Kitayan | St. Theresa Point First Nation
Community Profile
- St. Theresa Point First Nation is an Oji-Cree community situated in northern Manitoba, known for its strong cultural traditions and remote location in the Island Lake region
- Last Updated 2025-06-04 22:24:29 UTC
- Name: St. Theresa Point (ISC Code: 298)
- Former Names: Island Lake, Kitayan
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest, Shield Region
- Indigenous Language: Oji-Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 4566
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 10/27/2026
- CHIEF: RAYMOND FLETT
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:8
- RAYMOND FLETT
- SHAUNA HARPER
- BRADLEY BILL MONIAS
- VERNON MONIAS
- PETER MASON
- MARIE WOOD
- VERNON WOOD
- VICTOR JIMMY WALKER
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://kitayan.ca/?p=157
- PHONE NUMBER: (204) 462-2106
- FAX NUMBER: (204) 462-2646
- ADDRESS: GENERAL DELIVERY, ST THERESA POINT, MB
- EMAILS:
- Chief RAYMOND FLETT:
- Councillor SHAUNA HARPER:
- Councillor BRADLEY BILL MONIAS:
- Councillor VERNON MONIAS:
- Councillor PETER MASON:
- Councillor MARIE WOOD:
- Councillor VERNON WOOD:
- Councillor VICTOR JIMMY WALKER:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2024 - Audited consolidated 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
- 2012 - St. Theresa Point20122013.pdf
- 2011 - St. Theresa Point20112012.pdf
- 2010 - St. Theresa Point20102011.pdf
- 2009 - St. Theresa Point20092010.pdf
- 2008 - St. Theresa Point20082009.pdf
- 2007 - St. Theresa Point20072008.pdf
- 2006 - St. Theresa Point20062007.pdf
- 2005 - St. Theresa Point20052006.pdf
- 2004 - St. Theresa Point20042005.pdf
- 2003 - St. Theresa Point20032004.pdf
- 2002 - St. Theresa Point20022003.pdf
- 2001 - St. Theresa Point20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 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
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 9378
CANTIN LAKE
1912.1 Hectares
SOUTH SHORE AND EAST SHORE OF CANTIN LAKE
[33.6782423, -117.2607082] -
ISC Code: 9147
ST THERESA POINT
2885.0 Hectares
WEST SHORE OF ISLAND LAKE
[53.832766, -94.849654] -
ISC Code: 9338
MUKWA NARROWS
890.3 Hectares
140 KM EAST OF NEGGINAN & NORTHWEST OF ELLIOT LAKE
[46.386179, -82.650941]
- Traditional lands span the Island Lake region in northeastern Manitoba
- Encompasses significant boreal forest and freshwater ecosystems
- Historically used for hunting, fishing, and seasonal migration routes
- Territory includes multiple interconnected lakes and forest landscapes
- Key ecological zones include mixed wood forests and wetland habitats
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Helena Wood’s story: A journey to healing
- Sharing the stories of Island Lake: Communities in Focus
- State of housing in First Nations laid bare
- Celebrating the Ansininew Cohort in Inclusion and Reconciliation
- Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in northern Canada
- Johnny Reid performs at fly-in First Nation community in Manitoba
- Canadian Indigenous aviation grads soar to new heights
- New program looks to place EVs in Manitoba, Ontario Indigenous communities
- Indigenous leaders call on governments to build all-season road in northern Manitoba
- 'It's not working'
- Recalling the Sacred Self: Returning to a Traditional Way of Life
- MP rebukes top housing official for chronic underfunding of Prairie First Nations
- Why an Oji-Cree community is trying to rebuild its Catholic church
- First Nations communities push for all-season road in northern Manitoba
- Remote First Nations urgently need all-season road in face of climate change, chiefs say
- Proposed class action seeks $5B in compensation from feds for St. Theresa Point housing conditions
- Confidence lost in RCMP, says First Nation calling for external investigation into deaths of 2 girls
- St. Theresa Point educators thank longtime ally with tikinagan, ribbon shirt
- Manitoba First Nation offers cash prizes in weight loss competition
- 24 people, 1 home
- Housing lawsuit launched against Canada by St. Theresa Point
- St. Theresa Point pilot takes his family on sightseeing flight
- First Nation members send silent message in support of landfill search during Manitoba PC leader's visit
- St. Theresa Point man sentenced to 18 years for beating death of his wife
- Police investigate unconfirmed sighting of St. Theresa Point woman
- Pre-existing overcrowding, internet problems complicate First Nations' return to school
- St. Theresa Point asks for privacy to grieve and bury 2 teens found dead in Manitoba First Nation
- $5 billion class action lawsuit over living conditions launched by St. Theresa Point First Nation, AMC
- Year after church fire, faith life carries on in Indigenous Parish
- Northern Manitoba First Nations people rally for better health care
- St. Theresa Point asking for search authority in community
- Young St. Theresa Point hockey players bring NHL dreams to Winnipeg
- Northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency over poor winter roads
- Military to help evacuate 3 Manitoba First Nations at risk from wildfire
- Homegrown pilot brings history, inspiration to northern Manitoba
- Hundreds waiting at airport in Manitoba First Nation after fire forces evacuation
- Advocate for Indigenous healing noticed something was missing: a personal connection
- Northern First Nations demand heath-care centre, decry suicide crises
- 4 Island Lake First Nations pull out of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak
- Remote northern Manitoba communities anxiously wait for winter road openings
- Manitoba First Nations teens find 'Brotherhood' and escape in hip-hop dance
- First Nations group walks hundreds of kilometres to raise awareness about meth
- 10 residential school healing centres across Manitoba to get $500K funding
- Ball hockey tourney brings Indigenous youth across Manitoba together
- Manitoba First Nation enforcing new measures to combat drug crisis
- In pictures: Manitoba First Nation wildfire evacuations
- WATCH: Indigenous teens transformed by hip hop | videoclip | Kids News
- 3,700 people forced from homes in Island Lake area due to smoke, fire
- Unresolved: Donna Taylor
- Hundreds of Indigenous children suspected of dying connected to care in Manitoba over decade
- ‘A legacy of the wrongs done to Indigenous people’:
- Manitoba one of worst places for First Nations to live
- ‘Buffalo Woman’ has a name
- Indigenous women find success as esports players, content creators
- ‘Buffalo Woman’ has a name
- ‘Buffalo Woman’ has a name
- 4 First Nations in Manitoba declare state of emergency because of winter road issues
- Indigenous student says Manitoba business council's education awards make a difference
- 'I didn't know who to tell': First Nations victims of intimate partner violence suffer from lack of services
- St. Theresa Point First Nation man's death investigated as homicide: RCMP
- St. Theresa Point Anishininew Nation celebrates 42nd annual Bannock Festival
- H1N1 hit northern Manitoba First Nations hard — some worry COVID-19 will do the same
- Indigenous leaders call on governments to build all-season road in northern Manitoba
- Hundreds of evacuees return home, weeks after being forced out due to wildfire smoke
- Indigenous-led care program offers holistic approach to mental health
- AMC Advocates for Justice and Support in Wake of Disturbing Trial Evidence
- Mar 2019: LRSD and St. Theresa Point ignite partnership
- Manitoba chief calls for government help with drug crisis after death of two teens
- Manitoba First Nations add COVID-19 to worries as wildfire season approaches
- Manitoba First Nation enforcing new measures to combat drug crisis
- State of emergency declared by Manitoba First Nations using winter roads
- Manitoba First Nation proposes class action against Ottawa for housing conditions
- Winnipeg man accused of trafficking drugs in remote Manitoba First Nations
- Father of Ashlee Shingoose is heading home without his daughter, again
- 4 girls, 4 suicides, and a desperately broken system
- Jun 2023: Opinion: Mermen movement makes a splash in Indigenous communities
- St. Theresa Point educators thank longtime ally with tikinagan, ribbon shirt
- Sep 2021: Indigenous-led health centre opens
- ‘Panic mode’: unpredictable winters sever a lifeline in Canada’s North
- Manitoba First Nations chief describes harrowing escape from forest fire
- More supports needed for First Nations patients sent to Winnipeg for long-term medical treatment: report
- Jun 2022: Meet the inaugural class of Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway
- Evacuees from Garden Hill First Nation to start returning home Thursday
- First Nations 10 times more likely to die in house fires: report
- Feb 2020: Indigenous school dance program builds confidence, credits
- First Nations housing called 'ticking time bomb' in Manitoba
- Aboriginal medical school grad credits doctor dad for success
- Rotting foundations. Rampant mould. Sewage backups. What an expert’s report reveals about the state of housing in ‘deliberately underfunded’ First Nations
- Teens from fly-in First Nations transformed by dancing their way onto Toronto stage
- Helena Wood’s story: How domestic abuse can lead to child apprehension
- No Running Water
- Northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency over poor winter roads
- New social media challenge sees mermen surface from First Nations across Manitoba
- Suicide crisis prompts Island Lake chiefs to call for equal access to health care
- Excitement in remote Manitoba community as 1st restaurant opens
- Chiefs welcome RCMP efforts to curb bootlegging in northern Manitoba, but say more needs to be done
- Burnell Place offers safe stay to patients from remote First Nations in Manitoba
- Study brings clinical research on growing problem of liver disease to northern Manitoba communities
- Manitoba First Nation proposes class action against Ottawa for housing conditions
- 'This is unacceptable': Wasagamack chief demands province declare state of emergency in Island Lake area
- Joke Around and Find Out contest aims to open doors for new Indigenous comedians
- ‘Pandemic of suffering:’ Manitoba chiefs press governments to fund regional hospital
- Manitoba First Nation proposes $5B class action against Ottawa
- The Smallwood Solution
- Manitoba budget gets approval from First Nations leaders
- 'Sounds from the Sky:' First Nations pilot aims to inspire young Indigenous flyers
- Manitoba First Nation proposes class action against Ottawa for housing conditions
- Remote Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency due to lack of winter road access
- Shark Club eating into First Nations gaming profits, says chief
- Canada names fourth Indigenous woman murdered by serial killer
- Canada First Nations seek CAN$5B from Ottawa
- ‘Sounds from the Sky:’ First Nations pilot aims to inspire young Indigenous flyers
- Remote First Nation Taps ‘Exceptionally Great Value’ in EVs, Batteries
- Some First Nation members return home after wildfire evacuations in northeastern Manitoba
- Teen girls found dead outside after frigid night in St. Theresa Point: Manitoba RCMP
- Manitoba premier promises search of landfill for remains of now identified serial killer victim ‘Buffalo Woman’
- Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe now has a name: Ashlee Shingoose was Winnipeg serial killer's 1st victim
- Fourth victim of Winnipeg killer who targeted Indigenous women identified
- Fourth victim of Winnipeg killer who targeted Indigenous women identified
- Ashlee Shingoose's father never let go of the idea his missing daughter could be Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe
- Ashlee Shingoose's father never let go of the idea his missing daughter could be Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe
- Canada names fourth Indigenous woman murdered by serial killer
- For northern Manitoba athletes, getting to Indigenous Games a community effort
- All First Nations communities need 911 service: inquest
- Class action lawsuit over housing on First Nations in court this week
- Class-action lawsuit proceedings on First Nations housing on-reserve begins in Manitoba court
- First Nations seek $5.1B in compensation over housing crisis that is ‘national shame’
- ‘Biggest fight of our lives’: Manitoba First Nations in court with Ottawa over housing concerns
- Over 100 First Nations take Canada to court, claiming they failed to provide safe, adequate housing on reserves
- Closing arguments heard in $5B First Nations housing class action lawsuit
- Closing arguments heard in $5B First Nations housing class action lawsuit
- First Nation mourning serial killer victim Ashlee Shingoose holding 1st Red Dress Day event
- St. Theresa Point to honour Ashlee Shingoose, other area MMIWGs
- Speedy internet coming to 10 Manitoba First Nations for the 1st time
- Remote Manitoba First Nation takes step toward building airport
- Speedy internet coming to 10 Manitoba First Nations for the 1st time
- Remote Manitoba First Nation takes step toward building airport
- First Nations partner with UM to “grow our own” rehabilitation specialists starting in junior high
- Canada’s largest Indigenous youth performance
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Displacement of Indigenous People in Canada under the Indian Act: Participatory Video with Lake St. Martin and Little Saskatchewan First Nations on Flood Impacts
- Sacred harvest, sacred place: Traditional land uses and food in Wasagamack First Nation. 9
- Towards black and Indigenous futures on Turtle Island: A conversation
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Applying Density and Hotspot Analysis for Indigenous Traditional Land Use: Counter-Mapping with Wasagamack First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
- St. Theresa Point Adelaide McDougall Memorial Health Facility Permaculture Design
- Screening for type-2 diabetes in aboriginal children in northern Canada
- Keeping children safe in Anishininew ways: St. Theresa Point First Nations Okimimaak Grandmothers' wisdom in response to the colonial violence and genocide …
- Sacred harvest, sacred place: Mapping harvesting sites in Wasagamack First Nation
- Water infrastructure and well-being among First Nations, Métis and Inuit individuals in Canada: what does the data tell us?
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Sacred harvest, sacred place: Traditional land uses and food in Wasagamack First Nation.
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Enrichment of variations in KIR3DL1/S1 and KIR2DL2/L3 among H1N1/09 ICU patients: an exploratory study
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- “Little Is Known of the Interior”: Applied Historical Cartography and Métis Aboriginal Rights in the Île-à-la-Crosse Region, Saskatchewan
- Témiscouata: Traditional Maliseet Territory and Connections between the St. Lawrence Valley and the St. John River Valley
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
- Indian pilgrims: indigenous journeys of activism and healing with saint Kateri Tekakwitha
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