However, the term ᓂᐦᑖᐏᑭᐦᒋᑲᓂᕽ nihtâwikihcikanihk means "good growing area" and is better applied to the community rather than the chief.
The Chakastaypasin First Nation later joined the people of James Smith following the dissolution of their reserve near St. Louis, Saskatchewan, after the North-West Rebellion.
[3] Recently the three nations who had been forced under one government by the name of James Smith decided to separate into their founding bands.
The perpetrator, Myles Sanderson was arrested on September 7, 2022, but died shortly thereafter, possibly from self-inflicted injuries, or by an overdose.
Among those killed was the perpetrator's brother, Damien Sanderson, who was initially considered a suspect, but was later reclassified as a victim of the stabbings.