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Cowessess 73
Cowessess Indian Reserve No. 73
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 Cowessess
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Area
 • Total 41,927.2 ha (103,604.4 acre)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total 540
Community Well-Being Index 63

Cowessess 73 is an Indian reserve of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan. It is 13 kilometres northwest of Broadview. In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 540 living in 190 of its 214 total private dwellings. In the same year, its Community Well-Being index was calculated at 63 of 100, compared to 58.4 for the average First Nations community and 77.5 for the average non-Indigenous community.

In June 2021, unmarked graves containing the remains of 751 children was found at the former Marieval Indian residential school in Marieval, part of the Canadian Indian residential school system, the most found in Canada to date.

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