The Key First Nation

{{Short description|First Nations band in Saskatchewan}}

{{Infobox First Nation

| band_name = The Key First Nation

| band_number = 368

| endonym =

| image = The Key First Nation logo.png

| caption =

| map =

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| people =

| treaty = Treaty 4

| headquarters = Norquay

| province = Saskatchewan

| main_reserve =

| reserve = The Key 65

| area = 64.048

| pop_year = 2019

| on_reserve = 308

| on_other_land =

| off_reserve = 1099

| total_pop =

| chief = Clinton Key

| council =

| tribal_council = Yorkton Tribal Administration

| website = [https://keyband.com/ keyband.com]

| footnotes = {{Cite web|title=First Nation Detail|access-date=September 10, 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=368&lang=eng}}

}}

The Key First Nation ({{langx|oj|Baakwaang}}){{Cite web|url=https://www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php?lg=gb|title=Translation Ojibwe-English-Ojibwe - FREELANG online dictionary|website=www.freelang.net|accessdate=December 20, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-ojibwe-english/Baakwaang|title=Ojibwe-English translation :: Baakwaang :: Dictionary|website=translateojibwe.com|accessdate=December 20, 2023}} is a band government in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserves include:

Chiefs

This First nation band, led by Chief Ow-tah-pee-ka-kaw (“He Who unlocks” or “The Key”, the namesake of the modern First Nation), signed Treaty 4 with the representatives of the Crown on September 24, 1875.{{Cite web|url=https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/13924.Metis%20of%20the%20Shoal%20River%20Saulteaux%20Band.pdf|title=Metis Museum, Metis of the Shoal River Cree-Saulteaux Band|website=www.metismuseum.ca|accessdate=December 20, 2023}}

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chiefs Assembly honoured Gwendolyn Lucy O'Soup Crane for her lifetime achievements and recognized her as Canada's first female, First Nations Chief (of The Key First Nation), and the first elected under the current electoral system.{{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/human-rights-a-day-1446196/august-12-1930-gwen-osoup-crane|title=Human Rights a Day: August 12, 1930 - Gwen O'Soup Crane [podcast]|last=Hammond|first=Stephen|date=2017|website=player.fm|access-date=March 11, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/leaderpost/obituary.aspx?n=gwen-crane&pid=14805383|title=Gwen Crane: Obituary|date=August 12, 2005|work=The Leader-Post|access-date=March 11, 2019}}{{Cite news|title=GWEN CRANE, NATIVE ELDER 1930-2005|last=Chaput|first=John|date=September 14, 2005|work=The Globe & Mail|page=S9}}

References

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Category:First Nations in Saskatchewan

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