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Carry the Kettle
Nakota Nation

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With our new chief and council, we look forward to moving with all our endeavors

Welcome

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Cega’kin Nakota Oyate is a strong and growing community, guided by the values handed down from our ancestors and carried forward by our Chief and Council. This website is one more way we keep the communication lines open — sharing news, opportunities, and the services our departments provide to members at home and away from home. Whether you are looking for the latest Nakota Times, a job posting, or a way to reach the band office, you will find it here. We look forward to building a stronger Nation together, one endeavor at a time.

About Cegakin

The ancestors of the modern “Carry the kettle”

First Nation/Reserve signed adhesion to Treaty 4 at Fort Walsh on September 25, 1877. The three Assiniboine chiefs who signed the treaty 4 adhesion were Man Who Takes The Coat (Cuwiknaga Je Eyaku, in the Assiniboine/Nakoda language), Long Lodge (Teepee Hoksa), and Lean Man (Wica Hostaka).

Portrait of a Nakota elder in traditional dress

Nakota chiefs in traditional regalia beside tipis

A Nakota community member in traditional dress

Our Story

Historically, First Nations bands/chiefs signed treaties in their traditional territories/homelands. One might allude to the fact that if Carry the Kettle were in their current traditional homelands/territory (south of Sintaluta, SK), they would have been present at the initial signing of treaty 4 in Fort Qu’Appelle in 1874. Or any of the other subsequent adhesions of 1875.

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