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Chicken 224
Chicken Indian Reserve No. 224
A map of the province of Saskatchewan showing 297 rural municipalities and hundreds of small Indian reserves. One is highlighted with a red circle.
Location in Saskatchewan
First Nation Black Lake
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Area
 • Total 25,819.4 ha (63,801.1 acre)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total 1,379
Community Well-Being Index 42

Chicken 224 is an Indian reserve of the Black Lake Denesuline First Nation in Saskatchewan. It is 170 kilometres southeast of Uranium City. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 1379 living in 263 of its 280 total private dwellings. In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 42 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community.

Etymology

The three Chicken reserves were named after a Chief Chicken, early leader of the Black Lake band.

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