Cowessess First Nation
Cowessess First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserves include:
Chief Ka-we-zause was the leader of a mixed band of Plains Cree, Saulteaux and Metis who were known as plains bison hunters ranging from Leech Lake as far southwest as the Cypress Hills and the Milk River basin in Montana. Cowessess signed Treaty Four in September 1874 at Fort Qu'Appelle. The band originally selected a reserve near Maple Creek, however Headman Louis O'Soup led a dissident group which abandoned the Cypress Hills and moved to the Qu'Appelle River valley and they had a reserve surveyed at Crooked Lake Saskatchewan.
