118" title="Big River 118">Big River 118</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_River_118A" title="Big River 118A">Big River 118A</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Big_River_118" title="Big River 118">Big River 118</a> reserve is 11571.80 hectares and the <a href="/wiki/Big_River_118A" title="Big River 118A">Big River 118A</a> is 393 hectares in area.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their administrative headquarters are located in the village of <a href="/wiki/Debden,_Saskatchewan" title="Debden, Saskatchewan">Debden</a> and the two reserves are located west of <a href="/wiki/Debden,_Saskatchewan" title="Debden, Saskatchewan">Debden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a> is the largest Native population in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and has 154 <a href="/wiki/Band_government" title="Band government">bands</a>, one of them being the Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> is <a href="/wiki/Band_government" title="Band government">band</a> number 404 out of Canada's 634 Federally Recognized <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> bands.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, The Big River First Nation had a total population of 3863, with 2556 people living on-reserve and 1095 people living off-reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have 407 <a href="/wiki/Dwelling" title="Dwelling">dwellings</a>, of which 366 are occupied.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_River_First_Nation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Big River First Nation is located roughly 98 km northwest of the city of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert,_Saskatchewan" title="Prince Albert, Saskatchewan">Prince Albert</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> province of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time, it is unclear when the Indigenous peoples initially settled along the banks of the Oklemow-Cee-Pee River (Big River).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Chief of the Big River First Nation, Cree Chief See-See-Way-um, signed <a href="/wiki/Treaty_6" title="Treaty 6">Treaty 6</a> on September 3, 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band took <a href="/wiki/Treaty_6" title="Treaty 6">Treaty 6</a> under Chief Flying Dust at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carlton" title="Fort Carlton">Fort Carlton</a> in 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-SKtoponyms_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKtoponyms-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they broke away and only occupied the reserve about a decade later, led by Chief Kenemotayo (<i>okinomotayew</i>, "long goatee [like a moose]"), who had been one of Flying Dust's headmen.<sup id="cite_ref-SKtoponyms_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKtoponyms-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chief Kenemotayo was also the second chief of the Big River First Nation.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the Treaty, for the next two decades, the Big River First Nation continued to be self-sufficient through hunting, trapping, and fishing.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_River_First_Nation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> follows a custom <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">electoral system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current <a href="/wiki/Tribal_chief" title="Tribal chief">chief</a> of the Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> is Chief Jack Rayne.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current twelve <a href="/wiki/Tribal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal Council">Tribal Council</a> members are Leonard Lachance, Noreen Morin, Marvin Netmaker, Jonathon Bear, Robert Rabbitskin, Isadore Weenonis, Sylvia McAdam, Michael Crookedneck, Tyrone Morin, Marshall Dreaver, Euclid Morin, and Bryan Morin.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Typically each term lasts 4 years and the current council members were appointed on October 2, 2019 and their current term expires on October 1, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> has certain community goals regarding Governance which include being transparent and accountable financially and administratively as well as supporting community development through the establishment of policies and laws.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Justice_System">Justice System</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_River_First_Nation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Justice System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> falls under the Whitefish (Big River) First Nation (Cree Court) Circuit Point.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their community goals regarding Justice include building trust between their members and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canada Mounted Police</a> (RCMP), and to helping and supporting members of the Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> with their dealings with the justice system.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  As a Nation primarily of <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a>, the Big River First Nation falls under The Cree Court. This means that the hearings consist primarily or entirely in <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The court deals with issues of crime and child protection.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cree Courts are quite similar to other <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Court_of_Saskatchewan" title="Provincial Court of Saskatchewan">Provincial Court</a> circuits, except that in Cree Courts almost everyone involved, including judges, clerks and accused persons converse in <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lawyers are permitted to speak English and the accused may either speak the Indigenous language of <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree</a> or English.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cree Court is the first of its kind across <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and has many benefits. These benefits include, but are not limited to, improving communication of the accused to suit their needs, and understanding the importance of <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> culture, language, community, and traditional values.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_River_First_Nation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Big River <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a>'s community goal regarding culture is to connect members to their culture.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As they are part of the <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree Nation</a>, Big River First Nation has made significant efforts to respect, protect, and promote the values of the <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a> community. They hold many workshops throughout the year for its members to practice important <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a> traditions of <a href="/wiki/Oral_history" title="Oral history">oral history</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oral_storytelling" title="Oral storytelling">oral storytelling</a>, land-based life skills, and cultural camps.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These workshops are often based on the age of their members, meaning based on their age, meaning that parents, teen parents, and youth are given special workshops.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mistahi Sipiy Elementary School and the Se-Se-Wa-Hum High School have an Elders Program which gives students access to cultural teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Big River First Nation is a <a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a> Nation, the <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree language</a> plays a crucial role in the community. According to census data from 2016, a majority of 57% of the youth population have knowledge of the Indigenous language, which in this case is Cree.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the first language of nearly 33% of the youth population.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comparatively, only 3.5% of the total population of <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> has knowledge of the Indigenous language(s).<sup id="cite_ref-:8_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cree is crucial in the Justice System of the Big River First Nation as they fall under the Whitefish (Big River) First Nation (Cree Court) Circuit Point.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this court, most of the proceedings are done in the <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Cree language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to workshops and the Elders Program, the Big River First Nation strengthen their culture by hosting and attending events of <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dance" title="Sun Dance">sun dances</a>, chicken dances, round dances, community feasts and <a href="/wiki/Pow_wow" class="mw-redirect" title="Pow wow">pow wows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pow_wow" class="mw-redirect" title="Pow wow">Pow wows</a> are ceremonies in Native American and <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nation</a> cultures where individuals meet and socialize through cultural events and activities.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are very important to the Big River First Nation and the community also has a <a href="/wiki/Pow_wow" class="mw-redirect" title="Pow wow">pow wow</a> arbour project.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dance" title="Sun Dance">Sun dances</a> have an important role in Big River First Nation culture as well. <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dance" title="Sun Dance">Sun Dance</a>, which is also sometimes referred to as Rain or Thirst Dance, is a sacred ceremony done to reaffirm their beliefs and ways and celebrate good health, safe community, and a good harvest.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_River_First_Nation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Big River First Nation has one elementary school and one high school in the reserves. Their community goals include enhancing youth and adult education programming and investing in post-secondary education.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mistahi Sipiy Elementary School has approximately 360 students currently enrolled from nursery to grade five.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Se-Se-Wa-Hum High School had an enrollment of 350 students from grade six to grade twelve during the 2019-2020 school year.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their principles are Lyle Whitefish and Kavia Burns respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programs in High School include sports activities and cultural programs.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Mistahi Sipiy Elementary School and the Se-Se-Wa-Hum High School have lunch programs for their students through which they provide a healthy breakfast and a hot lunch.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also have an Elder's Program that provides students with access to cultural teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are a few support programs for students in the Big River First Nation. The <a href="/wiki/Canada_Emergency_Student_Benefit" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada Emergency Student Benefit">Canada Emergency Student Benefit</a> (CESB) provides financial assistance to students that were impacted by <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19</a> and were unable to find work.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This benefit applies to post-secondary students and recent post-secondary and high school graduates.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students that do not qualify for CESB are eligible for the Big River First Nation Post Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP). This program provides funding to Big River First Nation students in order to access education and skill development opportunities at post-secondary levels which include university entrance programs, certificate or diploma programs, Bachelors programs, and Master's and Doctorate programs.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through this program, the costs covered include tuition, books, travel support, and living allowances.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recently efforts have been made by Mavis Whitefish-Dreaver, a Saskatchewan educator, to introduce a literary camp at the Big River First Nation.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> significantly impacted the schooling and reading of Indigenous children and she, along with three other teachers, developed the literary program in order to combat this impact.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They started the program by establishing a baseline by using the "Where to Start" assessment through which they assessed the reading levels, behaviors, and comprehension of students.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tests were conducted at the beginning and end of each week. The program was successful as the results show a significant improvement in students regarding their reading skills.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Big River First Nation is also part of the Treaty Six Education Council, an organization that promotes second-level education services to other First Nations that are a part of the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-:13_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They cater to 11 First Nations and over 3000 students.<sup id="cite_ref-:13_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The values of the organization include promoting education in Indigenous children, honoring Indigenous knowledge and experience, and restoring, and preserving the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_6" title="Treaty 6">Treaty</a> and the culture of the <a href="/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:13_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Big_River_First_Nation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Nakota_Sioux_First_Nation" title="Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation">Alexis First Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Lake_Cree_Nation" title="Beaver Lake Cree Nation">Beaver Lake Cree Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Lake_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold Lake First Nation">Cold Lake First Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enoch_Cree_Nation" title="Enoch Cree Nation">Enoch Cree Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermineskin_Cree_Nation" title="Ermineskin Cree Nation">Ermineskin Cree Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frog_Lake_First_Nation" title="Frog Lake First Nation">Frog Lake First Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heart_Lake_First_Nation" title="Heart Lake First Nation">Heart Lake First Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kehewin_Cree_Nation" title="Kehewin Cree Nation">Kehewin Cree Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Bull_Tribe" title="Louis Bull Tribe">Louis Bull Tribe</a></li> <li><i><a 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Americas">Ethnolinguistic groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cree" title="Cree">Cree</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Plains_Cree_language" title="Plains Cree language">Plains</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swampy_Cree" title="Swampy Cree">Swampy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Cree" title="Woodland Cree">Woodland</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_people" title="Dakota people">Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dene" title="Dene">Dene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakota" title="Nakota">Nakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saulteaux" title="Saulteaux">Saulteaux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical polities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackfoot_Confederacy" title="Blackfoot Confederacy">Blackfoot Confederacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Confederacy" title="Iron Confederacy">Iron Confederacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Saskatchewan" title="Provisional Government of Saskatchewan">Provisional Government of Saskatchewan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Treaties" title="Numbered Treaties">Numbered Treaties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_2" title="Treaty 2">Treaty 2</a> <small>(1871)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_4" title="Treaty 4">Treaty 4</a> <small>(1874)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_5" title="Treaty 5">Treaty 5</a> <small>(1875)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_6" title="Treaty 6">Treaty 6</a> <small>(1876)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_8" title="Treaty 8">Treaty 8</a> <small>(1899)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_10" title="Treaty 10">Treaty 10</a> <small>(1906)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tribal councils and<br /><a href="/wiki/Band_government" title="Band government">band governments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agency_Chiefs_Tribal_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agency Chiefs Tribal Council (page does not exist)">Agency Chiefs Tribal Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Spiritwood,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritwood, Saskatchewan">Spiritwood</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Big River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican_Lake_First_Nation" title="Pelican Lake First Nation">Pelican Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witchekan_Lake_First_Nation" title="Witchekan Lake First Nation">Witchekan Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battlefords_Agency_Tribal_Chiefs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (page does not exist)">Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/North_Battleford,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="North Battleford, Saskatchewan">North Battleford</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahtahkakoop_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahtahkakoop First Nation">Ahtahkakoop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moosomin_First_Nation" title="Moosomin First Nation">Moosomin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Pheasant_Cree_Nation" title="Red Pheasant Cree Nation">Red Pheasant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saulteaux_First_Nation" title="Saulteaux First Nation">Saulteaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweetgrass_First_Nation" title="Sweetgrass First Nation">Sweetgrass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battlefords_Tribal_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battlefords Tribal Council (page does not exist)">Battlefords Tribal Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/North_Battleford,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="North Battleford, Saskatchewan">North Battleford</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Pine_First_Nation" title="Little Pine First Nation">Little Pine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Man_Cree_Nation" title="Lucky Man Cree Nation">Lucky Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosquito,_Grizzly_Bear%27s_Head,_Lean_Man_First_Nations" title="Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations">Lean Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poundmaker_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Poundmaker First Nation">Poundmaker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/File_Hills_Qu%27Appelle_Tribal_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council">File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Fort_Qu%27Appelle,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan">Fort Qu'Appelle</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carry_the_Kettle_Nakoda_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation">Carry the Kettle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Black_Bear_First_Nation" title="Little Black Bear First Nation">Little Black Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscowpetung_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Muscowpetung First Nation">Muscowpetung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekaneet_Cree_Nation" title="Nekaneet Cree Nation">Nekaneet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okanese_First_Nation" title="Okanese First Nation">Okanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasqua_First_Nation" title="Pasqua First Nation">Pasqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peepeekisis_Cree_Nation" title="Peepeekisis Cree Nation">Peepeekisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piapot_First_Nation" title="Piapot First Nation">Piapot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Buffalo_Dakota_Nation" title="Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation">Standing Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Blanket_Cree_Nation" title="Star Blanket Cree Nation">Star Blanket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Mountain_Lakota_First_Nation" title="Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation">Wood Mountain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Meadow_Lake_Tribal_Council" title="Meadow Lake Tribal Council">Meadow Lake Tribal Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Meadow_Lake,_Saskatchewan" title="Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan">Meadow Lake</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birch_Narrows_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Birch Narrows First Nation">Birch Narrows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_River_Dene_Nation" title="Buffalo River Dene Nation">Buffalo River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoe_Lake_Cree_First_Nation" title="Canoe Lake Cree First Nation">Canoe Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_River_Dene_Nation" title="Clearwater River Dene Nation">Clearwater River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_River_First_Nation" title="English River First Nation">English River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Dust_First_Nation" title="Flying Dust First Nation">Flying Dust</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Island_Lake_First_Nation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Island Lake First Nation (page does not exist)">Island Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makwa_Sahgaiehcan_First_Nation" title="Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation">Makwa Sahgaiehcan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterhen_Lake_First_Nation" title="Waterhen Lake First Nation">Waterhen Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_Grand_Council" title="Prince Albert Grand Council">Prince Albert Grand Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert,_Saskatchewan" title="Prince Albert, Saskatchewan">Prince Albert</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Lake_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Lake First Nation">Black Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_House_Cree_Nation" title="Cumberland House Cree Nation">Cumberland House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_Denesuline_First_Nation" title="Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation">Fond du Lac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatchet_Lake_Denesuline_First_Nation" title="Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation">Hatchet Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Smith_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="James Smith First Nation">James Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_La_Ronge_Indian_Band" title="Lac La Ronge Indian Band">Lac La Ronge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskowekwan_First_Nation" title="Muskowekwan First Nation">Muskowekwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Lake_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal Lake First Nation">Montreal Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ballantyne_Cree_Nation" title="Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation">Peter Ballantyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Earth_First_Nation" title="Red Earth First Nation">Red Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoal_Lake_Cree_Nation" title="Shoal Lake Cree Nation">Shoal Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sturgeon_Lake_First_Nation" title="Sturgeon Lake First Nation">Sturgeon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wahpeton_Dakota_Nation" title="Wahpeton Dakota Nation">Wahpeton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saskatoon_Tribal_Council" title="Saskatoon Tribal Council">Saskatoon Tribal Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Saskatoon,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saskatoon, Saskatchewan">Saskatoon</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinistin_Saulteaux_Nation" title="Kinistin Saulteaux Nation">Kinistin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistawasis_First_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mistawasis First Nation">Mistawasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskeg_Lake_Cree_Nation" title="Muskeg Lake Cree Nation">Muskeg Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskoday_First_Nation" title="Muskoday First Nation">Muskoday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Arrow_First_Nation" title="One Arrow First Nation">One Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitecap_Dakota_First_Nation" title="Whitecap Dakota First Nation">Whitecap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Quill_First_Nation" title="Yellow Quill First Nation">Yellow Quill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Touchwood_Agency_Tribal_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Touchwood Agency Tribal Council (page does not exist)">Touchwood Agency Tribal Council</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Punnichy,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Punnichy, Saskatchewan">Punnichy</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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