Urban reserves of First Nations of Canada

Urban Indian reserve. The term seems to be somewhat of an oxymoron; the words Indian reserve evoke, in the minds of most Canadians, images of economically depressed communities in remote areas of the country, far from the hustle and bustle of the city. That perception will have to change as urban Indian reserves become a reality in cities and towns across the country.

Urban reserves are the results of years of Specific Land Claim inquiries and negotiations between First Nations and the federal government. Once the claim is validated, the process moves onto Treaty Land Entitlement agreements. Under the agreements, First Nations receive crown lands and/or cash settlements, however, they must purchase land with the cash but they can buy the land anywhere within their respective provinces. Many First Nations are purchasing property in urban centers as a way to boost their economies but, in doing so, are contributing to the local economies as well as creating investment opportunities.

Specific land claim settlements are awarded to a First Nation once it proves it lost land as a result of federal government mismanagement or did not receive all the land due to them after signing a treaty with the federal government. Land claim inquiries, negotiations and settlements can take years to conclude, in contrast to the speed with which the federal government pursued the completion and implementation of the treaties with First Nations. The Muskeg Lake Cree Nation is one of the First Nations under Treaty 6 which was completed and signed in 1876, just one year after the completion and signing of Treaty 5.

After confederation, Canada continued the treaty-making process begun by the British Crown in the 1700s and signed eleven numbered treaties with First Nations west of Ontario. A First Nation’s population at the time of the signing of a treaty determined the size of the land to be set aside for a reserve, the acreage per person varying in each of the ten treaties. However, inaccurate censuses resulted in a shortfall of land for some First Nations. In other cases, First Nations lost land because of questionable, if not illegal, actions of federal government officials.

In 1876, the Canadian government passed the Indian Act, a piece of legislation that placed the management of First Nations, all their affairs, including land, under federal jurisdiction. Unfortunately, federal government officials did not always act in the best interests of First Nations and, among other breaches of their fiduciary obligation, sold reserve lands without First Nation approval or knowledge or at less than market value. In some claims, it was proven that government officials did not report the sale of land or did not deliver the full proceeds of a sale and pocketed the balance.

In 1992, 25 Saskatchewan First Nations, the Saskatchewan government and the federal government signed a Treaty Land Entitlement framework agreement for the implementation of settlements. It outlines the process for the acquisition of surplus crown property, the purchase of property and negotiations with municipalities. Since the agreement, there have been cash settlements of well over half a billion dollars to the First Nations, including settlements to three that began their claims process prior to the agreement. 14 parcels of urban property have been purchased for commercial purposes in Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Yorkton and other municipalities across the province.

Urban reserves are neither areas of wilderness nor are they rural communities inside a municipality; they’re dynamic, productive members of the Canadian business community. They’re definite assets to all Canadians by bringing certain advantages to joint business ventures with non-First Nation companies, boosting local economies by creating employment, developing unproductive property, thereby creating new sources of revenue for municipalities and improving relationships between First Nation and non-First Nation communities.

In Saskatchewan alone, 17 urban reserves have been created in the province’s major urban centers and towns since the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation first acquired property in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan over ten years ago.

In 1988, the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation entered new territory, literally and figuratively, when it acquired urban property in Saskatoon and created the first true urban Indian reserve designated for commercial development. Since Muskeg Lake’s venture, other First Nations have bought existing commercial property or property for commercial development in urban centers.

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FIRST NATIONS RESERVES IN CANADA

Indian reserves located throughout Canada #351 to 400 (O to P)

09475 ONE ARROW INDIAN RESERVE NO. 95-1E

17 KM NORTHWEST OF CUDWORTH

09476 ONE ARROW INDIAN RESERVE NO. 95-1F

17 KM NORTHEAST OF DUCK LAKE (CITY)

09444 ONE ARROW INDIAN RESERVE NO. 95-1G

26 KM EAST OF BLAINE LAKE (CITY)

09406 ONE ARROW INDIAN RESERVE NO. 95-1H

8 KM NORTHEAST OF ALVANA

09478 ONE ARROW INDIAN RESERVE NO. 95-1I

27 KM NORTHWEST OF WAKAW

09325 ONE ARROW NO. 95-1A 27 KM NORTHEAST OF HAGUE

09522 ONIKAHP SAHGHIKANSIS INDIAN RESERVE NO. 165E

09514 ONION LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 119-1

09471 ONION LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 119-2

37 KM WEST OF ST. WALBURG

06635 OPAWAKOSCIKAN

06569 PASQUA NO. 79

16 KM W/O OF/DE FORT QU'APPELLE

06570 PEEPEEKISIS NO. 81

14 KM E/E OF/DE FORT QU'APPELLE

09209 PELICAN LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 191-A

66 KM SE OF MEADOW LAKE(CITY) 107 KM NW OF SHELLBROOK

09210 PELICAN LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 191-B

14 KM WEST OF LEOVILLE SASK

09257 PELICAN LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 191-C

81 KM SE OF MEADOW LAKE(CITY) 97 KM NE OF BATTLEFORD

09423 PELICAN LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 191-D

11 KM NORTHEAST OF MEADOW LAKE (CITY)

09303 PELICAN NARROWS INDIAN RESERVE NO. 206

5 KM SOUTH OF PELICAN NARROWS (CITY)

06528 PELICAN NARROWS NO. 184B

80 KM NE/NE OF/DE FLIN FLON

09334 PIAPOT CREE FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75F

6 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF DUMMER SASKATCHEWAN

09540 PIAPOT CREE FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75G

09335 PIAPOT CREE FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75H

FOURTEEN QUARTER SECTIONS LOCATED IN TOWNSHIPS 9, 10 & 12 IN RANGES 21 & 22 W2M IN THE VICINITY OF DUMMER SASKATCHEWAN

09627 PIAPOT CREE FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75I

09626 PIAPOT CREE FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75J

09543 PIAPOT CREE FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75K

09549 PIAPOT FIRST NATION INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75T

06571 PIAPOT INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75

43 KM W/O OF/DE FORT QU'APPELLE

09336 PIAPOT INDIAN RESERVE NO. 75E

19-1/4 SEC IN TWP 9,10,11 RGE 20,21,22 W2M NEAR DUMMER SASK

06497 PINE BLUFF NO. 20A

60 MI S.W. OF FLIN FLON, ON N SHORE OF SASKATCHEWAN RIVER TWP 59 RANGE 6 W2M

06498 PINE BLUFF NO. 20B

60 MI S.W. OF FLIN FLON ON N SHORE OF SASKATCHEWAN RIVER TWP 59 RANGE 6 W2M

06617 PINEHOUSE LAKE INDIAN SETTLEMENT

09304 PISIWIMINIWATIM INDIAN RESERVE NO. 207

23 KM SOUTH OF DESCHAMBAULT LAKE (CITY)

06580 POORMAN INDIAN RESERVE NO. 88

87 KM NW/NO OF/DE FORT QU'APPELLE

06519 POTATO RIVER NO. 156A

120 MI N OF PRINCE ALBERT 6 MI S OF LA RONGE SETTLEMENT

09208 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-2C

APPROX. 20 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF WILKIE SASK.

09207 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-2B

APPROX. 20 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF WILKIE SASK.

09399 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE 114-6A2

09537 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO 114-11A

09538 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO 114-16

09356 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO 114-5A

PTN 6 1/4 SECS APPROX 22 KM N OF PINE PRINCE ALBERT SASK

06484 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114

40 KM W/O OF/DE NORTH BATTLEFORD

09424 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-10A

22 KM EAST OF SCOTT

09519 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-12

09518 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-13

09545 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-15C

09536 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-17A

09546 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-18A

09585 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-18B

09542 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-19

09491 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-1A

09547 POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-21

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