Pasqua First Nation [Treaty land entitlement claim]

Pasqua IR 79, contains 8,960 hectares and is located 16 kilometres west of Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. The total band population is 1,678, of whom 524 live on reserve.

This First Nation adhered to Treaty 4 in 1874. Research has determined that these people did not receive the reserve land to which they were entitled, according to the formula set out in the treaty. Pasqua First Nation submitted its claim to Canada in 2001, and it was accepted for negotiation in May 2005.

While the claim was being reviewed by Canada, Pasqua First Nation participated as an observer in the Treaty Land Entitlement Common Table negotiations chaired by the Commission at which Canada and the Sturgeon Lake, Gordon, Muskoday and Pasqua First Nations agreed on a common approach on issues relating to the determination of an adjusted-date-of-first-survey population.

In its June 2005 Band Council Resolution agreeing to enter into negotiations, the Pasqua First Nation requested that the ICC be involved in the negotiations. Later that same month, Canada also requested that the ICC facilitate the negotiations. By the close of the 2005-2006 fiscal year, the parties had agreed on the population to be used to determine the treaty land entitlement shortfall, with further research to be done on four individuals.