of 2,387 registered Assiniboine only about 850 live on the reserve) Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations ()(also known as Battleford Stoneys) (includes the following reserves: Mosquito #109, Cold Eagle, Grizzly Bear's Head #110 & Lean Man #111, Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man Tle #1, Tribal Headquarters and Administration are 27 km south of Battleford, ca. 127 km2, in 2003 there were about 1,119 registered Assiniboine) White Bear First Nation ()(reserves: White Bear #70 and Treaty Four Reserve Grounds #77 are located in SE corner of the Moose Mountain area of Saskatchewan, Tribal Headquarters are located 13 km north of Carlyle, ca. 172 km2, about 1,990 Assiniboine, Saulteaux (Anishinaabe), Cree and Dakota) Ocean Man First Nation (reserves: Ocean Man #69, 69A-I, Treaty Four Reserve Grounds #77, Tribal Headquarters are located 19 km north of Stoughton, ca. 41 km2, of 454 registered Assiniboine, Cree and Saulteaux (Anishinaabe) only 170 are living on reserve grounds) Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation ()(reserve: Treaty Four Reserve Grounds #77, Tribal Headquarters are located in Kisbey, about 333 Assiniboine, Saulteaux (Anishinaabe) and Cree) Namesakes Canada Steamship Lines named one of their new ships the CSL Assiniboine. was the name given to two ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. The first was a destroyer that saw service during the Second World War, and the second was a destroyer during the Cold War era. "Fort Assiniboine" was a name given to trading posts opened in 1793 in Manitoba and in 1824 in Alberta. The Assiniboine River drains much of Saskatchewan and Manitoba into the Red River of the North, which, in turn, flows into the Hudson Bay via Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River. Assiniboia refers to two historical districts of Canada's North-West Territories. The name is taken from the Assiniboine First Nation. Gallery Assiniboine people Hank Adams (1943–2020), indigenous rights activist Dolly Akers, Montana legislator Crazy Bear (Mah-To-Wit-Ko), (1785–1856), chief and negotiator Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (b. 1969), bead artist, quillworker, and regalia maker Roxy Gordon (1945–2000), poet, novelist, musician and activist Indigenous, Nakota blues band Georgia Wettlin Larsen, singer Wi-jún-jon (1796–1872), chief William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. (1950–2021), playwright, author, poet Jamie Fox, Métis fiddle David Midthunder, TV & film actor, enrolled tribal member at the Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Indian Reservation in Montana. See also Fort Peck Indian Reservation Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Wi-jún-jon Crazy Bear References Further reading Denig, Edwin