Indian Head is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, 69 kilometres (43 mi) east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway.

It "had its beginnings in 1882 as the first settlers, mainly of Scottish origin, pushed into the area in advance of the railroad, most travelling by ox-cart from Brandon.

[8] The town is known for its federally operated experimental farm and tree nursery, which has produced and distributed seedlings for shelter belts since 1901.

Indian Head was incorporated as a town in 1902 and the Canadian Journal noted that the community was the largest point of initial shipment of wheat in the world.

[clarification needed] Today the town "has a range of professional services and tradespeople, financial institutions, and a large number of retail establishments.

About 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Indian Head are the Fishing Lakes which are part of the Qu'Appelle Valley.

Currently, the mayor is Steven Cole and is serving with councillors Lisa Craigie, Alan Hubbs, Melissa Moses, Armand Palmer, Chris Simpson and Nathan Longeau.

[5] Even though the provincial government Saskatchewan Air Ambulance system was not established until 1946, Indian Head did call to Charlie Skinner, a pilot in Regina in 1935.

Transport was needed to get the doctor from Indian Head to Odessa to treat a critically ill patient during a time when the roads were blocked by snow.

[25] An Indian trail used by fur traders, and red river carts pulling settlers effects was the first path between Moosomin and Fort Ellice, Manitoba.

In 1909 a foreman shot one of his crew; the [Indian Head] council minutes make no further comment.Agriculture is one of Saskatchewan's main industries and taking grain to elevators was first accomplished by horse and cart, to be replaced around World War I by truck travel.

[30][31][32] The Southeast Regional College has a district campus office located in Indian Head which will support grade 12 equivalency general education development, post-secondary classes supported by the University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, SIAST and the Certified General Accountants Association.

[38] Having the silo centrally located in the round barn greatly reduced labour involved in livestock feeding and resulted in a stronger facility than the rectangular structures.

[43] Indian Head was one of four rinks which competed in the first curling bonspiel of the North-West Territories in 1892 playing against Calgary, Regina, and Qu'Appelle.

[45] After World War II, for a period of time, baseball tournaments were held in Saskatoon and Indian Head offering thousands of dollars in prize money.

[37][43][49] In 2013, the Indian Head Broncs hosted and won the 3A 9 Man Provincial High School Football Championship, defeating the Meadow Lake Spartans 14–7.

[51] Indian Head was a major filming location for the Canadian television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie,[52] which aired on CBC.

Historically, according to the Department of Agriculture, the Indian Head district ranked highest for wheat production in the North-West Territories in 1903, 1904 and 1905.

[54] This location handled a higher quantity of grain in 1902 in the initiatory shipment stage than any other inland port in the world.

[55] The North-West Rebellion in 1885 caused the farmland of the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company to lie untended as their horses and wagons were used in the military engagement.

[57] William Richard Motherwell became the first president and pressed for a change to the Manitoba Act which would allow farmers access to railway cars on a first-come, first-served basis.

Bank of Canada notes that from 1854 to 1914 the US and Canadian dollar traded at par) Streetscapes were extremely lively before the arrival of motorised automobiles, trucks and farm implements.

Farmers' drives to Indian Head were extremely frequent; expeditions to Regina, the nearest city, the Qu'Appelle Valley and near towns were considerably less convenient than they became once car and truck engines existed and Number 1 Highway was vastly upgraded from the 1950s onwards: trips were most easily made by the frequent trains, which carried passengers in early days until substantially replaced by road vehicles.

Long-term studies with field crops, animal husbandry and horticulture were initiated….During the 1930s, a concerted effort against the blowing topsoil by the Indian Head Experimental Farm and [other] …stations … was effective in developing tillage methods that reduced soil erosion.

The post-war years saw great changes with the introduction of selective chemicals to control insects, plant diseases and [w]eeds.

"[64] In the days of the last two decades of the 19th century, Indian Head was a significant centre for people arriving in the North-West Territories by train from Ontario.

Indian Head streetscapes were remarkably lively in the town's early days, when automobiles and trucks had not yet arrived and agricultural, shopping and social expeditions to town were extremely frequent compared to later days when expeditions to Regina or the Qu'Appelle Valley became significantly faster and more convenient than after World War I, when automobiles and trucks began to become common: until then, expeditions to the city generally conducted by train—with a lengthy interruption with little travel of any kind from the 1929 onset of the Great Depression until the 1945 end of World War II.

[65] In 1914, A.S. Vogt (founder of the Mendelssohn Choir) claimed that Saskatchewan's excellent choral work was one benefit of the province’s isolation and corresponding need to create its own art.

At its outset, Indian Head had substantial churches, though as elsewhere in Canada religiosity significantly declined beginning in the late 1960s.

Such matters were of substantially greater interest back then and would remain so until the end of the 1960s when in Indian Head as in other Canadian cities and towns participation in religion generally began steadily decreasing.