Dan Kennedy (Ochankugahe) was born ca 1875 in the Cypress Hills. He was Nakoda (Assinniboine) and was able to tell the stories of the great changes that occurred over his lifetime. In 1882, the Nakoda band to which Ochankugahe belonged moved to the crown-allocated reserve south of Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, now called the Carry-the-Kettle or Ce-Ga-Kin First Nation. In 1886, he went to school at the Lebret Industrial School, begun and managed by Father Hugonard. At this time, his name was changed to Dan Kennedy. In 1891, he went to Winnipeg for further education at St. Boniface College. In 1898, he returned to Ce-Ga-Kin First Nation to work as a Band Office Clerk and married Olympe Milton in 1899. He died in the Wolseley, Saskatchewan, hospital on February 7, 1973. He was never a chief of the Nakoda First Nation. Throughout his life, Kennedy spoke, wrote and gave interviews about Nakoda history and culture (see Indian Head History Book pp 3-5).