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{{Infobox First Nation
| band_name = Birdtail Sioux First Nation
| band_number = 284
| endonym = Chankagha Otinta
| people = [[Dakota people|Dakota]]
| headquarters = [[Beulah, Manitoba]]
| main_reserve = Birdtail Sioux
| area = 28.85
| total_pop = 643
| chief = Lindsay Bunn Jr<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dotc.mb.ca/chief-and-council |title=Council of Chiefs }}</ref>
| tribal_council = [[Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council]]
| website = {{URL|birdtailsioux.ca}}
}}{{Location map|Canada Manitoba|lat=50.2694|long=-101.1672|width=300|caption=Location of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation in [[Manitoba]]|label=Birdtail<br />Sioux}}
'''Birdtail Sioux First Nation''' or '''Chan Kagha Otina Dakhóta Oyáte''' (also spelt ''Caƞ Kaġa Dakhóta Oyáte'', 'People of the Log Houses')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trcm.ca/wp-content/uploads/Traditional-Names-Community-Map_MFNERC.pdf |title=Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc. – Traditional First Nations Community Names |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204193644/http://www.trcm.ca/wp-content/uploads/Traditional-Names-Community-Map_MFNERC.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> are a [[Dakota people|Dakota]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] located approximately 50&nbsp;km north of [[Virden, Manitoba]]. The First Nation has a population of approximately 643 people on approximately {{convert|7128|acre|km2}} of land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.docfdc.mb.ca/birdtailsioux.html/ |title=Birdtail Sioux First Nation |website=Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council |accessdate=2010-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210105525/http://www.docfdc.mb.ca/birdtailsioux.html |archive-date=10 February 2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCProfile_en/549.html |title=FIRST NATION CONNECTIVITY PROFILE – 2003 |website=[[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada]] |year=2003 |accessdate=2010-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927124829/http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCProfile_en/549.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref>

It is bordered by the [[Rural Municipality of Miniota]] and the [[Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie]]. The main settlement of '''Birdtail Sioux''' is located at {{coord|50|16|N|101|09|W|scale:10000}}.
The First Nation has a [[K–12]] school (Chan Kagha Otina Dakota Wayawa Tipi School) and an [[Adult learning|adult learning centre]] (Birdtail Sioux Adult Learning Centre), both operated by [[Frontier School Division]]; a police detachment ([[First Nations police|Manitoba First Nations Police]], formerly known as Dakota Ojibway Police Service); and a health center.

==Controversial partnerships==
Under the leadership of Chief Ken Chalmers, Birdtail Sioux's partnership with the federal [[Government of Canada]] and corporate partnerships has created some controversy. Birdtail Sioux entered into agreement with companies like [[Enbridge]] and [[Canadian National Railway]] to help build [[Indian reserve|reserve]] projects such as the construction of a new health centre, a shopping centre, and a 62-home renovation project.<ref name="Dakota Concerns">{{cite news |title = Birdtail Sioux progress sparks Dakota concern |publisher = [[Brandon Sun]] |date =4 March 2010 |url = http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/brandon-sun-the/mi_8087/is_20100304/birdtail-sioux-progress-sparks-dakota/ai_n51798944/ |accessdate=2010-07-03 | first=Colleen | last=Cosgrove}}</ref> Some of the other Dakota First Nations were concerned that the Birdtail Sioux's attempts for "short term gains" would hurt [[Dakota people|Dakota]] claims that go back to 1870.

The original Canadian [[land claim]] alleges that the Dakota are American refugees and, as such, are not entitled their [[aboriginal rights]], land compensation, funding, and recognition as Canadian aboriginal people under s. 35 of the ''[[Constitution Act, 1982]]''.<ref name="Dakota Concerns" /> The Canadian government alleges that the Dakota live in [[Manitoba]] on the good graces of the [[Crown of Canada|Crown]]. The Dakota, excluding Birdtail, intended to use maps and papers that predate [[Canadian Confederation|confederation in Canada]] to negotiate a modern treaty.<ref name="Dakota Concerns" />

Chief Chalmers justified his decisions by saying, "The only way I can get things like the renovations going ... I can only get it by partnering, not fighting."<ref name="Dakota Concerns" /> Chief Frank Brown of the [[Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation]] replied that "Divide and conquer is a game [[Indian Affairs and Northern Development|Indian Affairs]] plays all of the time... When you challenge Canada in court or when you challenge your rights, they take one of your people and give them money to convince them otherwise. The job creation is a good thing, but it's not fixing nothing, it's just a little [[Band-Aid]], whereas we're working for the future of our people."<ref name="Dakota Concerns" />

At the end of March 2013, the people of Birdtail Sioux decided to break with Chief Chalmers, who was defeated by former Chief Kelly Bunn. In March 2015, however, Ken Chalmers was reelected. In March 2017, the Birdtail Sioux First Nation adopted the ''First Nations Election Act'' of Canada which gave them the option of a two- or four-year term for Chief and Council. Chalmers was re-elected as chief again until March 2021.

Chalmers lost the election in 2021 to current Chief Lindsay "Oscar" Bunn Jr, who reigns as current Chief.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dotc.mb.ca/chief-and-council |website=Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Chief and Council |access-date=March 15, 2024 |title=Council of Chiefs }}</ref> 

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050210105525/https://www.dotc.mb.ca/chief-and-council]
https://web.archive.org/web/20050210105525/http://www.docfdc.mb.ca/birdtailsioux.html]
* [http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Birdtail%20Creek%2057%20(IRI)&IdentUID=4615042 Map of Birdtail Creek 57 at Statcan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924124609/http://geodepot.statcan.ca/GeoSearch2006/GeoSearch2006.jsp?resolution=H&lang=E&otherLang=F&census=Yes&DisplayData=Yes&NewImage=yes&layer=csd&IdentName=Birdtail%20Creek%2057%20(IRI)&IdentUID=4615042 |date=24 September 2012 }}{{Coord|50|16|10|N|101|10|02|W|scale:100000|display=title}}
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