Indian Head, Sask, Town, pop 1758 (2001c), 1833 (1996c), 1827 (1991c), 1886 (1986c), area 3.17 km2, inc 1902, is located in the heart of Saskatchewan's richest farming area, S of the Qu'Appelle Valley, 68 km E of Regina. Its first settlers moved into the district in 1882, a few months ahead of the CPR. Indian Head was named for a low range of hills a few km to the SW of the townsite. The town remains very prominent in the agricultural industry of the province. Not only is it a prime wheat-growing area, it is also the site of an Agriculture Canada experimental farm, est 1887, and a tree nursery, est 1902 and now operated by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration.