Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 02/19/2027
• CHIEF: ISSAC TWINN
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:3
• ISSAC TWINN
• SAMUEL TWINN
• JEANINE POTSKIN

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: /nations/372-sawridge-first-nation
• PHONE NUMBER: (780) 849-4331
• FAX NUMBER: (780) 849-3446
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 326, SLAVE LAKE, AB
• EMAILS:
• Chief ISSAC TWINN:
• Councillor SAMUEL TWINN:
• Councillor JEANINE POTSKIN:
• 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
• 2011 - Sawridge First Nation20112012.pdf
• 2003 - Sawridge First Nation20032004.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

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• Sawridge First Nation v. Canada
• Twinn v. Sawridge First Nation
• Stoney v. Sawridge First Nation
• Sawridge First Nation v. Canada
• Sawridge Band v. Her Majesty the Queen - AND - Tsuu T'ina First Nation v. Her Majesty the Queen
• Sawridge First Nation v. Canada
• Twin v. Sawridge First Nation
• Sawridge First Nation v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
• Sawridge Band v. Her Majesty the Queen, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Native Council of Canada (Alberta), Non-Status Indian Association of Alberta and Native Women’s Association of Canada AND BETWEEN Tsuu T’ina First Nation (formerly the Sarcee Indian Band) v. Her Majesty the Queen, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, Native Council of Canada (Alberta), Non?Status Indian Association of Alberta and Native Women’s Association of Canada
• Sawridge First Nation v. Canada
• Donald-Potskin v. Sawridge First Nation

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Sawridge Nation affiliate members asking Ottawa to allow them to form their own band
• Capstone Infrastructure Corporation and Sawridge First Nation Celebrate the Start of Commercial Operations at Buffalo Atlee Wind Farms Alongside Corporate Off-taker Gibson Energy Inc.
• AFN National Chief and Alberta Premier ask feds for more First Nations policing funds
• Runway relations
• TC Energy signs deal to sell minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups
• ‘Everyone needs to belong somewhere’: Daughter of late chief denied membership to her home community
• First Nation boycott of Slave Lake over homeless comments could cost businesses tens of thousands
• Indigenous NHLer Bear inspires youth -
• Alberta Indigenous Games Launch Opening Ceremonies
• Treaty 8 chiefs urge Ottawa to make First Nations policing an essential service
• Federal motives questioned on band membership, self-government
• Treaty 8 First Nations want their own police force across northern Alberta
• 7 Indigenous communities buying stake in Wabamun-Fort McMurray power line
• Onion Lake Cree Nation and Sawridge First Nation win in Federal Court
• Indian Act used as weapon to ‘break families’
• Alberta First Nations challenge women's status change
• Driftpile Cree Nation accepts apologies and lifts boycott of Town of Slave Lake
• First Nation boycott of Slave Lake over homeless comments could cost businesses tens of thousands
• Gibson Energy, Capstone Infrastructure and Sawridge First Nation announce Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement with Buffalo Atlee 2 and 4 Wind Farms, highlighted in the newly released Sustainability Update Report
• TC Energy sells partial stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups
• Sawridge Nation affiliate members asking Ottawa to allow them to form their own band
• First Nations, Métis settlements join forces for deal backed by Indigenous Opportunities Corporation
• First Nation boycott of Slave Lake over homeless comments could cost businesses tens of thousands
• Indigenous groups acquiring stake in new transmission line through northern Alberta
• TC Energy signs $1B deal to sell minority stake to Indigenous group
• Treaty 8 First Nations want their own police force across northern Alberta
• Major pipeline owner strikes groundbreaking C$1 billion deal with Canada's indigenous groups
• First Nations win Federal Court battle over transparency law
• Gibson Energy, Capstone Infrastructure and Sawridge First Nation announce Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement with Buffalo Atlee 2 and 4 Wind Farms, highlighted in the newly released Sustainability Update Report
• Treaty 8 Chiefs pushing for First Nations police service
• Provincial Money to Local Indigenous policing
• Alberta budget commits $6.9M for expanded First Nations police detachment in Lesser Slave Lake area
• Historic agreement inked -

Academic Research

• Stronger together: First Nations community/municipality collaborations
• Exploring identity and citizenship: Aboriginal women, Bill C-31 and the Sawridge case
• Indigenous constitutionalism beyond section 35 and section 91 (24): the significance of First Nations constitutions in Canadian law
• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and urban Aboriginal self-determination in Canada: A preliminary assessment
• The politics of intragroup difference: First Nations' women and the Sawridge Dispute
• Guide for First Nation–Municipal Collaboration on Economic Recovery and Resilience
• A strong and meaningful role for First Nations women in governance
• The Foundational Knowledge of Arriving Here Together
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• First Nations community well-being in Canada: The community well-being index (CWB), 2001
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Colonialism isn't the only answer: Indigenous Peoples and multilevel governance in Canada
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Colonialism isn't the only answer: Indigenous Peoples and multilevel governance in Canada
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Firekeepers of the twenty-first century: First Nations women chiefs
• Weaving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis principles and values into health research processes
• Land Back: A Case Study of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation and One County's Attempt at Reconciliation
• Voices in Australia's Aboriginal and Canada's First Nations Literatures