Kinistin Saulteaux Nation
Kinistin Saulteaux Nation is located 39 kilometers southeast of Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada. The First Nation was originally part of the Yellow-quill Saulteaux Band, which signed on to Treaty 4.
Kinistin Saulteaux Nation is located 39 kilometers southeast of Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Kinistin Band was established by a chief Kinistin (Cree), who came to Saskatchewan from Western Ontario.
The First Nation was originally part of the Yellow-quill Saulteaux Band, a Treaty Band named after a Treaty 4 signatory Chief Ošāwaškokwanēpi, whose name means “Green/Blue-quill.” However, due to “š” merging with “s” in Nakawēmowin (Saulteaux language), this led to a mistranslation of his name as “Yellow-quill”—“yellow” being osāw-, while “green/blue” being ošāwaško- (or osāwasko- in Saulteaux). Kinistin is named after Chief Kiništin (“Cree”), one of the headmen for Chief Ošāwaškokwanēpi.
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