nɛ-kə-nit | Nekaneet First Nation
Community Profile
- The Nekaneet First Nation is a First Nations band located in Saskatchewan, Canada, with a rich history of Indigenous culture and traditional lands.
- Last Updated 2025-05-13 20:40:31 UTC
- Name: Nekaneet (ISC Code: 380)
- Former Names: Nekaneet Band, Nekaneet Indian Band
- Band Style: First Nations
- Cultural Area: Northern Plains
- Indigenous Language: Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 592
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 03/30/2026
- CHIEF: CAROLYN WAHOBIN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:4
- CAROLYN WAHOBIN
- CHRISTINE MOSQUITO
- ROBERTA FRANCIS
- WESLEY DANIEL
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/bands/bnekan.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 662-3660
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 662-4160
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 548, MAPLE CREEK, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief CAROLYN WAHOBIN:
- Councillor CHRISTINE MOSQUITO:
- Councillor ROBERTA FRANCIS:
- Councillor WESLEY DANIEL:
- 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
- 2007 - Nekaneet20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Nekaneet20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Nekaneet20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Nekaneet20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Nekaneet20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Nekaneet20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Nekaneet20012002.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: 6565
NEKANEET CREE NATION
12319.9 Hectares
121 KM SW/SO OF/DE SWIFT CURRENT
[49.7211724, -109.268733] -
ISC Code: 9329
TREATY FOUR RESERVE GROUNDS NO. 77
99.2 Hectares
ADJACENT TO AND WEST OF FORT QU'APPELLE
[50.75775059999999, -103.7889711]
- Traditional lands encompass portions of southwestern Saskatchewan
- Includes grasslands and mixed prairie ecosystems
- Historically used areas around Maple Creek and surrounding regions
- Key hunting and gathering territories in the northern plains
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
- Nekaneet First Nation the first Indigenous community in Sask. to provide telecommunication services
- 14 First Nations families in southwest Sask. to spend Christmas in new homes
- Little Big Puck on the Prairie: 40 Years of Tradition
- Healing lodges, designed for Indigenous inmates, are failing the people they’re meant to rehabilitate, say prison reform advocates
- New Saskatoon-based investment company claims to be first Indigenous-owned firm in Canada
- Child-killer has been at Nekaneet ceremonies, community: Chief
- Reconciliation hockey: Maple Creek, Nekaneet First Nation share special bond
- Saskatchewan First Nation to be part owner of Keystone XL pipeline
- Cowboys and Cree hockey players face off in 40th edition of the Battle of the Little Big Puck
- Community members band together after days without power in southwest Sask.
- Sask. First Nation shocked at child killer's transfer to healing lodge on its land
- Family of a 23-year-old Sask. man missing for 2 weeks makes public plea for any information
- Nekaneet First Nation strikes deal with Ontario First Nation for internet, phone service in southwest Sask.
- Golden opportunity: Workers from Nekaneet First Nation part of Great Plains Power Station build
- Dual rallies and petition protest child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic's transfer to healing lodge
- Indigenous-owned investment firm launches in Saskatoon
- National Indigenous People’s week proclaimed in Swift Current
- RCMP arrest First Nations woman behind $1M wrongful murder conviction lawsuit
- What life is like inside the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge housing child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic
- New urban reserve proposed for Regina
- UPDATE-Nekaneet Chief did not know killer McClintic was transferred to healing lodge operated by his First Nation
- Child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic transferred from healing lodge to Edmonton prison
- Nekaneet First Nation signs on to buy stake on Keystone XL
- Chief Leading Indigenous Coalition Holds Out Hope Despite Keystone XL Compensation Bid
- Celebration and flag-raising with Nekaneet First Nation
- History, Controversy & Indigenous Involvement – Death of Keystone XL
- ‘I’m home’ Connie Oakes begins the long road back
- Indigenous people from Canada, U.S., meet in Saskatoon to sign treaty aiming to restore bison
- Celebration and flag-raising with Nekaneet First Nation
- Little Big Puck on the Prairie: 40 Years of Tradition
- Connie Oakes sues Alberta Crown, Medicine Hat police for $1M over wrongful murder conviction
- Nekaneet First Nation signs telecommunications deal with Ontario First Nation
- Nekaneet First Nation part of Canada’s first Indigenous-owned investment firm
- Red Dress Day brings out more than Maple Creek for Byron Watson
- Red Dress Day brings out more than Maple Creek for Byron Watson
- Nekaneet Buffalo Inspection Services Joint Venture Recently Formed
Academic Research
Academic Research
- The Connie Oakes tragedy: The same mistakes and still no apology
- The Battle of Little Big Puck: Narratives of community, sport, and relationships in rural Canada
- Carceral recognition and the colonial present at the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge
- A survey for federally listed grassland birds at First Nations Reserves
- Gladue Sentencing and Wrongful Convictions
- Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge: resident, Elder, and staff experiences/prepared by Laura Hanby & Dena Derkzen.
- The challenges of ethnic and racialized separation for truth and reconciliation in Canada
- Ethical research engagement with Indigenous communities
- First Nation retained sovereignty: an inherent right to participate in and regulate gaming economies
- is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming
- 'They Call it a Healing Lodge, but Where is the Healing?': Indigenous Women, Identity, and Incarceration Programming
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