kə-nū lāk krī | Canoe Lake Cree First Nation
Community Profile
- The Canoe Lake Cree First Nation is an Indigenous community situated in Saskatchewan, Canada, with a rich history of traditional land use and cultural practices.
- Last Updated 2025-04-25 20:45:34 UTC
- Name: Canoe Lake Cree First Nation (ISC Code: 394)
- Former Names: Canoe Lake Band, Canoe Lake Reserve
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest/Woodland Cree Territory
- Indigenous Language: Cree (Nehiyawewin)
- Number of Registered Members: 3372
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 12/15/2028
- CHIEF: FRANCIS IRON
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- FRANCIS IRON
- BERNICE IRON
- LORNE IRON
- LENNY IRON
- WILFRED IRON
- WALTER COULINEUR
- ROBERT OPIKOKEW
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/bands/bcanoe.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 829-2150
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 829-2101
- ADDRESS: GENERAL DELIVERY, CANOE NARROWS, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief FRANCIS IRON:
- Councillor BERNICE IRON:
- Councillor LORNE IRON:
- Councillor LENNY IRON:
- Councillor WILFRED IRON:
- Councillor WALTER COULINEUR:
- Councillor ROBERT OPIKOKEW:
- 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
- 2006 - Canoe Lake Cree First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Canoe Lake Cree First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Canoe Lake Cree First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Canoe Lake Cree First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Canoe Lake Cree First Nation20022003.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: 6615
EAGLES LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 165C
3449.6 Hectares
ALL THAT PORTION OF TWP 59, RGE 14 W3M
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9897
ROADSIDE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 165F
0.4 Hectares
[55.1338523, -108.1481366] -
ISC Code: 9247
WEPUSKOW SAHGAIECHAN INDIAN RESERVE NO. 165D
5393.4 Hectares
85 KM NORTH OF MEADOW LAKE (CITY) WEST SHORE OF KEELEY LAKE
[54.86121480000001, -108.1752441] -
ISC Code: 9522
ONIKAHP SAHGHIKANSIS INDIAN RESERVE NO. 165E
1503.0 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 6583
CANOE LAKE INDIAN RESERVE 165-B
217.3 Hectares
22 MI S.W. OF ILE A LA CROSSE ON E SHORE OF CANOE LAKE TWP 71 RANGE 14 W3M
[55.4505648, -107.9036302] -
ISC Code: 6581
CANOE LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO 165
2451.0 Hectares
39 KM SW/SO OF/DE ILE A LA CROSSE
[55.4505648, -107.9036302] -
ISC Code: 6582
CANOE LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 165A
1158.3 Hectares
30 MI S.W. OF ILE A LA CROSSE ON W SHORE OF CANOE LAKE TWP 71 RANGE 16 W3M
[55.4505648, -107.9036302]
- Traditional lands encompass boreal forest regions of northern Saskatchewan
- Includes hunting grounds around Canoe Lake and surrounding watersheds
- Historically nomadic hunting and gathering territories
- Significant ecological zones include mixed forest, lake systems, and river networks
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
- Backgrounder: Government of Canada to bring high-speed Internet access to Saskatchewan communities
- CLCFN celebrates new CFS Safe Home
- MLTC and federal government sign memorandum of understanding
- New cohort of students complete Indigenous Community-Based Master of Education Program
- Cree goalie plays for Team Canada in international university winter games
- Former Canoe Lake Cree First Nation Chief remembered
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council releases Cree and Dene language apps
- Canadian broadcaster hopes hockey call will help save his Cree language
- First Nations goalie looks to backstop Canada to victory at World University Games
- Anatomy of a vote-buying scheme: Court documents outline massive alleged fraud on Sask. First Nation
- New generation of Indigenous elders coming out of previous colonial mentality
- Dream of NHL career grew brighter as Roddy Ross drafted in the sixth round
- SENS student Laliberte-Pewapisconias represents Canada at Y20 Summit
- Canoe Lake man looking at the road ahead after being named 4th Vice-Chief of the FSIN
- Indigenous-led company enters renewable energy market
- Sask. people keeping Indigenous language alive through music, technology and education
- 'It's empowering to see': Two First Nations players to face off in Stanley Cup finals
- Northern Sask. First Nation hit with COVID-19 threatens to evict house party hosts
- From pollution to power: Canada's first Indigenous-owned bioenergy facility opens
- With God at his side, Clarence Iron calls NHL games in Cree
- Delia Opekokew receives honorary doctorate from law society
- Indigenous lawyer from Sask. honoured by Law Society of Ontario
- Partner of Sask. woman who died in Alta. icefield crash calls for increased bus safety
- Indigenous artists bead their provinces and states in response to open call
- 'We're still here': University of Saskatchewan student speaks at climate conferences
- No Home on the Range: Indigenous resistance to the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range
- Indigenous men come together in Sask. to work toward healing, change
- MLTC signs partnership to advance healthcare for First Nation members
- Broadcaster who held onto his language through residential school to call NHL game in Cree
- Youth wellness summit brings together Indigenous youth from across Saskatchewan
- ‘Tore my world apart:’ Indigenous Bar Association to honour Colten Boushie
- Checkpoint confusion causing stress for some northern leaders, residents
- Regina will host National Aboriginal Hockey Championships for first time in 2020
- First Nations partnership with construction company paying dividends
- How playing for the Beardy's Blackhawks changed Craig McCallum's life
- Deaths of 2 men at Canoe Lake were homicide-suicide, RCMP say
- Laura Burnouf looking to revitalize Michif language during retirement
- Police seize cannabis, firearms in man’s arrest
- Bring back Beardy’s Blackhawks: Indigenous hockey team eliminated from Sask. league
- Feds announce high-speed internet expansions for Saskatchewan in La Ronge
- Online petition calling for inquiry into Colten Boushie shooting gets thousands of signatures
- Incumbent fourth vice-chief for FSIN looking for re-election
- RCAF members receive first-of-its-kind award - News Article - Royal Canadian Air Force
- Indigenous Community Innovation Bringing Clean Energy To Saskatchewan
- Canoe Lake celebrates launch of Oskayak Pasikonatanik Project
- RCMP investigate shooting incident at Canoe Lake Cree First Nation
- I went to report on a Cree culture camp. It ended up changing my life
- Veteran broadcaster hopes Cree 'Hockey Night in Canada' can help save language
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council releases Cree and Dene language apps
- Indigenous politician who admitted buying votes removed as Meadow Lake Tribal Council vice-chief
- Life, hockey, and lessons learned
- Colten Boushie report highlights need for more RCMP training, say experts
- New generation of Indigenous elders coming out of previous colonial mentality
- Saskatoon News | Local Breaking
- Red Cross to offer new free youth safety program in Sask. Indigenous communities
- 4 Wing MFRCS hosting evening of songs and stories for Truth and Reconciliation Day
- Reserves in Saskatchewan
- Police seize cannabis, firearms in man’s arrest
- Travel restrictions reveal double-standard, says Canoe Lake Cree First Nation resident
- First Nations goalie looks to backstop Canada to victory at World University Games
- Dream of NHL career grew brighter as Roddy Ross drafted in the sixth round
- First Nations players to face off in Stanley Cup championship
- Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims of Cree ancestry and birth on Sask. First Nation removed from her website
- Saskatchewan launches 16-month undercover sting to catch First Nations man illegally selling $90 worth of fish
- Incumbent fourth vice-chief for FSIN looking for re-election
- Opinion: Will 2021 be the year the AFN finally elects its first female National Chief?
- ‘Tore my world apart:’ Indigenous Bar Association to honour Colten Boushie
- Local communities Dinsmore and RM of Loreburn to receive traffic safety grants
- A canoe expedition with purpose
- 2024 Senators Cup kicks off
- Newcomer unseats long-serving vice-chief in FSIN election
- In search of promised lands
- Northern Saskatchewan first nation band government lobbying for new cultural centre
- Two charged with aggravated assault in Canoe Lake stabbing
- Award of Excellence in Nursing
- First Nation voting locations for provincial election
- Industry News: APTN extends deal with Rogers for NHL season
- Pope Benedict XVI remembered warmly by AFN delegation member
- Cree man in Saskatchewan ordered to pay $1,000 fine for selling three bags of fish to conservation officer
- Newcomer unseats long-serving vice-chief in FSIN election
- Two charged in relation to Canoe Lake Cree First Nation stabbing
- The Saskatchewan Research Council and Meadow Lake Tribal Council sign an agreement
- Canoe Lake man looking at the road ahead after being named 4th Vice-Chief of the FSIN
- RCMP investigate shooting incident at Canoe Lake Cree First Nation
- Two charged with aggravated assault in Canoe Lake stabbing
- Free to be Cree to focus on language, traditions and Indigenous knowledge
- Coronavirus: Canoe Lake Cree First Nation threatens evictions to stop parties
- Former Wahpeton councillor running to become next fourth vice-chief of FSIN
- Conviction of Cree man for selling fish an infringement of treaty rights, say First Nation leaders
- App designed for Indigenous language education expected to launch in late January
- SENS student Laliberte-Pewapisconias represents Canada at Y20 Summit
- Huskie’s star goalie Roddy Ross honoured with Indigenous Achievement Award
- Students help to build a brighter future for their First Nation
- Pope Benedict XVI remembered warmly by AFN delegation member
- Missing and murdered: What it will take for indigenous women to feel safe
- Memorandum signed between SRC and Meadow Lake Tribal Council around microreactors
- ‘They are people’: Sask advocates say not enough being done for mental health and addictions
- Canoe Lake man looking at the road ahead after being named 4th Vice-Chief of the FSIN
- Former Canoe Lake Cree First Nation Chief remembered
- Law Society to award Indigenous advocate Delia Opekokew with LLD
- Sask. women aim to preserve Cree and Dene languages with new apps
- MLTC and federal government sign memorandum of understanding
- Canoe Lake celebrates launch of Oskayak Pasikonatanik Project
- 'Disrespectful and threatening treatment': Northern Sask. leaders say COVID-19 checkpoints fraught with issues
- Long-serving former Canoe Lake Cree Nation chief passes away
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Indigenous Peoples' Oral Histories of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), 1972-1994
- Canoe as teacher
- In their own land: treaty ten and the canoe lake, clear lake, and English river bands
- Contemporary and traditional values of a landless Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario
- The Development of Aboriginal Watercraft in the Great Lakes Region
- Canoeing with the Cree
- Aboriginal Peoples and the Canoe
- ABORIGINAL PEOPLES FROM THE ICE AGE TO 1870 109
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- It's very important that you have a canoe: a case study on the instructional preferences and values of a Cree preservice teacher.
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- ABORIGINAL PEOPLES FROM THE ICE AGE TO 1870 109
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- ABORIGINAL PEOPLES FROM THE ICE AGE TO 1870 109
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- ABORIGINAL PEOPLES FROM THE ICE AGE TO 1870 109
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- ABORIGINAL PEOPLES FROM THE ICE AGE TO 1870 109
- Analysis of Change
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- wahkotowin: Reconnecting to the Spirit of nêhiyawêwin (Cree Language)
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- The canoe trip: A northern Cree metaphor for conducting research
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Canoeing with the Cree
- A study of natural resource use by the Nehiyaw (Cree) First Nation
- The land as an aspect of Cree history: Exploring Whapmagoostui Cree place names
- Survival in the context of mega-resource development: Experiences of the James Bay Crees and the First Nations of Canada
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Canoeing with the Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
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