The Red Earth Cree Nation

Tawâw! Welcome!

As long as the sun shines, the river flows and the grass grows.

Red Earth Cree Nation, or Mihkoskiwakak Nehiyawak, is part of Treaty 5 territory. Mihkoskiwakak Nehiyawak is located 225 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert. The Red Earth Indian Reserve (IR) 29 and Carrot River Indian Reserve 29A combined make up the reserve lands of Mihkoskiwakak Nehiyawak. The Red Earth territory includes portions of four of the major terrain areas in this section of the province, including the Pasquia Hills, the hill flank, the Carrot River plain, and the Saskatchewan River delta. The traditional territory of the Red Earth Crees encompasses lands and waterways north to the Saskatchewan River, east to Sipanok Channel, south to the foothills of Pasqua Hills towards Arborfield, and east just before Nipawin, Saskatchewan. The reserve lands of the Red Earth Cree Nation are situated in the middle of the Cumberland Delta, along a natural levee of the Carrot River waterway, surrounded by wetlands, lakes, and the fringe of the boreal forest.

“..so Kiseyinīs dreamed about the future while out on the prairies. He dreamed of Red Earth and he said, “That’s the only place people in the future can fish and get wild game. That’s the only place they can live.” Note: Adapted from “The Red Earth Crees and the Marriage Isolate, 1860-1960” by David Meyer, 1982, Doctoral Dissertation, McMaster University.