Kawacatoose First Nation

{{Short description|Tribal government in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = Kawacatoose First Nation

| band_number = 393

| endonym =

| image = Kawacatoose First Nation logo.jpg

| caption =

| map =

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| people = Plains Cree

| treaty = Treaty 4

| headquarters = Raymore

| province = Saskatchewan

| main_reserve = Poorman 88

| reserve =

• Kawacatoose 88

| area = 142.563

| pop_year = 2019

| on_reserve = 1157

| on_other_land = 1

| off_reserve = 2092

| total_pop =

| chief = Lee-Anne Kehler (First women chief)

| council =

| tribal_council = Touchwood Agency Tribal Council

| website = [http://www.kawacatoose.ca/ kawacatoose.ca]

| footnotes = {{Cite web|title=First Nation Detail|access-date=September 26, 2019|website=Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|url=https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/fnp/Main/Search/FNMain.aspx?BAND_NUMBER=393&lang=eng}}

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The Kawacatoose First Nation ({{langx|cr|ᑲᐚᐦᑲᑐᐢ}} kawâhkatos)Wolvengrey, Arok, editor. Cree: Words. Regina, University of Regina Press, 2001. [https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/kaw%C3%A2hkatos@2/ https://itwewina.altlab.app/word/kaw%C3%A2hkatos@2/] is a Plains Cree First Nations band government in Saskatchewan. Their reserves include:

• Kawacatoose 88
• Last Mountain Lake 80A
• Poorman 88
• Treaty Four Reserve Grounds 77, shared with 32 other bands.

The First Nation is named for Chief Kawacatoose, an original signatory to Treaty 4. His name derives from the Cree kawâhkatoso, "be weak with hunger". Although "hungry skinny man" is a more accurate translation, "poor man" has been used historically and is still the official name of the Poor Man 88 reserve.{{cite book | title=Geographic Names of Saskatchewan | first=Bill | last=Barry | year=2005 | isbn=1-897010-19-2 | publisher=People Places Publishing Ltd. | location=Regina, Saskatchewan | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/geographicnameso0000barr }}