ta-task-way-ak | Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Community Profile
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation is a First Nations community situated in Split Lake, Manitoba, with a rich history and traditional connection to the land.
- Last Updated 2025-05-09 07:43:15 UTC
- Name: Tataskweyak Cree Nation (ISC Code: 306)
- Former Names: Split Lake Cree Nation
- Band Style: First Nations
- Cultural Area: Subarctic
- Indigenous Language: Cree (N-dialect)
- Number of Registered Members: 4290
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/25/2026
- CHIEF: TARALEE BEARDY
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:12
- DOREEN SPENCE
- TARALEE BEARDY
- NATHAN NECKOWAY
- RANDY BEARDY
- DENNIS KIRKNESS
- LEROY SPENCE
- DOREEN SPENCE
- ABBIE GARSON (WAVEY)
- ALWYN KEEPER
- CYNTHIA OUSKUN
- IVAN KEEPER
- JOAN OUSKUN
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.ktc.ca/?page_id=174
- PHONE NUMBER: (204) 342-2045
- FAX NUMBER: (204) 342-2270
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 250, SPLIT LAKE, MB
- EMAILS:
- Chief DOREEN SPENCE:
- Chief TARALEE BEARDY:
- Councillor NATHAN NECKOWAY:
- Councillor RANDY BEARDY:
- Councillor DENNIS KIRKNESS:
- Councillor LEROY SPENCE:
- Councillor DOREEN SPENCE:
- Councillor ABBIE GARSON (WAVEY):
- Councillor ALWYN KEEPER:
- Councillor CYNTHIA OUSKUN:
- Councillor IVAN KEEPER:
- Councillor JOAN OUSKUN:
- 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
- 2011 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Tataskweyak Cree Nation20012002.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
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6461
SPLIT LAKE 171
15928.4 Hectares
104 KN NE/NE OF/DE THOMPSON
[56.2597834, -96.22299260000001] -
ISC Code: 6463
SPLIT LAKE 171B
135.6 Hectares
TWP 82, RGE 9, EPM
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 6462
SPLIT LAKE 171A
2990.7 Hectares
TWP 83, RGES 8,9&10, TWP 84 RGES 8&9, EPM
[56.1993537, -96.0851996]
- Traditional lands centered around Split Lake region in northern Manitoba
- Historically occupied territories spanning boreal forest and lake systems
- Hunting, fishing, and trapping territories extend across Manitoba Lowlands
- Key watersheds include: Nelson River, Split Lake, and surrounding tributary systems
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation et al. v. Canada (A.G.)
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation et al. v. Canada (A.G.)
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation v Intact Insurance Company
- Split Lake Cree First Nation v. Sinclair
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation et al. v. Canada (A.G.);
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation v. Intact Insurance Company
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation v. Intact Insurance Company
- Spence v. Tataskweyak Cree Nation
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Cree photographer captures elders' portraits
- Food hampers go to Siloam Mission after Manitoba First Nation's Jordan's Principle funding request denied
- Canada and Manitoba First Nations collaborate to build more schools
- Northern First Nations sue province over waterways
- New billboard honours musician from Tataskweyak Cree Nation
- Canada’s First Nations Start Filing Claims for Historic Water Settlement
- Northern Manitoba First Nation hopes billion-dollar settlement will finally end boil-water advisory
- Man charged in death of Tataskweyak Cree Nation man found: RCMP
- Fire deaths higher in First Nation, Inuit communities: StatsCan
- Hundreds in Cree Nation without Christmas hampers after federal funding denied
- Canadian courts approve $8B settlement agreement on safe drinking water for First Nation Communities
- Manitoba First Nation under 6-year boil water advisory taking feds to court over funding for treatment plant
- Fire in Tataskweyak Cree Nation claims life of 25-year-old mother
- Members of First Nation experiencing suicide crisis welcome youth cycling across Canada
- A Manitoba First Nation is in crisis. Leaders warn of dark pattern without more support
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation asks U.N. to investigate water problems
- Hundreds in Cree Nation without Christmas hampers after federal funding denied
- AMC Stands with Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Calling for Better Fire Safety Resources
- Tataskweyak woman's 900-km diabetes awareness run reaches finish line in Winnipeg
- First Nations that have gone years without clean drinking water hope compensation signals a 'new dawn'
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation to get $40M water pipeline after 6 years under boil water advisory
- Tataskweyak suing federal government with class-action lawsuit over failure to provide clean water
- 'Inertia and incompetence': Manitoba First Nation launches proposed class action over water advisories
- After part of school's roof collapses, Manitoba First Nation looks for alternative classroom spaces
- Northern Manitoba First Nations, leaders raise alarm about lack of fire safety after apartment building burns
- First Nations communities pursue clean drinking water through the courts
- Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency after recent deaths, self-harm incidents
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation chief tears up court injunction at Keeyask blockade
- Approval of $8B settlement in First Nations' drinking water class action a 'historic moment': Manitoba chief
- Why Tataskweyak Cree Nation is taking the province to court
- Deaths and self-harm incidents prompt Tataskweyak Cree Nation to declare state of emergency
- 4 First Nations reach agreement with Manitoba Hydro to end blockades: MKO
- First Nations drinking water settlement open for claims from communities, individuals
- Indigenous group strikes deal to dismantle blockades at Manitoba Hydro site
- Despite pledge to end drinking water advisories, these 2 Manitoba First Nations still live under them
- 'A human rights issue that has been overlooked': Winnipeggers mark World Water Day
- Indigenous church leaders rally behind flood-stricken community
- What the Amazon and Manitoba have in common
- Weekend fires in 2 First Nations leave people homeless
- Her 900K run to raise awareness for diabetes got a boost from a running partner — who's 71
- Prairie First Nations call on Ottawa to rewrite clean water bill
- Tataskweyak community members close highway into Manitoba Hydro's Keeyask site to prevent COVID-19 spread
- Another Keeyask blockade formed despite injunction on the first
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation declares state of emergency of recent youth suicides
- First Nations rally over allegations of racism, sexual violence from Hydro workers
- Propelled by a crisis, this man biked across Canada for Indigenous youth
- First Nations and Feds Reach $8B Settlement on Drinking Water
- Feds, First Nations reach proposed $8B settlement in clean water class action
- First Nations and Ottawa agree to $8-billion settlement on drinking water advisories
- Manitoba First Nations' Justified Blockade of Keeyask Dam Site
- 'We won't forget': Manitoba residential school survivors respond to Pope Francis' apology
- Federal government settles with multiple First Nations over safe drinking water lawsuits
- Manitoba Hydro must respect Indigenous rights at Keeyask dam
- May 2023: First Nation files suit against Hydro over river diversion
- Feds, First Nations reach agreement on water advisories class action
- First Nations Drinking Water Class Action lawsuit settled, claim period extended
- Process to apply for First Nations drinking water compensation now open
- Indigenous leaders launch $2.1 billion class-action lawsuits against Canada over lack of drinking water
- Manitoba Hydro's removal of late brother's memorial 'like losing him all over again,' family says
- Manitoba Hydro's impacts on Indigenous lives in the north
- First Nations partners of Keeyask 'not backing down' from blockades over COVID-19 fears
- Hydro 'succeeded' in what church, government 'have been unable to do for the last 500 years'
- 9 cases of sexual assault investigated at Keeyask dam site since 2015 'tip of the iceberg,' says prof
- Councils
- Manitoba Hydro halts sending workers to construction camp as Keeyask blockade continue
- From survivors to 'thrivers': Former residential school students connect with culture and each other
- Keeyask Generating Station produces first electricity for Manitoba grid
- First Nations Drinking Water Settlement’s claims period further extended
- Unresolved: Mildred Flett
- Manitoba Hydro honours payments owing to First Nations impacted by Keeyask: report
- Keeyask ceremony marks significant milestone, but work on the project continues
- First Nations begin filing claims for Canada’s multi-billion dollar water settlement
- Manitoba gains edge on wildfires, allowing evacuees from 4 First Nations to return home
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation man who alleges doctor mistook appendicitis for hangover says he felt 'worthless'
- 'One step closer': Government working to build more schools in Manitoba First Nations
- Canada, First Nations reach $8B settlement agreement over drinking water advisories
- Colonization is far from over
- First Nations man suffering acute appendicitis attack denied care at northern Manitoba ER, suit claims
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation
- 'We matter like all other Canadians': Tataskweyak Cree Nation calls on Ottawa to restore clean drinking water
- First Nations set up blockades to prevent construction of Keeyask Hydro project
- ‘We have to fix it faster’: 28 First Nations communities still under boil water advisories
- Manitoba First Nation taking fight over clean water to the UN
- First Nations begin filing claims for Canada’s multibillion-dollar dirty water payout
- World Suicide Prevention Day renews calls for mental health supports for Manitoba First Nations
- Manitoba First Nations still waiting on Feds to lift drinking water advisory
- Feds reach nearly $8B deal with First Nations over clean drinking water lawsuit
- AMC wants improved fire safety following apartment fire
- Indigenous group continues blockade over COVID-19 concerns in northern Manitoba
- Indigenous group continues blockade over COVID-19 concerns in northern Manitoba
- Canada to pay billions to Indigenous groups for living for years with dirty water
- Why Tataskweyak Cree Nation is taking the province to court
- Northern First Nations community vows to rebuild after devastating fire
- Teen who rescued residents from house fire is now in stable condition
- Sebastian Gaskin is ready to ‘bust down the door’ on debut
- Without fire hydrants, this northern Manitoba community uses buckets to fight fires
- I Was There
- Indigenous bishops visit flood-stricken Split Lake
- Indigenous leaders call for addictions help as violence escalates in remote First Nations in Manitoba
- Tataskweyak Cree members barricade band office over deteriorating housing
- Crowd cheers Winnipeg man raising awareness of youth suicide
- Sask. First Nation a late addition to federal settlement over unsafe drinking water
- Doctor denies allegations of racism made by Tataskweyak Cree Nation man in 2024 lawsuit
- Manitoba First Nations gear up to build more schools
- Manitoba First Nations want concerns over Churchill River Diversion addressed
- 9 arrested, more than $700K in drugs seized after interprovincial trafficking investigation: Winnipeg police
- Feb 2023: First Nations raise alarm over lack of fire safety resources
- Hydro projects left environmental, social scars on Manitoba's north, report reveals
- Indigenous group continues blockade over COVID-19 concerns in northern Manitoba
- New book details lasting effects of hydroelectric projects in Manitoba
- Family speaks out after Pasqua First Nation man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital
- Ottawa pressed to make good on promise to end all long-term drinking-water advisories for First Nations
- Manitoban artists bring Junos home for contemporary Indigenous artist and blues album of the year
- Canada resolves class actions on First Nations drinking water
- First Nation Members of AMC
- Doctor denies allegations of racism made by Tataskweyak Cree Nation man in 2024 lawsuit
- Northern Manitoba First Nations come together to protect and reconnect with the land
- Boil water advisories still in effect in three First Nations communities
- Cree elder who suffers from muscular disease says Thompson store staff racially profiled him
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation man who alleges doctor mistook appendicitis for hangover says he felt 'worthless'
- Deadline for clean drinking water class action lawsuit draws near
- Mental health crisis prompts Tataskweyak Cree Nation to declare state of emergency
- Tataskweyak Cree Nation water crisis
- How Tataskweyak Cree Nation is working to support young people
- In This Northern Manitoba Riding, Some Indigenous Voters Feel Forgotten
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Analysis of Change
- A cultural framework for Cree self-government: Retracing our steps back
- OOCHINEHWIN: assessing the keeyask project through the lens of aboriginal rights and community member concerns
- Complete Searches for Cultural Safety in Renal Care
- Alternative Approaches To Hydro Compensation And Agreements With First Nations: Manitoba and Quebec
- The Two-Track Approach: Foundations for Indigenous and Western Frameworks in Environmental Evaluation”
- Pimicikimak Sovereignty: Cree Sustainability and Hydroelectric Inundation in Northern Manitoba
- … of Sasipihkeyihtamowin-wise women of the Cree, Denesuline, Inuit and Métis: understandings of storywork, traditional knowledges and eco-justice among Indigenous …
- Land and sovereignty: relationships with land, Indigenous sovereignty, and hydropower production in northern Manitoba
- … and Training: The History of Hydro Development in Manitoba and the Establishment of Atoskiwin Training and Employment Centre in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
- OOCHINEHWIN: assessing the keeyask project through the lens of aboriginal rights and community member concerns
Expert Analysis