Okanese First Nation
The Okanese First Nation is a Cree-Saulteaux First Nation band government in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.
It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875.
The Nation's population was 104 in 1879.
225 of the 459 members lived on the Nation's Reserve in 1999.
In June 2008 Canwest reported Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier the Chief of the Okanese since 1981, was the longest-serving female Chief in Saskatchewan.
Comedian and playwright Dawn Dumont was born and raised on the Okanese First Nation. She depicts elements of life on the reserve in her books Nobody Cries at Bingo and Rose's Run.
