Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation has their main population located near Elphinstone, Manitoba

Elphinstone, Manitoba

Elphinstone is a community in the rural municipality of Strathclair in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located northwest of Brandon, Manitoba and is on Highway 45.It is on the west bank of the Little Saskatchewan River....

 on (IR) 61
which is located south of Riding Mountain National Park

Riding Mountain National Park

Riding Mountain National Park is a national park in Manitoba, Canada. The park sits atop the Manitoba Escarpment. Consisting of a protected area , the forested parkland stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding prairie farmland. The park is home to wolves, moose, elk, black bears, hundreds of...

. They are sometimes referred to as the Riding Mountain Band. They have IR 61A located within the National Park. There is also a third and smaller reserve known as IR 61B. This reserve is located on Bottle Lake.

Origins

The reserve was established around Riding Mountain House

Riding Mountain House

Riding Mountain House was a Hudson Bay Company trading post set up to the south of what is now the Riding Mountain National Park, on the Little Saskatchewan River....

, a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

 that operated from 1860 until 1895.
The group takes their name from Keeseekoowenin

Keeseekoowenin

Keeseekoowenin was a First Nations leader during the period when Canada was expanding into the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.-Origins:...

, who was Chief when they moved to the reserve in 1875.