o-ka-ne-se | Okanese First Nation
Community Profile
- The Okanese First Nation is a First Nations band located in Saskatchewan, Canada, with a rich cultural heritage and traditional lands in the Prairie region.
- Last Updated 2025-05-13 07:38:31 UTC
- Name: Okanese (ISC Code: 382)
- Former Names: Okanese Band, Okanese First Nation
- Band Style: First Nations
- Cultural Area: Prairie Region
- Indigenous Language: Plains Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 794
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 10/17/2026
- CHIEF: RICHARD STONECHILD
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- RICHARD STONECHILD
- TYSON CREELEY
- DANIEL WALKER
- EDWARD DUMONT
- JAMES DIETER
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/bands/bokane.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 334-2532
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 334-2545
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 759, BALCARRES, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief RICHARD STONECHILD:
- Councillor TYSON CREELEY:
- Councillor DANIEL WALKER:
- Councillor EDWARD DUMONT:
- Councillor JAMES DIETER:
- 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
- 2007 - Okanese20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Okanese20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Okanese20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Okanese20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Okanese20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Okanese20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Okanese20012002.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: 9411
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(T)
127.5 Hectares
17 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9153
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82 (A)
300.2 Hectares
24 KM EAST OF LIPTON
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9705
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(DD)
129.5 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9517
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(BB)
125.4 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9196
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(E)
258.9 Hectares
35 KM WEST OF MELVILLE
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9516
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(EE)
62.2 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9197
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(F)
41.2 Hectares
25 KM EAST OF LIPTON
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9320
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(J)
140.8 Hectares
27 KM NORTH OF NORQUAY
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9409
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(P)
64.7 Hectares
13KM WEST OF DUFF
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9352
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(Q)
64.8 Hectares
IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE MAIN RESERVE, 10 KM WEST OF DUFF
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9187
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(C)
128.5 Hectares
15 KM EAST OF LIPTON
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9666
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(Y)
64.3 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9667
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(Z)
63.9 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9929
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82 (HH)
63.3 Hectares
[50.8765199, -103.1487956] -
ISC Code: 9195
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(D)
127.8 Hectares
16 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9783
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(FF)
120.5 Hectares
[50.8750381, -103.2481952] -
ISC Code: 9317
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(H)
324.9 Hectares
13 KM SOUTHWEST OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9321
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(K)
48.4 Hectares
15 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9776
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(L)
129.5 Hectares
[50.858755, -103.5018566] -
ISC Code: 9407
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(M)
121.8 Hectares
14KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9316
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(N)
129.2 Hectares
45 KM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MELVILLE SASK
[50.929452, -102.804654] -
ISC Code: 9353
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(R)
129.5 Hectares
APPROXIMATELY 7 KILOMETRES SOUTH LORLIE SASKATCHEWAN
[50.8750381, -103.2481952] -
ISC Code: 9557
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(S)
252.9 Hectares
[50.8765199, -103.1487956] -
ISC Code: 9412
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(U)
64.7 Hectares
16 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9456
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(W)
64.2 Hectares
24 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9458
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(X)
129.5 Hectares
5 KM NORTH OF BALCARRES
[50.8017128, -103.5448295] -
ISC Code: 9198
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(G)
41.2 Hectares
14 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9665
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82 (AA)
194.1 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9513
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(CC)
64.8 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9154
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82 (B)
129.4 Hectares
16 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9928
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82 (GG)
64.3 Hectares
[50.9271488, -103.2327767] -
ISC Code: 6568
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82
6267.4 Hectares
16 KM NE/NE OF/DE FORT QU'APPELLE
[50.76963300000001, -103.7962876] -
ISC Code: 9318
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(I)
259.0 Hectares
5 KM NORTHEAST OF BALCARRES
[50.8017128, -103.5448295] -
ISC Code: 9408
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(O)
130.3 Hectares
23KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
ISC Code: 9457
OKANESE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 82(V)
64.7 Hectares
25 KM NORTH OF LEMBERG
[49.839683, 24.029717] -
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 prairie grasslands in southeastern Saskatchewan
- Primary territory includes areas around Balcarres and surrounding regions
- Historically nomadic, following buffalo migrations across the Plains
- Key ecological regions include Qu’Appelle Valley and surrounding prairie ecosystems
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
- Emotional Sisters in Spirit event held at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
- Man charged with murder after woman’s death on Okanese First Nation
- Connie Walker talks about her new podcast and why continuing to cover MMIWG is important to her
- Pulitzer Prize winner shares Indigenous stories
- Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier
- Connie Walker: The 100 Most Influential People of 2024
- Kathy Walker
- Man facing murder charge relating to death on Okanese First Nation
- Yorkton–Melville
- Great Canadian Baking Show contestant hosts cooking classes as part of Decolonize YQR series
- Support systems during birth an exercise in empowerment for new Indigenous doula
- Okanese First Nation intends to take over sovereign control of child and family welfare services
- Okanese First Nation chief honoured as longest-serving chief in Canada
- Former Okanese First Nation chief to join AFN delegation to the Vatican
- U of S researchers partner with First Nations community to measure climate change
- Cree journalist Connie Walker honoured at Assembly of First Nations gathering
- Canada Post unveils stamp honouring former chief of Okanese First Nation
- 39-year-old man charged with 2nd-degree murder in death of Okanese First Nation woman
- Truth Before Reconciliation
- Award-winning journalist Connie Walker's latest podcast reconnects her with her roots
- Canada Post begins unveiling stamps 'immortalizing' Indigenous leaders
- Longest serving elected chief in Canada retires after 4 decades
- 'Art that's coming home:' Totem pole carved by inmates going to Sask. First Nation
- Sask.'s only Indigenous police service gives communities 'a lot more control' over policing, says chief
- Sask. Indigenous couple finds fitness, reclamation climbing hill used to punish residential school kids
- Coaches pass on gift of sport at First Nations Summer Games
- Connie Walker’s Pulitzer-winning podcast ‘Stolen’ won’t be renewed on Spotify
- Nobody Cries at Bingo
- Separate and Unequal
- File Hills police chief passes the torch, reflects on more than 40 years of police work
- Volunteer firefighters band together during training exercise at Star Blanket Cree Nation
- Sask. First Nations commemerate 150th anniversary of Treaty 4 signing
- Totem pole heading for artist’s family home
- Prince Albert totem pole now headed for Okanese First Nation
- Meet our team: Connie Walker
- How Journalist Connie Walker Is Seeking Justice for Indigenous Women
- Indigenous journalist Connie Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for podcast
- Okanese First Nation man semi-finalist in Indigenous entrepreneurship competition
- Indigenous call Vatican's repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery 'only a step'
- Journalist Connie Walker on telling Indigenous stories
- Indigenous artifacts 'belong in our communities,' delegates say after viewing Vatican collection
- New stamps unveiled by Canada Post in Indigenous Leaders series
- Chief Day Walker-Pelletier one of three Indigenous leaders on new set of stamps
- Retired Okanese First Nation Chief receives honourary stamp
- First Nation housing managers hope to improve housing situation with help from new CMHC program
- Meet Saskatchewan's new treaty commissioner
- The Power of Moccasins on the Road to Healing & Reconciliation
- Delegates view Indigenous artifacts at Vatican with mix of awe and anger
- Indigenous women chefs take Canadian cooking shows by storm
- Indigenous journalist releases new investigative podcast series
- Okanese First Nation intends to take over sovereign control of child and family welfare services
- Okanese First Nation celebrates sod turning of $12M water treatment plant
- Canadian journalist Connie Walker wins Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award for podcast
- Okanese First Nation Chief receives Order of Canada medal
- Canadian journalist Connie Walker wins Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award for podcast
- Okanese First Nation Chief receives Order of Canada medal
- 'Those belong in our communities:' Delegates tour Vatican's private Indigenous artifacts collection
- Connie Walker's Pulitzer-winning podcast 'Stolen' won't be renewed on Spotify
- ‘Sisterhood’: Ribbon skirt library provides community for Indigenous women in Sask.
- Missing Indigenous author Dawn Walker and son found safe in U.S.
- Chiefs push for Indigenous turnout in Scheer's riding, but disenchantment reigns
- Canadian journalist Connie Walker wins Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award for podcast
- National Indigenous group asks Ottawa to act quickly to bring Indigenous woman home
- FSIN says if Dawn Walker and son Vinnie Jansen aren’t found soon, they will offer a reward
- Indigenous Canadians hope Pope Francis will do more than apologize
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Homecoming Trails in Mexican American Cultural History: Biography, Nationhood, and Globalism ed. by Roberto Cantú
- Framing the circle: an interior exploration in Indigenous restorative justice and ceremony
- New from Canada Post: Indigenous Leaders Honoured, and Help for Ukraine
- The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour ed. by Dawn Dumont
- The Okanisi: A Surinamese maroon community, c. 1712–2010
- Dawn Dumont: The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour.
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- University Librarian's Lecture: Truth and Healing through Story-telling: Indigenous Podcasting
- Treaty relations between Indigenous Peoples: Advancing global understandings of self-determination
- Assessing Spatial Variability of Key Weather Elements at a Micrometeorological Scale
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Self-Reported Health Impacts and Coping Strategies to Drought in Saskatchewan First Nations Communities
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- University Librarian's Lecture: Truth and Healing through Story-telling: Indigenous Podcasting
- The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
- Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts
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