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Flying Dust First NationNêhiyaw (Cree)
- People
- Nêhiyaw (Cree)
- Treaty
- Treaty 6
- Tribal council
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council
- Headquarters
- Flying Dust Reserve, Meadow Lake
- Band number
- 395
- Population
- 2,674
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About Flying Dust First Nation
Flying Dust First Nation is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) community and Treaty 6 Nation on the northeast side of the City of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
Flying Dust First Nation, called kâ-ohpâwahkâstahk in Cree ("where the dust flies up") and also known as Kopahawakenum, is a Nêhiyaw (Cree) community in Saskatchewan. The Nation is named for Chief Kopahawakemum, who signed Treaty 6. A reserve just north of Meadow Lake was settled in 1889. Flying Dust is one of nine First Nations in the Meadow Lake Tribal Council, and the Council's offices are on the reserve.
The Nation's lands cover more than 20,000 acres. The main reserve, Flying Dust 105, sits along Highway 55 on the northeast side of the City of Meadow Lake. In 2013, members voted to take law-making powers over reserve lands under the First Nation Land Management Act. A railway land claim settlement with Canada was announced in 2025.
Community life includes the Kopahawakenum School, the Flying Dust Fitness Facility and FDB Fuels. Flying Dust hosted the 2003 Saskatchewan First Nations Summer Games and held its first annual pow wow in 2005. Elder and storyteller Glecia Bear was the Nation's first female chief.
The Nation's business interests include property development, oil and gas, forestry, and a 12,000-acre farming, sand and gravel operation. Chief Tyson Bear was re-elected in December 2024, and council describes its approach as working as family with all members, both on and off reserve. Learn more at flyingdust.net.
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