Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 06/16/2025
• CHIEF: THAIDENE PAULETTE
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
• THAIDENE PAULETTE
• KAREN YOUNGMAN
• LORRAINE MACDONALD
• BRENDA DRAGON
• FRED DANIELS

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.smithslanding.com/
• PHONE NUMBER: (867) 872-4950
• FAX NUMBER: (867) 872-5154
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 1470, FORT SMITH, NT
• EMAILS:
• Chief THAIDENE PAULETTE:
• Councillor KAREN YOUNGMAN:
• Councillor LORRAINE MACDONALD:
• Councillor BRENDA DRAGON:
• Councillor FRED DANIELS:
• 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
• 2012 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20122013.pdf
• 2011 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20112012.pdf
• 2010 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20102011.pdf
• 2009 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20092010.pdf
• 2008 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20082009.pdf
• 2007 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20072008.pdf
• 2006 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Tthebatthie Denesuliné Nation20012002.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

• Tourangeau v. Smith's Landing First Nation

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Frank Gruben: Inside the search
• 4 local governments in Fort Smith, N.W.T., sign new collaboration agreement
• What’s happening across the NWT for National Indigenous Peoples Day?
• National Indigenous Peoples Day: A Guide to Events in NWT
• Four Fort Smith governments commit to collaboration under new deal
• Alicia Elliott, Brandi Bird among 2024 IVA recipients
• 'Time to stand strong and together': Gerry Cheezie on Dene Nation candidacy
• Smith’s Landing calls Sovereignty Act ‘an assault on our treaty’
• Notice of Public Hearing: Smith’s Landing First Nation – Additions to Reserve – March 26, 2024
• The 54th Dene National Assembly begins tomorrow in Dettah
• Smith's Landing First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine
• Smith's Landing First Nation suing outspoken member for $600K
• Smith’s Landing to host Dene National Assembly in 2023
• Chief and council all acclaimed for Smith's Landing First Nation
• Record number of candidates running for Dene National Chief
• What will filling the Site C reservoir do to NWT water levels?
• François Paulette awarded honorary doctorate of law
• Northern communities take water testing into their own hands after Alberta spill
• Diamonds Do Good Awards 2023 Scholarships
• 'My work is not finished': François Paulette named officer of Order of Canada
• Reserves in Alberta
• 'A perilous pipeline': Indigenous groups line up against Keystone XL
• 'They can't continue to deny us': Northern leaders react to Teck Frontier's project withdrawal
• Gerry Cheezie elected chief of Smith's Landing First Nation
• Thebacha Leadership Council aims for strength in unity in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
• Indigenous leaders 'losing faith' in environmental protection amid oilsands monitoring budget cuts
• Fort Smith 2021 mayoral election interview: Fred Daniels
• First Nations, Metis react to news of Teck Resources pulling out of Alberta mine project
• François Paulette ‘had second thoughts’ on Order of Canada
• Indigenous Peoples Day across the N.W.T.
• Premier Simpson announces appointment of Principal Secretary
• Seeking data sovereignty, a First Nation introduces its own licence
• Cynthia White appointed Fort Smith’s new SAO
• Provincial boundary a barrier for health-care services near Alberta-N.W.T. border, residents say
• Fort Fitzgerald
• Moving beyond performative gestures of reconciliation
• YKDFN pushes back against Tłı̨chǫ's call to be included in Yellowknife land acknowledgments
• Finalists announced for 2024 Indigenous Voices Awards
• Survivors want former residential schools in N.W.T. to be torn down
• Thebacha Leadership Council takes flight with new festival
• NWT groups receive $7M in Indigenous language support
• Treaty 8 First Nations introduce law requiring children to stay in care of their nation
• Forest thinning could serve multiple purposes in N.W.T.'s battle with climate change
• Fort Smith residents mull legacy of residential school buildings still in use
• Lack of transparency angers communities affected by tailings leaks
• Dene Elder Francois Paulette to become Officer of the Order of Canada
• It's time to rename the Northwest Territories
• What was happening in the Northwest Territories in 1973?
• Teck’s Frontier mine: In the public interest, but which public?
• B.C., Alta. Indigenous leaders call on federal government to kill Teck Frontier mine project
• Opening eyes through new observational method
• Reaffirming the Dene version of Treaty 11, 100 years later
• Will this plan save Wood Buffalo’s World Heritage status?
• Indigenous elders worried for future generations if no action taken on climate change
• George Mackenzie elected new Dene national chief
• Athletes, activists to carry torch for Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo
• Parks Canada, First Nations take down trapper's cabin in Wood Buffalo National Park
• Suncor reports 5.9M-litre discharge of water that missed guidelines
• Building the future of Indigenous health care
• Can Canada preserve Wood Buffalo National Park’s UNESCO status?
• Survivors of 5 N.W.T. Indian Residential School can apply for $10K in compensation
• Wood Buffalo National Park awaits latest Unesco verdict
• Pine Point mine project enters environmental assessment
• COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: He’s semi-retired, but Dean Smith still has a thing or two left to teach
• Education experts slam leaked Alberta curriculum proposals
• Keystone XL approval worries northern Alberta's Fort Chipewyan Indigenous residents
• Thebacha | Don Jaque, Michael Miltenberger, Louis Sebert
• Fort Chip trapper says he's standing up for Treaty rights after officials tear down cabin in national Park
• 'Honorary Chief for Life': Bill Erasmus celebrated at Dene meeting
• A Healing Walk through Canada’s Tar Sands Dystopia
• The Halluci Nation headlining Arctic Winter Games opening ceremonies, torchbearers named
• Small wildfire south of Fort Fitzgerald out of control
• Premier appoints Joe Dragon as principal secretary
• Canada submits plan to save Wood Buffalo National Park
• Ottawa’s Wood Buffalo plan ‘not good enough’: First Nations
• Gerry Cheezie appointed health and social services chair
• Meet your candidates: Town of Fort Smith
• Indigenous leaders protest against major Alberta oilsands mine proposal
• Record number of candidates running for Dene National Chief
• Smiths Group supports historic Indian moon landing
• Meet some of the voices central to Fort Smith’s drug awareness drive
• Most N.W.T. Indigenous governments ink $375M conservation deal. Now what?
• First Nations chief critical of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's Indigenous heritage claim
• Dean Smith, Indigenous education consultant, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
• Amazon and JBG SMITH on Track to Deliver First Phase of Amazon’s National Landing Headquarters in Summer 2023
• Fort Smith prepares a celebration of whooping cranes
• Glen Haven, PLFN partnering to support Every Child Matters
• ‘Christianity spoke to core Anishinaabe values’
• Where is the action to save Wood Buffalo National Park?
• Lethbridge man to be appointed to Order of Canada
• ‘Urgency still there’ for water summit, Dene national chief says
• Earthna Summit draws attention to indigenous sustainability solutions
• Willow Lake Métis Nation raise flag at municipal properties for first time following policy change
• Northern Whooping Crane Festival highlights conservation and collaboration in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
• 'Gentle but strong,' Andrew Wanderingspirit is being remembered as a dedicated leader
• How a commission alongside Treaty 11 sought to extinguish N.W.T. Métis land rights
• Dene National Assembly marks Treaty 8's 115th anniversary
• Wood Buffalo ‘doomed without quick action’ as UN extends deadline
• Two studies say oilsands’ impact on northern water may be limited. First Nations disagree.
• “My Roots Extend”: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and the Landscape of Memory
• Online Knowledge Dialogue: “Applying Indigenous Knowledge in Water Management: Models of Best Practices”
• Captain John Smith - Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
• Teck oil sands project splits Canada’s indigenous people, poses challenge for Trudeau
• Youth leadership the focus of 2024 Canoe Journey
• Smith’s Landing First Nation goes to the polls today
• JBG SMITH Bringing 11 Diverse New Restaurant Concepts to National Landing’s Revamped Water Park
• RCMP officers build fire pit for Pictou Landing First Nations community
• Living with Treaty 11
• This year’s Cowlitz first salmon ceremony Is about future generations
• Coalition aims to be ‘more proactive’ preserving Slave River
• 'Stay safe, don't panic': COVID-19 case in Fort Smith, 11th case in N.W.T.
• A list of the 88 new appointees to the Order of Canada
• Indigenous people call Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s tweet ‘disappointing’
• N.W.T. parish divided over incorporating aboriginal practices
• ‘Nowhere else to turn’: First Nations inundated by oilsands projects face impossible choices
• 22 Canadian books that will get you in the Halloween spirit
• NWT Indigenous groups signed a $375M deal. What does it mean?
• 30 Canadian books for the thriller, horror mystery and crime fan this holiday season
• Winter road connecting Fort Smith and Fort Chipewyan closed
• Archeology crew hopes to inspire more Mi'kmaw youth to connect with their culture
• APTN News A Year in Photos
• How this young Mi'kmaw archeology crew is connecting to their culture
• Why Australia Day is really held on 26 January
• Naidié Nezų, Dene skincare business, opens in Fort Smith
• Smith wins regional chief's seat
• Wood Buffalo: Canada’s largest national park and its people in peril
• First Nations heroes and Spanish beauties: a history of Vancouver Island place names
• Indigenous leaders call minister to turf major mine
• Bulldogs star calls for Australia Day date change
• Fort Smith museum could come under broader Thebacha ownership
• Fort Smith museum could come under broader Thebacha ownership
• Smith’s Landing helps crews battling wildfire near Fort Fitzgerald
• Oil Exec Takes Charge of Alberta Regulator, Stoking Fears of Industry Capture
• AROUND THE NORTH: Mangilaluk School welcomes largest graduating class
• Northwestel launches fibre in Smith’s Landing, Fort Fitzgerald
• Thebacha Leadership Council aims for strength in unity in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
• Smith’s Landing ‘will not be ignored,’ new leader pledges
• After tailings leak, Fort Smith Métis Council moves to monitor water year-round
• Reject Frontier oil sands, indigenous activists tell Wilkinson
• Premier Simpson Appoints New Principal Secretary
• Dene Nation discusses Undrip with UN Special Rapporteur
• Alberta residents near NWT border can enter for essential services
• First Nations, environmentalists ask for restart of oilpatch monitoring
• AROUND THE NORTH: Chipewayn language social
• N.W.T. communities elect 8 new MLAs to 19th Assembly
• Northwestel launches fibre in Smith’s Landing, Fort Fitzgerald
• Thebacha Leadership Council aims for strength in unity in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
• Smith’s Landing ‘will not be ignored,’ new leader pledges
• After tailings leak, Fort Smith Métis Council moves to monitor water year-round
• Reject Frontier oil sands, indigenous activists tell Wilkinson
• Premier Simpson Appoints New Principal Secretary
• Dene Nation discusses Undrip with UN Special Rapporteur
• Alberta residents near NWT border can enter for essential services
• First Nations, environmentalists ask for restart of oilpatch monitoring
• AROUND THE NORTH: Chipewayn language social
• N.W.T. communities elect 8 new MLAs to 19th Assembly
• In video, Smith’s Landing Elders express unease at low water
• Wildfires close evacuation routes out of NWT towns, some being transported by air
• Fort Smith mayoral candidate profile: Fred Daniels
• Here is what’s happening this National Indigenous Peoples Day
• Smith’s Landing election re-run puts 23-year-old in office
• Groups in B.C. speak out against proposed Teck Frontier Mine in Alberta
• Parks Canada plans grand opening for new Salt River shelter
• Online Knowledge Dialogue: “Applying Indigenous Knowledge in Water Management: Models of Best Practices”
• Indigenous leader wants clarity on impacts from mines outside of Canada's Northwest Territories
• Alberta must get back to monitoring tailings ponds, environment say water keepers
• Will B.C.'s massive new Site C dam on the Peace River have downstream impacts on Alberta?
• Canadian Indigenous leaders ‘losing faith’ in environmental protection amid budget cuts – Eye on the Arctic

Academic Research

• Appropriate engagement and nutrition education on reserve: Lessons learned from the Takla Lake First Nation in Northern BC
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• Dreamers from distant worlds: Treaty Eight and the clash of two worldviews
• Forts, curriculum, and Indigenous Métissage: Imagining decolonization of Aboriginal-Canadian relations in educational contexts
• Essential components and pathways for developing Indigenous community‐based monitoring: Examples from the Canadian oil sands region
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs, an Indigenous Borderlands People
• First nations? Second thoughts
• Navigating neoliberalism: self-determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs, an Indigenous Borderlands People
• First nations? Second thoughts
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Navigating neoliberalism: self-determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• First nations? Second thoughts
• We Were Not the Savages, First Nations History: Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Like a hurricane: the Indian movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• First nations? Second thoughts
• Essential components and pathways for developing Indigenous community‐based monitoring: Examples from the Canadian oil sands region
• We Were Not the Savages, First Nations History: Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Like a hurricane: the Indian movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• First nations? Second thoughts
• We Were Not the Savages, First Nations History: Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
• Coyote learns to make a storybasket: The place of First Nations stories in education
• Navigating neoliberalism: self-determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Tragic Encounters: A People's History of Native Americans
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
• First nations? Second thoughts
• We Were Not the Savages, First Nations History: Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
• First nations? Second thoughts
• Tragic Encounters: A People's History of Native Americans
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
• Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
• First nations? Second thoughts
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Like a hurricane: the Indian movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Like a hurricane: the Indian movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Tragic Encounters: A People's History of Native Americans
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs, an Indigenous Borderlands People
• Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
• First nations? Second thoughts
• We Were Not the Savages, First Nations History: Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada
• Tragic Encounters: A People's History of Native Americans
• Conquest by law: How the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands
• The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs, an Indigenous Borderlands People
• Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
• First nations? Second thoughts
• Hunters and bureaucrats: power, knowledge, and aboriginal-state relations in the southwest Yukon
• Mississauga portraits: Ojibwe voices from nineteenth-century Canada