wə-tər-hɛn lɛɪk | Waterhen Lake First Nation
Community Profile
- Waterhen Lake First Nation is a Dene community situated in the boreal forest region of Saskatchewan, maintaining traditional practices and hunting-gathering lifestyle.
- Last Updated 2025-05-14 23:08:42 UTC
- Name: Waterhen Lake (ISC Code: 402)
- Former Names: Waterhen Lake Band, Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northern Saskatchewan Dene Territory
- Indigenous Language: Denesuline
- Number of Registered Members: 2347
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 01/25/2027
- CHIEF: BLAINE FIDDLER
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:10
- BLAINE FIDDLER
- GORDON ERNEST
- DAVID FLEURY
- CAROLYN BERNARD
- DEAN MARTELL
- KARNELLA FIDDLER
- PETER BOUVIER
- JOANNE ROY
- ABLEHEZA ERNEST
- JACQUELINE MISTICKOKAT-MANDERSCHEID
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/bands/bwater.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 236-6717
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 236-4866
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 9, WATERHEN LAKE, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief BLAINE FIDDLER:
- Councillor GORDON ERNEST:
- Councillor DAVID FLEURY:
- Councillor CAROLYN BERNARD:
- Councillor DEAN MARTELL:
- Councillor KARNELLA FIDDLER:
- Councillor PETER BOUVIER:
- Councillor JOANNE ROY:
- Councillor ABLEHEZA ERNEST:
- Councillor JACQUELINE MISTICKOKAT-MANDERSCHEID:
- 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 - Waterhen Lake20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Waterhen Lake20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Waterhen Lake20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Waterhen Lake20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Waterhen Lake20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Waterhen Lake20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Waterhen Lake20012002.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: 6603
WATERHEN LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 130
7972.2 Hectares
39 KM N/N OF/DE MEADOW LAKE
[54.4638718, -108.4110938]
- Territory Range: Northern Saskatchewan boreal forest
- Key Geographical Features: Waterhen Lake, surrounding forest regions
- Traditional Use Areas: Hunting grounds, fishing lakes, seasonal migration routes
- Ecological Zones: Boreal forest, transitional woodland-tundra ecosystems
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v. Ernest
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v. Ernest
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v. Ernest
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v Saskatchewan (Parks, Culture and Sport)
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v. His Majesty the King in Right of Canada
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v. His Majesty the King in Right of Canada
- Waterhen Lake First Nation v. Canada
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Indigenous Law Year in Review: 2023 | Canada | Global law firm
- 'It's a sad day for the community': Fire destroys school on Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Waterhen Lake First Nation school destroyed in fire Tuesday
- First Nation in Saskatchewan grieves as fire consumes school
- Province Supports Indigenous Education Opportunities in Saskatchewan
- Waterhen Lake First Nation leading the way in Indigenous tourism
- New "Fish Forward" Partnership Supports Sustainable, Eco-Certified Fishing in Manitoba
- Sask. government funds Indigenous languages programs in the north
- ‘It is truly unbelievable’: Waterhen Lake First Nation school burns down
- Combating diabetes using community strengths, aided by USask research
- For this northern Saskatchewan First Nation, the future is Indigenous tourism
- Sask First Nation leaders unhappy with Duty to Consult process
- High school student from northern Sask. First Nation representing youth at COP27 in Egypt
- USask educator’s journey influenced by family, community, and graduate studies
- Alberta-shot Indigenous supernatural horror-thriller steeped in real-life trauma
- Opposition parties call for the day school settlement agreement to be reopened
- 3 Indigenous storytellers on why we tell scary stories
- At former Indigenous schools, Canada unearths brutal history
- Indigenous leaders continue calls for proper consultation in Saskatchewan
- 'We came close to dying': First Nations family recalls harrowing escape from house fire in northern Sask.
- Meadow Lake Tribal Council releases Cree and Dene language apps
- Dustin Fiddler: beyond braids and buckskin
- Up where she belongs: New Sask. pilot hopes to inspire future female Indigenous aviators
- 'Like losing a friend': Suspicious fire destroys rural Saskatchewan church
- Waterhen Lake First Nation MMIWG walk honours life of Robin Fiddler in first year of memorial
- Band councillor on Sask. First Nation says suicide crisis is emerging amidst pandemic
- Waterhen Lake First Nation youth build home
- Manitoba fisheries seek new, sustainable reputation
- First Nations school can't afford to pay its teachers
- Elders evacuated from Waterhen Lake First Nation due to wildfires
- MLTC and federal government sign memorandum of understanding
- SheNative inspires Indigenous women with clothing line
- New Waterhen Lake chief pledges to ‘bring home’ off-reserve members
- Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures
- Sask. First Nation band council takes drug, alcohol tests to set good example
- Man reported missing while tubing down Waterhen River found dead, RCMP say
- Indigenous-led company enters renewable energy market
- Onion Lake powwow draws immense crowd in first post-pandemic Indigenous cultural gathering
- How Indigenous communities are regaining economic independence
- FSIN, father call for arrest after Indigenous woman allegedly threatened at gunpoint
- First Nations trio is 1st all-women training crew for Indigenous flight school
- Backgrounder: Government of Canada to bring high-speed Internet access to Saskatchewan communities
- Saskatoon News | Local Breaking
- 'A long time coming': SheNative Goods opens new storefront in Saskatoon
- Saskatoon career expo addresses Indigenous struggles in the workforce
- Changes to Indian Act could see more status membership
- Keep your camera handy: Stories of Manitoba lake monsters told for centuries but proof remains elusive
- Indigenous Community Innovation Bringing Clean Energy To Saskatchewan
- After years of waiting, Anishinabe Algonquin Nation gets its own space in the Parliamentary Precinct
- Shedoesthecity x Startup Fashion Week: Social Entrepreneur & Chief Changemaker of SheNative Goods Inc Devon Fiddler
- Red Cross to offer new free youth safety program in Sask. Indigenous communities
- Canada's top court dismisses federal Indian day school survivor's appeal
- CEOS and MMF collaborate on community-based water monitoring
- Gangs taking hold in more rural Sask. communities
- Destruction of Waterhen Lake First Nation school 'an absolute heart-wrenching situation': federal minister
- Fire breaks out at K-12 school in Waterhen Lake First Nation
- UPDATE: School destroyed by fire on Waterhen Lake First Nation
- 'It's a sad day for the community': Fire destroys school on Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Day school settlement has paid out $5.7B in claims. A Supreme Court petition says survivors were shortchanged
- 'It's like losing a part of your heart': Family continues to call for justice for Robin Fiddler
- Two chiefs in one family: reaching for the top together
- Man facing drug, weapons charges after trying to evade police on Waterhen Lake FN
- Animal rescue partners with LLRIB, Waterhen Lake
- Waterhen Lake FN new owners of Eco Lodge in Meadow Lake
- Waterhen Lake FN reconsiders calling state of emergency
- First Nations leaders decry Sask. Party’s neglect of Duty to Consult framework
- Waterhen Lake First Nation house fire epidemic kept wrapped within community
- MMIWG sewing project ties community closer together, aims to support families
- Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
- Cultural retreat builds understanding
- 5 Sask. First Nations step in to help Kawacatoose rebuild burned powwow arbour
- Jigging challenge underscores importance of northern ice roads
- Wapiti Regional Library hosts First Nations music and storytelling
- 'School loss was preventable': Fire destroys school on northern Sask. First Nation
- 'School loss was preventable': Fire destroys school on northern Sask. First Nation
- Indigenous Storytelling Month to be celebrated at public library
- Indigenous Storytelling Month to be celebrated at public library
- The Klamath Basin’s Water Crisis Is a Growing Disaster for Waterfowl
- The Klamath Basin’s Water Crisis Is a Growing Disaster for Waterfowl
- Onion Lake powwow draws immense crowd in first post-pandemic Indigenous cultural gathering
- Onion Lake powwow draws immense crowd in first post-pandemic Indigenous cultural gathering
- Meadow Lake area trapper to share stories during Aboriginal Storytelling Month
- Meadow Lake area trapper to share stories during Aboriginal Storytelling Month
- Charges dropped against two men in shooting on Waterhen Lake
- Charges dropped against two men in shooting on Waterhen Lake
- Two arrested after Saturday shooting on Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Two arrested after Saturday shooting on Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Evacuation order remains in effect for Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Evacuation order remains in effect for Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Waterhen Lake First Nation considers state of emergency
- Waterhen Lake First Nation considers state of emergency
- Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
- Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
- Committee appointments made to advise in creation of Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
- Committee appointments made to advise in creation of Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
- Youth soccer programs “in the works” for Flying Dust, Waterhen Lake First Nations
- Four people charged in connection with Waterhen Lake homicide
- Waterhen Lake First Nation MMIWG walk honours life of Robin Fiddler in first year of memorial
- Waterhen Lake First Nation holds election
- Government of Canada announces settlement of failed treaty promises in Sask.
- More Sask. students will learn in Cree, Dene thanks to Indigenous teacher ed. funding
- Canada makes $1.72-billion cows-and-plows settlement with 14 Sask. First Nations
- ‘Law school didn’t teach me about trauma’: Indigenous lawyer
- Feds announce immediate construction of 84 homes for Sask. First Nations
- Canada settles claims with 15 Saskatchewan First Nations
- Natural Resources and Indigenous Futures
- Federal investments boost Indigenous tourism experiences
- $1.72B treaty settlement to help 'begin the healing'
- Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
- App designed for Indigenous language education expected to launch in late January
- More Sask. students will learn in Cree, Dene thanks to Indigenous teacher ed. funding
- Two arrested after Saturday shooting on Waterhen Lake First Nation
- ‘A safe community’: Catching up with Meadow Lake’s top Mountie on crime and community
- MMIWG walk to take place today at Waterhen Lake First Nation
- B.C. Conservative attacks ‘super angry’ Indigenous colleague over residential schools
- New dog rescue organization aims to rehome strays from northern First Nations
- This isolated First Nation has no full-time doctors. H1N1 hit hard — now it’s bracing for coronavirus
- RCMP make arrest for homicide in Waterhen Lake First Nation
- Family calls for more rigorous RCMP investigation of 18-year-old Waterhen First Nation woman's death
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Moving from colonization to decolonization: Reinterpreting historical images of Aboriginal women
- Waterhen Lake reserve: an ethno-history from 1921-1993
- Indigenous Peoples' Oral Histories of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), 1972-1994
- The Skownan First Nation Model for sustainable development and Aboriginal stewardship
- Mistik Management Ltd.: clearing the way for economic reconciliation
- Complete Searches for Cultural Safety in Renal Care
- Waterhen Lake Reserve: an Ethno-History from 1921-1993.
- Waterhen Lake
- First Nations Bank of Canada: Interview with Mr. Keith Martell Chair Of The Board of Directors
- In their own land: treaty ten and the canoe lake, clear lake, and English river bands
- Waterhen Lake
- Mining impact and Indigenous protected and conserved areas
- Waterhen Lake
Expert Analysis