wʊdlənd kriː | Woodland Cree First Nation
Community Profile
- The Woodland Cree First Nation is an Indigenous community situated in northwestern Alberta, with a rich traditional culture rooted in the boreal forest region.
- Last Updated 2025-05-09 07:41:43 UTC
- Name: Woodland Cree First Nation (ISC Code: 474)
- Former Names: Cadotte Lake Band
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest
- Indigenous Language: Cree (Nehiyawewin)
- Number of Registered Members: 1331
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/17/2025
- CHIEF: ISAAC LABOUCAN-AVIROM
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- ISAAC LABOUCAN-AVIROM
- JOSEPH JR. WHITEHEAD
- GEORGE SR. MERRIER
- DEREK AUGER
- FRANK WHITEHEAD
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/391-woodland-cree-first-nation
- PHONE NUMBER: (780) 629-3803
- FAX NUMBER: (780) 629-3898
- ADDRESS: GENERAL DELIVERY, CADOTTE LAKE, AB
- EMAILS:
- Chief ISAAC LABOUCAN-AVIROM:
- Councillor JOSEPH JR. WHITEHEAD:
- Councillor GEORGE SR. MERRIER:
- Councillor DEREK AUGER:
- Councillor FRANK WHITEHEAD:
- 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
- 2010 - Woodland Cree First Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Woodland Cree First Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Woodland Cree First Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Woodland Cree First Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Woodland Cree First Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Woodland Cree First Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Woodland Cree First Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Woodland Cree First Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Woodland 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: 9068
WOODLAND CREE NO. 227
660.0 Hectares
60 KM NE OF PEACE RIVER TWP 87 RGE 15 & 16 W5M
[56.5397142, -116.4056723] -
ISC Code: 8497
CADOTTE LAKE INDIAN SETTLEMENT
0.0 Hectares
[56.469566, -116.377656] -
ISC Code: 9069
WOODLAND CREE NO. 228
3786.0 Hectares
75 NE OF PEACE RIVER, IN PART OF TWP 86 RGE 13 & 14 W5M & PART OF TWP 87 RGE 13 & 14 W5M
[56.48261979999999, -116.0592623] -
ISC Code: 9067
WOODLAND CREE NO. 226
11660.0 Hectares
48 KM NE OF PEACE RIVER, ADJACENT TO CADOTTE LAKE TWP 86 RGE 15, 16 & 17 W5M AND TWP 87 RGE 16 & 17 W5M
[56.469566, -116.377656]
- Encompasses regions around Cadotte Lake and surrounding boreal forest areas
- Traditional hunting and trapping grounds in northwestern Alberta
- Significant watershed regions including local river systems
- Historically connected to Peace River watershed territories
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
- Obsidian Energy drilling expansion plans nixed by Canadian First Nation group
- A GROWING LIST OF ALBERTA FIRST NATIONS STAND TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF WOODLAND CREE FIRST NATION'S TREATY CAMP AGAINST OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. (TSE: OBE) | (NYSEAMERICAN: OBE)
- Oil company seeks arrest of Woodland Cree First Nation chief
- ‘An uprising in the making’: ‘Alberta’ chiefs say oil company’s forceful approach is an attack on treaty rights
- Oil company asks judge to arrest and jail Cree chief leading ‘Alberta’ blockade
- Following First Nation blockade, Woodland Cree and Obsidian Energy come to terms
- Historic partnership with Woodland Cree Nations to help fund P.A.Convention and Cultural Centre
- Obsidian Energy discloses details of commercial dispute with Woodland Cree First Nation
- Canadian First Nation agrees with Obsidian Energy's drilling expansion plans
- West Fraser Partners With Woodland Cree First Nation
- WOODLAND CREE FIRST NATION ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. (TSX: OBE) (NYSE AMERICAN: OBE)
- First Nation protest camp in northern Alberta served with court injunction
- Why a First Nation in Alberta is protesting against Obsidian Energy
- ‘An uprising in the making’: 'Alberta' chiefs say oil company’s forceful approach is an attack on treaty rights
- Obsidian Energy sets record straight regarding Woodland Cree First Nation misleading statements
- First Nation sends notice of opposition over drilling plans in northern Alberta
- Alicia Elliott, Brandi Bird among 2024 IVA recipients
- WOODLAND CREE FIRST NATION GIVES NOTICE TO ALBERTA ENERGY REGULATOR - THE OBSIDIAN ENERGY (TSE: OBE/NYSEAMERICAN:OBE) OIL WELL EXPANSION WILL NOT PROCEED
- Woodland Cree First Nation calls on Obsidian Energy Ltd. (TSX: OBE) shareholders to hold CEO Stephen Loukas to account for refusing to deal with community concerns about their operations
- First Nation urges Obsidian Energy to address northern Alta. quake concerns
- RCMP present but not enforcing injunction at northern Alberta oil blockade
- Treaty 8 chiefs show support for Woodland Cree energy lease site blockade
- Alberta Indigenous youth call for meaningful action on reconciliation in new report
- Obsidian Energy, Woodland Cree standoff intensifies in Alberta
- Finalists announced for 2024 Indigenous Voices Awards
- City of Prince Albert announces partnership with Woodland Cree Nations for new Event Centre
- First Nations chiefs ask feds not to claw back $135 million in unspent site rehabilitation funds
- 'A new era': First Nations celebrate new signatories to historic Buffalo Treaty in Maskwacis
- Woodland Cree take over reserve land management
- Northern Alberta First Nation reject applications from Obsidian Energy for more drilling, blocks road
- New initiative relocates Wood bison to Woodland Cree First Nation
- Woodland/Obsidian dispute continues -
- For the first time in generations, bison have returned to traditional lands
- Varcoe: Alberta First Nations fight to have pro-energy voices heard
- I'm mixed race, and sometimes I feel like I don't belong anywhere
- Group of Indigenous climbers from Alta. trying to summit North America's highest peak
- New Cree language app targets students, teachers and newcomers
- National Ribbon Skirt Day helps build awareness about the importance of Indigenous identity
- Woodland Cree women leaders make history in Saskatchewan
- UBCO team studies cannabis use among Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
- How 5 Alberta First Nations are helping shape the future of Indigenous education in Canada
- Equity partnerships represent a turning point for Indigenous communities
- Instilling pride: First Nations in northern Alberta launch Cree language app
- Second-year law student celebrated for tireless commitment to Indigenous rights
- National Forest Week Conference: Indigenous Peoples and the Forest Sector
- Indigenous culture featured at rodeo -
- First Nations proposing new energy corridor in Western Canada
- Woodland Cree fear the impact of long term exposure to toxic chemicals from oil spills
- KTC Tribal Council signs education deal -
- Chiefs say RCMP not doing enough to stop drugs flowing to reserves
- Buffalo Treaty Day
- Alexander First Nation celebrates Treaty 6
- Alberta hopes deal will improve First Nations graduation rate
- Tsuut’ina First Nation signs agreement for addictions recovery treatment facility
- Woodland Cree gathering allows residential school survivors to foster healing by sharing stories
- New acute care hospital officially opens in Grande Prairie
- ‘It’s a special day’: Woodland Cree nations gather to mark 130 years since they signed onto Treaty 6
- Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta Grand Chief and Deputy Grand Chief Sworn In
- RCMP not enforcing injunction at Alberta First Nation blockade
- Two law students appointed to national Indigenous associations
- Alberta task force member concerned with short timeline to deal with addictions, homelessness
- Mercer Peace River Pulp and Woodland Cree First Nation Extend Co-Ownership of Peace River Logging
- Mercer, Woodland renew agreement -
- Woodland Cree First Nation and Mercer peace River renew co-ownership of Peace River Logging
- Oil company asks judge to arrest and jail Cree chief leading Alberta blockade
- Woodland Cree First Nation served with court injunction
- Woodland Cree, Obsidian Energy resolve northern Alberta standoff
- First Nation urges Obsidian Energy to address northern Alta. quake concerns
- Peace River indigenous group blocks oil company from land after 5.8 quake
- LLRIB hosts annual Woodland Cree Gathering
- 3 women Woodland Cree chiefs gather in Sask. for a moment 132 years in the making
- Mercer Peace River, Woodland Cree extend Peace River Logging co-ownership agreement securing upwards of 80 local jobs
- 19th annual First Nations Language Keepers Gathering underway in Saskatoon
- ‘We will be here forever’: Treaty 8 First Nations stand up to Big Oil
- Learning from their Cree elders-one word at a time
- Equity partnerships represent a turning point for Indigenous communities
- Beyond Local: Oil company seeks arrest of Woodland Cree First Nation chief
- Montreal Lake Cree Nation Celebrates Health Facility Opening
- Wood bison to return to Woodland Cree First Nation after more than a century
- Historic partnership with Woodland Cree Nations to help fund P.A.Convention and Cultural Centre
- Woodland Cree Hunting and Trapping
- Woodland Cree First Nation, Obsidian Energy resolve Alberta oil lease road blockade
- A GROWING LIST OF ALBERTA FIRST NATIONS STAND TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF WOODLAND CREE FIRST NATION'S TREATY CAMP AGAINST OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. (TSE: OBE) | (NYSEAMERICAN: OBE)
- Mercer Peace River and Woodland Cree First Nation extend historic Peace River Logging partnership agreement
- Mercer Peace River and Woodland Cree First Nation extend historic Peace River Logging partnership agreement
- First Nations in central fire hub of Sask. say they need better training
- Woodland Cree Nation to join Alberta’s fight against Ottawa’s Bill C-69
- Woodland Cree Nation to join Alberta’s fight against Ottawa’s Bill C-69
- Federal, provincial money announced for Grande Prairie, Paddle Prairie housing projects
- LLRIB hosts annual Woodland Cree Gathering
Academic Research
Academic Research
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- A study of natural resource use by the Nehiyaw (Cree) First Nation
- Nēhîthâwâk of Reindeer Lake, Canada: Worldview, epistemology and relationships with the natural world
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity in a Woodland Cree community: 14 year trends
- Living in Respect: Traditional knowledge of the Woodland Cree in Northern Saskatchewan
- Physical activity attitudes, beliefs, and practices among women in a Woodland Cree community
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Woodlands Cree and Denesuline Peoples of northern Saskatchewan, Canada: the land as teacher and healer
- Energy uncertainty: The effects of oil extraction on the Woodland Cree First Nation
- Oral Traditions of the Woodland Cree (Nihithawak) in Northern Saskatchewan: Links to Cultural Identity, Ways of Knowing, Language Revitalization, and Connections …
- Traditional Land-Use and Occupancy Study of Cahcakiwsakahikan (Pelican Lake) First Nation: A Woodland Cree Community in Northern Saskatchewan
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Energy uncertainty: The effects of oil extraction on the Woodland Cree First Nation
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Rethinking environmental sustainability education through land-based learning and practice with Woodland Cree First Nation, Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Kewetan: Walking in the Ancestral Footsteps of Our Woodland Cree Grandparents
- An Aboriginal pedagogical model: Recovering an Aboriginal pedagogy from the Woodlands Cree
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- First Nations Control of First Nations Education: Using Land as a Foundation for Scholastic Achievement while Reinforcing Cree Culture, Language, and Ways of …
- Land‐based meanings of disaster adaptations from Woodland Cree First Nation, Canada
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