Clearwater River Dene | Clearwater River Dene First Nation
Community Profile
- The Clearwater River Dene Nation is a First Nations community located in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, with a rich history of traditional land use and cultural preservation.
- Last Updated 2025-05-02 15:17:22 UTC
- Name: Clearwater River Dene (ISC Code: 401)
- Former Names: Clearwater River Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest, Northern Saskatchewan
- Indigenous Language: Dene (Chipewyan)
- Number of Registered Members: 3248
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 07/06/2025
- CHIEF: TEDDY CLARK
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:6
- TEDDY CLARK
- RANDY JANVIER
- BRENDA JANVIER
- CLIFFORD LAPRISE
- ROY CHEECHAM
- SANDY HERMAN
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://mltc.sasktelwebhosting.com/crdn.htm
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 822-2021
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 822-2212
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 5050, CLEARWATER RIVER, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief TEDDY CLARK:
- Councillor RANDY JANVIER:
- Councillor BRENDA JANVIER:
- Councillor CLIFFORD LAPRISE:
- Councillor ROY CHEECHAM:
- Councillor SANDY HERMAN:
- 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 - Clearwater River Dene20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Clearwater River Dene20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Clearwater River Dene20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Clearwater River Dene20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Clearwater River Dene20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Clearwater River Dene20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Clearwater River Dene20012002.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: 6600
CLEARWATER RIVER DENE BAND 221
5741.4 Hectares
11 KM SW/SO OF/DE LA LOCHE
[56.481961, -109.435338] -
ISC Code: 6601
CLEARWATER RIVER DENE BAND 222
2900.0 Hectares
24 KM E/E OF/DE LA LOCHE
[56.481961, -109.435338] -
ISC Code: 6602
CLEARWATER RIVER DENE BAND 223
869.7 Hectares
24 KM NW/NO OF/DE BUFFALO NARROWS
[55.8628398, -108.4794604] -
ISC Code: 6624
LA LOCHE INDIAN SETTLEMENT
0.0 Hectares
[56.481961, -109.435338]
Traditional Territory Overview
- Encompasses northern Saskatchewan boreal forest lands
- Extends through Clearwater River watershed
- Traditional lands used for hunting, trapping, and gathering
- Key ecological zones include:
- Boreal forest
- River systems
- Subarctic transition zones
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
- Two dead following house fire in Clearwater River Dene Nation
- 2 Sask. Dene advocates take different paths to share their language
- ‘Who do we call when we need help?’: Indigenous people killed by police spark questions from families of those lost
- School Shooting: Shock and Grief in La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation
- Saskatchewan woman from the Clearwater River Dene Nation is reconnecting with her native language
- Saskatchewan to provide $250K to deliver Dene education in the North
- NexGen Energy, Clearwater River Dene Nation, launch member-owned business
- Clearwater River Dene Nation Serves Notice on Uranium Industry Regarding Impacts of Uranium Mines and Exploration
- Teaching program empowering next generation of language keepers
- 'Long awaited' $122.3M settlement paid to members of Clearwater River Dene Nation
- Saskatchewan Supports Dene Education in the North
- NexGen Energy, in Partnership with Clearwater River Dene Nation, Launches Member-Owned Business Slated to Create More than $36M in Revenue in its First Three Years
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council releases Cree and Dene language apps
- MPs to hold emergency debate after 6 First Nations deaths by police over 2 weeks
- Clearwater River Dene Nation members each receive $44,000 cows and plows payment
- Indigenous-led company enters renewable energy market
- 3 of every 4 Sask. homicide victims in 2021 were Indigenous
- These Northern Sask. students were displaced by wildfires — now they're helping restore their forests
- Largest outbreak of COVID-19 in an Indigenous community in Canada offers important lessons
- Wildfire continues to threaten communities of the Buffalo River Dene Nation
- Clearwater River Dene establish checkpoint, in protest to uranium exploration
- Wildfires in Alberta and Saskatchewan affecting a dozen First Nations
- Clearwater River Dene settle "cows and plows" claim
- Multiple wildfires in western Saskatchewan posing threats to First Nations
- Indigenous teens reflect on isolation during the pandemic | story | Kids News
- Settlement money making positive impact for Clearwater River Dene Nation: Chief
- RCMP officer charged with murder of Clear Water Dene Nation man in Prince Albert
- Clearwater River Dene Nation blocks ‘business as usual’ access to uranium fields
- A familiar heartache for the isolated community of La Loche
- Sask. Environment was to consult Clearwater River Dene over uranium exploration
- Saskatchewan Indigenous community ‘frustrated and angry’ as it battles outbreak
- Clearwater River Dene Nation, uranium mining company enter engagement and capacity agreement
- NexGen Energy, in Partnership with Clearwater River Dene Nation, Launches Member-Owned Business Slated to Create More than $36M in Revenue in its First Three Years
- Saskatchewan woman from the Clearwater River Dene Nation is reconnecting with her native language
- Clearwater River Dene School continues online learning as in-person classes resume across Sask.
- Indigenous men come together in Sask. to work toward healing, change
- Dene teacher education program gets boost from provincial government
- Saskatoon woman to compete for Miss Indian World title
- UPDATE:Clearwater River Dene Nation evacuates
- NexGen signs impact benefit agreement with Clearwater River Dene for Rook I
- Bringing awareness to Indigenous land
- Opinion: We need more accountability when police kill Indigenous people
- Province reverses policy withholding ‘specific claims’ from First Nations people
- Clearwater River Dene Nation sets up security checkpoint over uranium exploration concerns
- Dene Teacher Education Program graduates can speak, read and write the language
- Clearwater River Dene Nation Upgrades Mobile App; Offers Even More Features and Updates to Band Members
- Provincial funding announced to support Dene Teacher Education Program
- Teenage girl among 2 killed in house fire on Clearwater River Dene Nation
- NexGen Signs Impact Benefit Agreement with Clearwater River Dene Nation
- CNSC sets hearings dates for NexGen project, Indigenous partners urge urgency
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Place naming strategies in lower Tanana Dene
- … LAKE FIRST NATIONS (BIRCH NARROWS DENE NATION, BUFFALO RIVER DENE NATION, CANOE LAKE CREE NATION, CLEARWATER RIVER DENE …
- Literature Review: Local and Traditional Knowledge in the Peace River Sub-Basin
- 'This Sacred Land is Our Home: Respectful Visitors Welcome': An Indigenized code of conduct for visitors to the traditional lands of the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation
- Literature Review: Local and Traditional Knowledge in the Great Bear Lake Watershed
- Literature Review Local and Traditional Knowledge In the Hay River Watershed
- Tracking Denesoline Knowledge and Narratives along Ancestral Waters
- The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior
- Keeping language in place: from Dene transitional-immersion at school to a local Dene teacher education program
- HUMAN INFLUENCES AND TRENDS
- The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior
- Williston Arctic Grayling Distribution: Parsnip, Peace, and Dinosaur.
- The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior
- 9 Place-Naming Strategies in Inuit-Yupik and Dene Languages in Alaska
- The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior
- The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior
- The Gift of the Middle Tanana: Dene Pre-Colonial History in the Alaskan Interior
- In their own land: treaty ten and the canoe lake, clear lake, and English river bands
- In their own land: treaty ten and the canoe lake, clear lake, and English river bands
- Indigenous risk perceptions and land-use in Yellowknife, NT
- Indigenous risk perceptions and land-use in Yellowknife, NT
- Spiritual, Not Religious; Dene, Not Indigenous: Tłįchǫ Dene Discourses of Religion and Indigeneity
- Spiritual, Not Religious; Dene, Not Indigenous: Tłįchǫ Dene Discourses of Religion and Indigeneity
Expert Analysis