Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 07/04/2026
• CHIEF: CHRISTOPHER TRAVERSE
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
• CHRISTOPHER TRAVERSE
• BRADLEY BEARDY
• ALEX TRAVERSE
• ROBERT MARSDEN
• JULES BEARDY
• A.J. RYLE
• GEORGE TRAVERSE

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: /nations/228-lake-st-martin
• PHONE NUMBER: (204) 948-1119
• FAX NUMBER: (204) 948-1142
• ADDRESS: 550 BERRY ST, WINNIPEG, MB
• EMAILS:
• Chief CHRISTOPHER TRAVERSE:
• Councillor BRADLEY BEARDY:
• Councillor ALEX TRAVERSE:
• Councillor ROBERT MARSDEN:
• Councillor JULES BEARDY:
• Councillor A.J. RYLE:
• Councillor GEORGE TRAVERSE:
• General Band Office:
• Media Contact:
• Referrals Contact:
• Websites

Band Financial Statements

• 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
• 2009 - Lake St. Martin20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Lake St. Martin20082009.pdf
• 2006 - Lake St. Martin20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Lake St. Martin20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Lake St. Martin20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Lake St. Martin20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Lake St. Martin20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Lake St. Martin20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

• 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

Intergovernmental Agreements

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• Choken v. Lake St. Martin Indian Band (F.C.A.)
• Springhill Lumber Ltd. v. Lake St. Martin Indian Band et al.
• Choken v. Lake St. Martin Indian Band (F.C.)
• Lake St. Martin First Nation v. Woodford
• Springhill Lumber Ltd. v. Lake St. Martin Indian Band et al.
• Springhill Lumber Ltd. v. Lake St. Martin Indian Band et al.
• Lake St. Martin First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
• Traverse v. Lake St. Martin First Nation et al.
• Larry Penner Enterprises Inc. v. Lake St. Martin First Nation et al
• 5750351 Manitoba Ltd. et al. v. Lake St. Martin First Nations
• Lake St. Martin Outlet Channel Authorization Regulation
• Lake St. Martin Outlet Channel Authorization Regulation

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Interlake Reserves Tribal Council calls on Manitoba to halt outlet channels project
• First Nations leaders asking for provincial consultation regarding flood control project
• Opinion: A new, reset relationship starts with meaningful consultation
• Design changes planned for Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin flood-relief channels
• Interlake flood channel project would disrupt Indigenous communities, federal minister says
• Flooding Hope: Manitoba Displacement Politics towards Lake St. Martin First Nation
• Lake St. Martin chief charged with several sex related charges
• Chief of First Nation encouraged by dialogue with province about review of Interlake flood channel project
• Draft report on Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin outlet project shows 'significant adverse environmental effects’
• Flood prevention project could harm First Nation communities in Manitoba says report
• First Nations leaders hope new report on effects of Interlake flood channel leads to review of project
• First Nations chief challenges Winnipeg police to do ‘proper investigation’
• Winnipeg police charge chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation with sexual assault
• Long-promised flood-prevention project in Manitoba under review with no timeline
• Body of Lake St. Martin First Nation mother, 33, found at Winnipeg landfill
• Calls to search Winnipeg-area landfills renewed after Lake St. Martin First Nation woman's body found
• Lake St. Martin chief charged with sexual assault of child
• Manitoba chief accused of child sexual assault removed from regional tribal council's board
• Manitoba First Nations win lawsuit to stop province from continuing flood channel work without consent
• Contractor that left new Brandon school unfinished abandons dozens of incomplete houses in Lake St. Martin
• $85.5M settlement 'fair outcome' for 2011 floods around Lake St. Martin First Nation: grand chief
• Interlake First Nations leaders call new $15M fund connected to flood channel 'a slap in the face'
• First Nation evacuees begin to receive compensation 8 years after flood disaster
• 2 Manitoba grand chiefs highlight long-term boil water advisories on World Water Day
• Flooding Leaves Canadian Indigenous Group Homeless—For 3 Years
• Lake St. Martin takes Ottawa to court over ending benefits for those displaced by 2011 flood
• Figure 2. Location of Lake St. Martin First Nation downstream from Lake...
• Lake Manitoba chief optimistic after 'meaningful dialogue' with province on flood project negotiations
• 190 homes now complete in Lake St. Martin
• Lake St. Martin homes slated for demolition sold off instead
• Concerns raised over Lake St. Martin diversion delays
• New school for flooded-out First Nation 2 years away
• Lake Manitoba flood prevention project flawed, First Nations study suggests
• Indigenous kids displaced by 2 natural disasters share classes, lessons about life
• Manitoba flood should have taught gov't lessons, but it didn't say leaders
• How the last holdouts survive on a flooded-out Manitoba First Nation
• Feds ending aid to First Nation members separated from their reserve since 2011 by flooding
• Funding for Indigenous initiatives related to Lake Manitoba Outlet Channels Project
• 2 sisters among 4 victims of West Broadway mass shooting
• Construction industry rips province over sole-sourced Lake St. Martin contracts
• Judge approves $90M settlement for flooded Manitoba First Nations
• Governments commit $540M for permanent flood channels to manage Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin
• Investigator's report suggests Lake St. Martin ballots sold for up to $300
• Childhood passion becomes Indigenous scholar’s life-long research focus
• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs bans Chris Traverse from events
• Village balked at by flooded-out First Nations
• Member of the Lake St. Martin First Nation files appeal of band election
• Jun 2021: Opinion: Lake Manitoba flood, 10 years later
• Canada is 'weaving' Indigenous science into environmental policy-making
• Ravaged by floods in 2011, Manitoba First Nation finally welcomes families home
• Canada assumed Indigenous people were ‘dying out’: The on-reserve housing crisis that never ends
• Manitoba failing to protect lives of Indigenous women, girls, advocate says
• A Catholic guide to Truth and Reconciliation Day
• 'My heart breaks': Indigenous mother's body found in Winnipeg landfill
• First Nations woman’s body found at Winnipeg landfill
• OP-ED: Does Indigenous science exist?
• Aboriginal communities hit hard by Manitoba floods
• Manitoba working on settlement for flooded First Nations
• Wildfires force more Manitoba First Nations to begin evacuations in Interlake region
• Rock The Vote targets indigenous voters at Portage Place
• Ottawa says lawyers don't deserve $80 million for First Nation child welfare settlement
• Save the date: Panel discussion on reconciliation in the classroom | story | Kids News
• Day schools took the lives of at least 200 Indigenous children: Documents
• Third-party management 'can wreak havoc' on first nations
• AMC along with Treaty 2 First Nations celebrates the commencement of events marking the 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty No. 2
• Reserves in Manitoba
• Apr 2023: Homicide ruled out in death of Indigenous woman: police
• Manitoba First Nations forced to evacuate due to snowstorm power outages
• Police say Winnipeg woman died after climbing into dumpster
• Indigenous artists re-imagine convocation regalia
• $23B Indigenous child welfare settlement gets court approval
• Death toll in flooded-out Manitoba First Nation hits 92 as evacuees wait to return home
• Ottawa says lawyers don't deserve $80 million for First Nation child welfare settlement
• Manitoba delays Interlake flood outlets yet again
• Canada’s troubled relationship with its indigenous population
• Lake St. Martin flood evacuee charged in baby's malnutrition death would've had help in community: chief
• Lake St. Martin relocation plans 1 step closer to becoming a reality
• Indigenous people play critical role as 'early warning system' on climate change, says Manitoban at COP28
• An Extended Stay: Photos of Hotel Life for Evacuees
• Muddied waters
• Winnipeg Police Service confirms it laid charges in February
• Manitoba First Nation flood evacuees net $90M-settlement
• Search for remains of two First Nations women at landfill could take years, cost up to $184M: study
• Indigenous youth need to be at home and in the community, not in jail
• Farmers, First Nations, cottagers rally on flood issues
• Panel: The challenges faced by Indigenous students in post-secondary education
• Grand chief calls for permanent closure of Winnipeg's Brady Road landfill after woman's body found
• Mixed martial arts star surprises students at Manitoba First Nation school
• 'The water passes and we're moving on' — but there are lessons in 5 of Manitoba's worst floods, expert says
• Draft report on Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin outlet project shows 'significant adverse environmental effects’
• When Canada flooded this First Nations community, it made 1,400 homeless
• Winnipeg police charge chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation with sexual assault
• 15-year-old boy charged with 2nd-degree murder in Lake St. Martin First Nation shooting
• Lake St. Martin outlet project could start construction this fall: Manitoba infrastructure minister
• Horror in Winnipeg as another Indigenous woman’s body found in landfill: ‘It keeps happening’
• Lake St. Martin First Nation residents still waiting to go home after nine years
• The Campbell River store owner spotlighting other Indigenous businesses
• Joanna Baron: Supreme Court confirms that the Charter applies to Indigenous governments—except when it doesn’t
• UM helps launch first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Indigenous app
• Hundreds chant 'we are not trash,' close Portage and Main in honour of woman found dead in Winnipeg landfill
• What are Indigenous knowledge systems — and how can they help fight climate change?
• Interlake First Nations welcomes federal assessment that flood project would cause ‘adverse environmental impacts’
• Range of Indigenous cinema at TIFF reflects changing film industry
• Justice minister says he lacks the power to call an investigation into First Nations woman’s death
• Body of First Nations woman discovered in Winnipeg landfill: police
• First Nations want court to order judicial review of outlet projects in Manitoba
• First Nation chiefs blast province, say consultation on Manitoba flood channels was inadequate
• Justice minister pitches Assembly of First Nations with 'imperfect' UNDRIP plan
• Woman whose body was found in Winnipeg landfill climbed into bin before it was taken to dump: police
• Indigenous incarceration rates: Why are Canada's numbers so high and what can be done about it?
• Lake St. Martin members demand relocation to chosen land
• Manitoba Government Ready To Begin Construction On The Lake St. Martin Outlet Channel
• Indigenous leaders accuse Pallister of misleading people regarding flood protection project
• Flooded out to save Winnipeg, Lake St. Martin residents now feel forgotten
• Saving Anishinaabemowin: RRC Polytech class reclaims one of North America's oldest Indigenous languages
• Saving Anishinaabemowin: RRC Polytech class reclaims one of North America's oldest Indigenous languages
• Winnipeg police charge chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation with sexual assault
• Resurgence of matriarchy pushes issue of violence against Indigenous women onto the UN stage
• 'I don't want him to feel like I've forgotten about him': Mom walks 200 km for missing son
• Art exhibition digs women out of archives at the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre
• Treaty 2 chiefs seek meeting with premier on planning for flood channels
• 'My heart breaks': Indigenous mother's body found in Winnipeg landfill
• Waasamowin: SSC Atrium Honoured with Anishinaabemowin Name
• Programmer - Jason Ryle
• Manitoba indigenous flood victims settle government lawsuit
• Houses on Manitoba reserve moved off land and sold
• Province to provide $15M for economic development fund for Lake St. Martin and Lake Manitoba outlet channels
• Lake St. Martin residents returning home
• Manitoba First Nation chief upset after court cuts off evacuation benefits
• The AMC and AFN Manitoba Respond to Court Ruling on Inadequate Engagement with First Nations on Flood-Prevention Project
• Canada Post releases 4 new stamps showcasing Indigenous artists’ visions for truth and reconciliation
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Manitoba expecting designs of Interlake flood-relief channels to be completed later this year
• Judge rules Manitoba's consultations with First Nations on flood channel work inadequate
• 190 homes now complete in Lake St. Martin
• Lake St. Martin house allegations false, says SCO leader
• Calls to search Winnipeg-area landfills renewed after Lake St. Martin First Nation woman's body found
• Manitoba begins excavation for remains of Indigenous women at landfill
• Jun 2018: Evacuees set to return 8 years after flood
• Judge OKs $90M government settlement for flooded Manitoba First Nations
• Search for women's remains in Winnipeg landfill could take years, cost up to $184M
• Figure 1. First Nations impacted by diversion to Lake St. Martin...
• Violence against Indigenous women, girls one result of discriminatory child and family services system
• Manitoba did not adequately consult First Nations on flood channel work, judge rules
• Nov 2016: Flood victims to finally have homes
• Lake St. Martin Chief remembers woman found in landfill
• Opinion: Family matters: Home is at the heart of the Indigenous prison crisis
• Apr 2023: Discovery of Indigenous woman’s body at city landfill reverberates across Canada
• Manitoba creating advisory committees for outlet channels project
• No ring dike, but why? How Peguis First Nation still has no permanent flood protection
• Designs for Manitoba flood prevention project to be completed this spring: minister
• Manitoba expecting designs of Interlake flood-relief channels to be completed later this year
• A new, reset relationship starts with meaningful consultation
• Joint Statement from Indigenous and Northern Relations Minister Eileen Clarke and Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler
• Figure 1. Location of Little Saskatchewan First Nation in Manitoba,...
• Figure 1. Location of Little Saskatchewan First Nation in Manitoba,...
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Design changes planned for Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin flood-relief channels
• Lake St. Martin taking Ottawa to court to demand flood evacuee benefits
• $90M settlement approved for indigenous communities hit by Manitoba floods
• CIBC and Indigenous-led Longhouse Capital Partners form strategic relationship
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Aug 2018: Flood-displaced First Nation residents returning to new houses
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Long-promised flood-prevention project in Manitoba under review with no timeline
• Designs for Manitoba flood prevention project to be completed this spring: minister
• First Nations push for meeting with Manitoba government on flood protection project
• Design and construction contracts awarded for flood channels to manage Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin
• Flood-prone First Nations wary as Manitoba and Ottawa announce new water diversion channels
• Manitoba chief calls for inquiry after flood forces reserve relocation
• Manitoba First Nations communities receive $90M settlement for flood relocation in 2011
• $2.1M spent on maintaining flood evacuee village housing only 10 people
• Manitoba to construct Lake St. Martin access road, outlet channel
• Designs for Manitoba Flood Prevention Project to Be Completed This Spring: Minister
• Manitoba First Nations hoping to appeal to Supreme Court on outlet channel decision
• Manitoba chief accused of child sex assault attacked outside court, trial halted
• What’s Left Behind
• First Nations go to court to pause Lake St. Martin outlet channel project
• Province wants 2025 target for Lake St. Martin channel completion, seeking federal approval
• Move-in window closing for Manitoba’s Lake St. Martin evacuees
• Officials to discuss Lake St. Martin community’s future next week
• Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg
• Manitoba expecting designs of Interlake flood-relief channels to be completed later this year
• Training program aims for safe, sustainable drinking water for Interlake First Nations

Academic Research

• Observing subtleties: traditional knowledge and optimal water management of Lake St. Martin
• Flooding sustainable livelihoods of the Lake St Martin First Nation: The need to enhance the role of gender and language in Anishinaabe knowledge systems
• Analyzing the Effects of the Fairford Dam on Lake St. Martin First Nation
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• Flooding hope and livelihoods: Lake St. Martin First Nation
• Displacement of Indigenous People in Canada under the Indian Act: Participatory Video with Lake St. Martin and Little Saskatchewan First Nations on Flood Impacts
• Lake St. Martin First Nation Community members' experiences of induced displacement:" we're like refugees"
• Assessing land loss from flooding in the Lake St. Martin basin in Manitoba, Canada
• Take Three: Filming Three Participatory Videos with Displaced Indigenous People from Little Saskatchewan First Nation and Lake St. Martin First Nation
• Languages past and present: Archaeological approaches to the appearance of Northern Iroquoian speakers in the Lower Great Lakes region of North America
• Flooding hope and livelihoods: Lake St. Martin First Nation