The Opaskwayak Cree Nation (/ˌoʊpəˈskwaɪək/; OCN, Cree: ᐅᐸᐢᑿᔭᐠ, opâskwêyâhk, 'at the wooded narrows')[3] is a First Nations band government located in Manitoba, Canada.[4] The main OCN reserve is regarded as one of three distinct communities that comprise "The Pas area" in northern Manitoba, with the two others being the Town of The Pas and the Rural Municipality of Kelsey.[5]
Most of the OCN's on-reserve population lives near the Town of The Pas on the OCN 21E reserve, but the band also has many other reserves stretching from Goose Lake in the north to Mountain Cabin, Saskatchewan, in the south. OCN is accessible by rail, road, water, and air travel.
Peoples of the OCN are Swampy Cree, and their dominant language is from the Swampy Cree n-dialect.[6] The Opaskwayak people first negotiated and entered into Treaty 5 in 1876.[6]
The First Nation hosts the Opaskwayak Indian Days annually each August. [citation needed]
^"First Nation Detail". Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
^"First Nation Profiles". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 November 2008.
^Ogg, Arden (August 19, 2015). "Cree Names of Cree-speaking Communities across Canada." Cree Literacy Network. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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