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Note: As of 1 Jan 2021, there were 619 recognized First Nations' (Premières Nations) governments or bands in Canada. The term "First Nations" refers to one of three distinct groups recognized as "Aboriginal" in the Constitution Act of 1982. The other two distinct groups characterized as "Aboriginal" are the Métis and the Inuit. First Nations have a unique and special relationship with the Crown and the people of Canada as set out in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and manifested in the Numbered Treaties, the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982, Canadian common law, and International law and as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Even though the term "First Nation" is now generally used, and since 1982 increasingly included in the names of bands, the Indian Act of 1876 still uses the term "Indian Band." Indians were granted federal voting rights in 1885 (interrupted 1898-1960, except in Nova Scotia). First Nations are listed alphabetically under each modern province/territory.
Self-government of the Inuit of the Northwest
Territories and Labrador was implemented through
separation of Nunavut and creation of Nunatsiavut, while
negotiations continue for self- government of the Inuit
of Quebec (organized into a regional municipality under
the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975) and
of the north-western part of the Northwest Territories
(organized into a regional municipality under the
Inuvialuit Final Agreement of 1984). Move towards
territorial self-government of the Métis of the Prairies
(from Alberta to the north-western part of Ontario) has
begun in 2019.
Due to the vast number of first nation
entities on this page any assistance adding or updating
information is greatly appreciated.
Assembly of First Nations
![[Assembly of First Nations
(Canada)]](afn.jpg "[Assembly of First Nations (Canada)]")
1961 -
1967
National Indian Council (NIC)
1968
National Indian Brotherhood (NIB) established.
Apr
1982
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)(Assemblée des
Premières Nations)
created
as the national aboriginal organization
on First Nations
issues
in Canada.
National Chiefs of the National Indian Brotherhood
1968 -
1970
Walter
Dieter
(b. 1916 - d. 1988)
(Peepeekisis Cree, Saskatchewan)
1970 -
1976
George
Manuel
(b. 1921 - d. 1989)
(Neskonlith Band of Shuswap Nation, British Colombia)
1976 -
1980
Noel
Starblanket
(b. 1946 - d. 2019)
(Star Blanket Cree, Saskatchewan)
1980 -
1982
Delbert
Riley
(b. 1941)
(Chippewas of Thames, Ontario)
National
Chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations
1982 - 30 Jul
1985
David
Ahenakew
(b. 1933 - d. 2010)
(Ahtahkakoop Cree, Saskatchewan)
30 Jul 1985 -
1991
George
Erasmus
(b. 1948)
(Dog Rib Rae, NWT)
1991 -
1997
Ovide William
Mercredi (b.
1946)
(Grand Rapids Cree, Manitoba)
30 Jul 1997 -
Jul 2000 Phil Fontaine (1st
time) (b. 1944)
(Fort Alexander [Sagkeeng] Nation, Manitoba)
Jul 2000 - 16
Jul 2003 Matthew Coon
Come
(b. 1956)
(Mistissini Cree, Quebec)
16 Jul 2003 - 23
Jul 2009 Phil Fontaine (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(Fort Alexander [Sagkeeng] Nation, Manitoba)
23 Jul 2009 - 2 May
2014 Shawn A-in-chut Atleo
(b. 1967)
(Ahousaht Nation, British
Columbia)
7 May 2014 - 10 Dec 2014 Ghislain Picard
(interim) (b. 1955)
(Innus [Montagnais] de Pessamit, Quebec)
10 Dec 2014 - 8 Jul 2021
Perry
Bellegarde
(b. 1962)
(Little
Black Bear Cree, Saskatchewan)
8 Jul 2021 -
RoseAnne Archibald
(f) (b. 1967?)
(Taykwa Tagamou Nation, Ontario)
(suspended 17 Jun - 5 Jul 2022)
Alberta
Alexander
![[Alexander First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-alexander.png "[Alexander First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1879 Signed the Treaty No. 6 of 1876 (Alexander).
Chiefs
1879 - af.1905 Alexander (Kipohtakaw)
af.1905 - bf.1982 ....
bf.1982 - af.1987 J. Stanley Arcand (1st time)
bf.1988 - af.1990 Allan Paul (1st time)
bf.1991 - 1999 J. Stanley Arcand (2nd time)
1999 – 2005 Victoria Arcand (f)
2005 – 2008 Raymond Arcand
2008 – 2011 Allan Paul
2011 - 2014 Herbert R. Arcand
2014 - 2020 Kurt Burnstick
2020 - George Arcand
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
![[Alexis Nakota Sioux
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-alexis.PNG "[Alexis Nakota Sioux
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1877 Signed the Treaty No. 6 of 1876 (Alexis).
1891 – 1914 Renamed Joseph.
2005 Renamed Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.
2008 Casino opened.
Chiefs
1877 – 1890 Alexis
(Stoney name: Aranaji "Stands on the Hill";
Cree name: Keeskeecheechi)
1891 – 1910 Joseph (Soosay)
1910 – 1914 Vacant
1914 – 1927 Francois Alexis
1927 – 1930 Vacant
1930 – 1950 Joseph Alexis
1951 – 1959 Joe Alexis
1960 – 1964 Alexander Alexis
1964 – 1965 Anthony Potts
1965 – 1966 Moses Kootenay (1st time)
1966 – 1968 Willie Lefthand
1968 – 1970 Moses Kootenay (2nd time)
1970 – 1971 Johnny Alexis
1971 – 1976 Howard D. Mustus (1st time)
1976 – 1980 Thomas Potts
1980 – 1996 Howard D. Mustus (2nd time)
1996 – 1998 Roderick Alexis (1st time)
1998 – 2002 Francis Alexis
2002 – 2006 Roderick Alexis (2nd time)
2006 – 2013 Cameron Alexis
2013 - Clayton T. Alexis
Athabasca Chipewyan
![[Athabasca Chipewyan
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-chpwy.gif "[Athabasca Chipewyan
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1899 Signed the Treaty No. 8 (Fort Chipewyan).
1932 – 1967 Athabaska Indian Agency established.
1992/96 Renamed Athabasca Chipewyan.
Chiefs
1899 – 1921 Alexandre Laviolette (b. 1867 - d. 1921)
1921 – 1952 Jonas Laviolette (b. 1879 - d. 1952)
1952 – 1956 Benjamin Marcel
1956 – 1983 A. Fredolin Marcel
1983 – 1987 Archie Cyprien (1st time)
1987 – 1991 Patrice Marcel
1991 – 1995 Joseph T. Mercredi
1995 – 2007 Archie Cyprien (2nd time)
2007 - Allan B. Adam
Beaver
![[Beaver First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-beavr.gif "[Beaver First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1900 Signed the Treaty No. 8 of 1899 (Beaver of Fort Vermilion).
c.1928 Renamed Boyer River.
1992 Renamed Beaver.
Chiefs
1900 - af.1910 Ambrose Tete-Noire
af.1910 - bf.1982 ....
bf.1982 - 1999 Harvey R. Bulldog
1999 - 2005 Barbara Wendt (f)
2005 - 2008 Henry Kidney (1st time)
2008 - 2011 Lorne Bulldog
2011 - 2013 Henry Kidney (2nd time)
2013 - 2020 Trevor L. Mercredi
2020 - Gary Kipling
Beaver Lake Cree Nation
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Lake Cree Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-beaver-lake.gif "[Beaver Lake Cree Nation (Alberta,
Canada)]")
Current Flag1879 Beaver Lake separated from Lac La Biche.
1911 Lac La Biche dissolved, partly merged into Beaver Lake.
2002 Renamed Beaver Lake Cree Nation.
Chiefs of Lac La Biche
1876 – 1885 Francois Desjarlais (Peayasis)(b. 1824 - d. 1899)
1885 – 1911 Vacant
Chiefs of Beaver Lake
bf.1883 – 1885 Kaquanum (headman)
1885 – af.1914 Vacant
1965 – 1969 Lillian Pruden (f)
1969 – 1970 Lawrence Mountain
1970 – af.1992 Alphonse Lameman (1st time)
bf.1996 - 1997 Emile Cardinal
1997 – 199. Alphonse Lameman (2nd time)
c.1999 Rosaire R. Bugle
bf.2001 - 2011 Alphonse Lameman (3rd time)
2011 - 2015 Henry Gladue
2015 - Germaine A. Anderson (f)
Bigstone Cree Nation
![[Bigstone Cree Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-bcree.gif "[Bigstone Cree Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1899 Signed the Treaty No. 8 (Wabasca).
1982 Renamed Bigstone Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1899 - 1946 Joseph Bigstone (Kapusekonew) (d. 1946)
1947 - 1962 Maxime Beauregard (d. 1962)
1962 Tommy Auger
1962 - 1964 Samson Beaver
1964 - 1976 Sammy Young
1976 - 1978 Alphonse Auger
1978 - 1980 Leonard Young
1980 - 1984 William Beaver
1984 - 1988 Mike Beaver
1988 - 1990 Charles G. Beaver (b. 1955)
1990 - 1992 Eric G. Alook
1992 - 1996 Gordon T. Auger (1st time)
1996 - 2000 Russell M. Beaver
2000 - 2004 Gordon T. Auger (2nd time)
2004 - 2008 Francis G. Gladue
2008 - 2012 Gordon T. Auger (3rd time)
2012 - 2014 Romeo R. Cardinal
2014 - 2018 Gordon T. Auger (4th time)
2018 - Silas Yellowknee
Blood
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Tribe possible former flag (Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-blood0.gif "[Blood Tribe possible
former flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
Possible Former Flag![[Blood tribe
(Alberta, Canada) flag]](ca-ab-xbt.png "[Blood tribe
(Alberta, Canada) flag]")
Current Flagc.1750
Part of the Blackfoot
confederacy (see under Siksika).
1877
Signed the
Treaty No. 7 (Blood), to 1915 divided into two+
divisions.
1880 – 1969
Blood (to 1884, Fort McLeod)
Indian Agency established.
1847/49 – 1869 Piiyinakoyiima "Seen From (b. c.1809 – d. 1869)
Afar"
1869 - 1870 Kyaiyosiksina "Black Bear" (d. 1870)
1870 - 1900 Mekiaisto "Red Crow" (b. 1830 - d. 1900)
1900 - 1913 Makoyopistooki "Crop Eared (b. 1846 - d. 1913)
Wolf"
1913 - 1915 "Shot Both Sides" (b. 1873 - d. 1956)
Head chiefs of the Northern Blood
c.1842 - 1865/68 Stamikosaki "Bull Back Fat" (d. 1865/68)
1865/68 - 1877 Manistoko "Father of Many (d. 1884)
Children"
1877 - 1878 Sotaiina "Rainy Chief" (b. c.1809 – d. 1878)
1878 - 1882 Aatsistamahka "Running Rabbit"(d. af.1900)
1883 "Calf Tail" (d. 1883)
1883 - 1889 Onistaipoka "White Calf" (d. 1897)
(not recognized by Canada)
1889 - 1907 "Day Chief" ("Thunder Chief") (b. c.1844 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1915 "Weasel Horse" (b. c.1843 – d. 1915)
("Blackfoot Old Woman")
Head chiefs
1915 - 1956 "Shot Both Sides" (s.a.)
1956 - 1964 Jim Shot Both Sides (d. 1980)
Chiefs
1964 - 1966 Rufus Goodstriker
1966 - 1980 Jim Shot Both Sides (s.a.)
1980 - 29 Nov 1992 Roy Fox (1st time)
29 Nov 1992 - Mar 1993 Harley Frank (1st time)
Mar 1993 - 22 Mar 1993 Randy Bottle (interim)
22 Mar 1993 - 30 Jun 1993 Harley Frank (2nd time)
30 Jun 1993 - 1996 Roy Fox (2nd time)
1996 - 2004 Christopher Shade
2004 - 2016 Charles Weasel Head
2016 - Roy Fox (3rd time)
Chipewyan Prairie
![[Chipewyan Prairie First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-chppr.gif "[Chipewyan Prairie
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1923 Separated from Fort McMurray, under the Treaty No. 8 (Janvier).
1992/96 Renamed Chipewyan Prairie.
Chiefs
1923 - 19.. ....
bf.1982 - 1985 Archie Janvier
1985 - af.1991 Walter B. Janvier (1st time)
c.1992 Fred Black
bf.1996 - 2007 Walter B. Janvier (2nd time)
2007 - Vern J. Janvier
Cold Lake
![[Cold Lake
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-clden.gif "[Cold Lake First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1876 Signed the Treaty No. 6 (Cold Lake).
2007 Casino opened.
Chiefs
1876 – 1882 Matthias Janvier (d. 1882)
(Chipewyan name: Uldahi; Cree name: Kenoseyo)
1882 – 1913 Vacant
1913 – 1917 Alexis Janvier
1917 – 1919 Vacant
1919 – 1930 Alphonse Thomas
1930 – 1947 Harry Janvier (1st time)
1948 – 1949 Charles Minoose
1949 – 1953 Charles Blackman (1st time)
1954 – 1956 Abraham Skani
1956 – 1958 Harry Janvier (2nd time)
1958 – 1959 Charles Blackman (2nd time)
1959 – 1960 Simon Martin
1960 – 1962 Pierre Metchewais
1962 – 1964 Louis B. Janvier
1964 – 1966 Elaire Janvier
1966 – 1967 Ovide Jacko
1967 – 1968 Dominic Skani
1968 – 1970 Alfred Nadabelle
1970 – 1975 Ralph Blackman (1st time)
1975 – 1976 Norman Scanie
1976 – 1978 Leo Janvier
1978 – 1979 Maynard Metchewais (1st time)
1979 – 1980 Marcel Piche (1st time)
1980 – 1982 Ralph Blackman (2nd time)
1982 – 1984 Marcel Piche (2nd time)
1984 – 1985 Maynard Metchewais (2nd time)
1985 – 1986 Alex Charland (acting)
1986 – 1988 Francis Scanie (1st time)
1988 – 1990 Harvey Scanie
1990 – 1992 Baptiste Blackman
1992 – 1994 Mary A. Francois (f)
1994 – 1999 Francis Scanie (2nd time)
1999 – 2005 Joyce Metchewais (f)
2005 – 2008 Dwayne Nest
2008 – 2010 Walter S. Janvier
2010 – 2013 Cecil Janvier
2013 - 2019 Bernice Martial (f)
2019 - Roger Marten
Dene Tha'
![[Dene Tha' First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-denet.gif "[Dene Tha' First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1900 Signed the Treaty No.8 of 1899 (Slaveys of the Upper Hay River).
1982 Renamed Dene Tha'.
Chiefs
1900 – 19.. Alexis Tatatechay
c.1910 Francois Tchatee (Chateh)
19.. – 19.. Zama (Zamba)
19.. – 1938 Talley
1938 – 1993 Harry G. Chonkolay (b. 1909 – d. 1998)
1993 – 2001 James Ahnassay (1st time)
2001 – 2005 Stephen Didzena
2005 – 2013 James Ahnassay (2nd time)
2013 - 2017 Joe Pastion
2017 - James Ahnassay (3rd time)
Driftpile Cree Nation
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![[Driftpile
First Nation former flag (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-dcree.gif "[Driftpile First Nation former flag
(Alberta, Canada)]")
Former Flag![[Driftpile Cree
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-dcree2.gif "[Driftpile
Cree Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
Current Flag1908 – 1974 Lesser Slave Lake Indian Agency established.
1910 Renamed Driftpile.
2017 Renamed Driftpile Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1899 - 1918 Andrew Willier (Kinosew) (d. 1918)
1918 - 1936 Felix Willier (d. 1936)
c.1955 A. Giroux
bf.1982 - af.1987 James Giroux (1st time)
c.1988 Eugene Laboucan (1st time)
bf.1989 - af.1990 Clifford J. Freeman (1st time)
bf.1991 - 1996 Eugene Laboucan (2nd time)
1996 - 1998 Clifford J. Freeman (2nd time)
1998 - 2000 James Giroux (2nd time)
2000 - 2002 Thomas Bellerose
2002 - 2014 Rose C. Laboucan (f)
2014 - 2016 Dean M. Giroux
2016 - Dwayne Laboucan
Duncan's
![[Duncan's First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-duncn.gif "[Duncan's First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1899 Signed the Treaty No. 8 (Peace River Landing).
c.1910 Renamed Duncan's.
Chiefs
1899 - 1918 Duncan Testawits (headman) (b. c.1848 - d. 1918)
c.1928 Joseph Testawits (headman)
c.1982 Francis E. Lawrence
c.1987 Irwin Knott (1st time)
bf.1988 - af.1989 R.S. Testawitch
bf.1990 - af.1992 Donald J. Testawitch (1st time)
bf.1994 - 1995 Irwin Knott
1995 - 1999 Donald J. Testawich (1st time)
1999 - 2001 Patti Nooskey (f)
2001 - 2016 Donald J. Testawich (2nd time)
2016 - Virginia M. Gladue (f)
Enoch Cree Nation
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![[Enoch Cree
Nation possible former flag (Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-enoch-old.png "[Enoch Cree Nation possible
former flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
![[Enoch Cree
Nation flag (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-enocr.gif "[Enoch
Cree Nation flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
1877 – 1967 Edmonton Indian Agency established.
1882 Lapotac (in 1884 renamed Enoch) separated from Papaschase.
1888 Papaschase dissolved, partly merged into Enoch.
1993/96 Renamed Enoch Cree Nation.
2006 Casino opened.
Chiefs of Papaschase
1877 – 1886 John Gladu-Quinn (Papaschase) (b. 1838 – d. 1921)
1886 – 1888 Band Council (3 headmen)
Chiefs of Enoch (to 1884, Lapotac)
1882 – 1883 Tommy Lapotac (b. 1842 - d. 1883)
1884 – 1891 Enoch Lapotac (b. 1859 - d. 1891)
1891 – 1896 Band Council (4 headmen)
1896 – 1905 Mistatim "Mr. Jim"
(headman to 1899)
1905 – 1908 Vacant
1908 – 1913 Joseph Louis Ward (b. 1879 – d. 19..)
1913 – 1916 Alexis C. Morin (1st time) (b. 1870 – d. 19..)
1916 – 1920 Vacant
1920 – 1937 Alexis C. Morin (2nd time) (s.a.)
1937 – 1954 James Peacock (b. 1882 – d. 1958)
1954 – 1961 William Morin (1st time) (b. 1896 – d. 1970)
1961 – 1963 Alex Peacock (1st time) (b. 1924 – d. 2007)
1963 – 1965 William Morin (2nd time) (s.a.)
1965 – 1969 Alex Peacock (2nd time) (s.a.)
1969 – 1977 Raymond F. Cardinal (1st time)(b. 1935 – d. 2009)
1977 – 1979 James Brule (b. 1947)
1979 – 1981 Raymond F. Cardinal (2nd time)(s.a.)
1981 – 1985 Jerome A. Morin (1st time) (b. 1948)
1985 – 1987 Raymond F. Cardinal (3rd time)(s.a.)
1987 – 1989 Howard Peacock (1st time) (b. 1947)
1989 – 1990 Jerome A. Morin (2nd time) (s.a.)
1990 – 1991 Robert Sharphead (acting) (b. 1947 – d. 2003)
1991 – 1995 Howard Peacock (2nd time) (s.a.)
1995 – 1999 Ronald V. Morin (1st time) (b. 1964)
1999 Clark Peacock (b. 1954)
1999 – 2000 Ronald V. Morin (2nd time) (s.a.)
2000 – 2003 Lorne Morin (b. 1958)
2003 – 2009 Ronald V. Morin (3rd time) (s.a.)
2009 – 2011 Harry Sharphead (b. 1969)
2011 - 2015 Ronald V. Morin (4th time) (s.a.)
2015 - William A. Morin (b. 1987)
Ermineskin
![[Ermineskin First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-ermsk.gif "[Ermineskin First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1879 Separated from Bobtail (see Samson), under the Treaty
No. 6 (Ermineskin).
Chiefs
1879 – 1929 Jean-Baptiste Piche (b. 1831 – d. 1929)
(Sikosew-inew "Ermine Skin")
1929 - c.1971 ....
c.1971 Morris Wolfe
c.1982 Lawrence N. Wildcat
bf.1987 - af.1988 Arthur M. Littlechild
bf.1989 - 1990 Eddie Littlechild
1990 – 1996 John Ermineskin
1996 – 2002 Gerald R. Ermineskin (1st time)
2002 – 2005 George L. Minde (1st time)
2005 – 2006 Gerald R. Ermineskin (2nd time)
(acting)
2006 – 2008 George L. Minde (2nd time)
2008 – 2011 Gerald R. Ermineskin (3rd time)
2011 - 2014 Craig Makinaw (1st time)
2014 - 2017 Randy Ermineskin (1st time)
2017 - 2020 Craig Makinaw (2nd time)
2020 - Randy Ermineskin (2nd time)
Fort McKay
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McKay First Nation former flag (Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-ftmck.gif "[Fort McKay First Nation
former flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
![[Fort McKay
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-ftmck1.gif "[Fort
McKay First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
Chiefs
1942 - c. 1982 ....
c.1982 Dorothy M. McDonald (f) (1st time)
bf.1987 - af.1990 Jim L. Boucher (1st time)
c.1991 Dorothy M. McDonald (f) (2nd time)
bf.1992 - 1996 Mel Grandjamb (1st time)
1996 - 2019 Jim L. Boucher
2019 - Mel Grandjamb (2nd time)
Fort McMurray
![[Fort McMurray First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-ftmcm.gif "[Fort McMurray
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1900 Signed the Treaty No. 8 of 1899 (Fort McMurray).
1924 – 1932 Fort McMurray Indian Agency established.
Chiefs
1900 - 19.. Adam Boucher (headman)
c.1914 Vacant
bf.1982 - af.1990 Robert Cree
bf.1991 - 2002 Bernice Cree (f)
2002 – 2005 Michael Cheecham
2005 - 2011 Albert J. Cree
2011 - Ronald A. Kreuzter
Frog Lake
![[Frog Lake First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-frog-lake.PNG "[Frog Lake First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1876 Signed the Treaty No. 6 (Unipouheos).
1914 Renamed Frog Lake.
Chiefs
1876 – 18.. Cascakiswes "Head Held Back"
bf.1882 - 1885 Onipawihew "Makes Him Stand"
1885 – 1914 Vacant
1914 – 1930 Napayo
1931 – 1952 John Horse
1953 – 1955 Thomas Quinney
1955 – 1957 Alex Waskahat (1st time)
1957 – 1959 Phileon Stanley
1959 Alex Waskahat (2nd time)
1959 – 1961 Fred Horse (1st time)
1961 – 1965 Alex Waskahat (3rd time)
1965 – 1965 John B. Stanley
1967 – 1969 Fred Horse (2nd time)
1969 – 1971 Alex Waskahat (4th time)
1971 – 1972 Sam Waskahat (1st time)
1972 – 1973 Fred Fiddler (1st time)
1973 – 1975 Sam Waskahat (2nd time)
1975 – 1977 Lawrence Quinney
1977 – 1979 Fred Fiddler (2nd time)
1979 – 1983 Sam Waskahat (3rd time)
1983 – 1987 Raymond Quinney (1st time)
1987 Thomas Abraham
1987 – 1989 Raymond Quinney (2nd time)
1989 – 1995 E. Thomas Abraham (1st time)
1995 – 1997 George L. Fryingpan
1997 – 1999 Raymond Quinney (3rd time)
1999 – 2001 E. Thomas Abraham (2nd time)
2001 – 2005 Raymond Quinney (4th time)
2005 – 2007 Roland Quinney
2007 – 2009 George Stanley
2009 - 2019 Clifford L. Stanley
2019 - Gregory Desjarlais
Heart Lake
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First Nation former flag (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-hrtlk2.gif "[Heart Lake First Nation former flag
(Alberta, Canada)]")
![[Heart
Lake First Nation (Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-hrtlk.gif "[Heart Lake
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
Chiefs
1882 – 1886 Antoine (headman)
1886 – af.1899 Fabian (headman)
c.1914 .... (headman)
1964 – 1986 Eugene Monias (1st time)
1986 Peter Francis
1986 – 1997 Eugene Monias (2nd time)
1997 - 2018 Maurice D. Monias
2018 - Curtis Monias
Horse Lake
![[Horse Lake First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-hrslk.gif "[Horse Lake First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1899 Signed the Treaty No. 8 (Beaver of Dunvegan).
c.1964 Renamed Horse Lake.
Chiefs
1899 - 1900 Natoosis (headman)
1900 - 1924 Nipee (d. 1924)
1924 - 1940 Pierre Lowe (Pelee) (d. 1940)
c.1952 Ernest Horseman
c.1972 Alfred Chaterlaine
bf.1982 - af.1987 James Horseman
bf.1988 - af.1992 D. Robert Horseman (1st time)
bf.1996 - 1997 Robert E. Horseman
1997 - 2001 D. Robert Horseman (2nd time)
2001 - 2009 Dion Horseman
2009 - 2013 Richard Horseman
2013 - 2017 Eugene Horseman
2017 - Ramona E. Horseman (f)
Kapawe'no
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First Nation
former flag
(Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-kapaw.gif "[Kapawe'no
First Nation
former flag
(Alberta,
Canada)]")
![[Kapawe'no First Nation
flag (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-kapaw2.gif "[Kapawe'no First Nation
flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
1992/96 Renamed Kapawe'no.
Chiefs
1965 – 1970 Halcrow
1970 - 2020 Frank Thomas Halcrow (b. 1943 - d. 2020)
2020 - Sydney L. Halcrow
Kehewin Cree Nation
![[Kehewin Cree Nation (Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-kehewin.PNG "[Kehewin Cree Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1876 Signed the Treaty No. 6 (Kehewin).
1992 Renamed Long Lake Cree Nation.
1995/96 Renamed Kehewin Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1876 – 1885 John (Kehewin "The Eagle") (d. 1887)
1885 – 1913 Vacant
1913 – 1921 J.B. John
1921 – 1973 ....
1973 – 1975 Theresa Gadwa (f)
1975 – 1979 Joseph F. Dion (b. 1948)
1979 – 1997 Gordon Gadwa (b. 1945)
1997 – 2001 J. Eric Gadwa (1st time)
2001 – 2005 Gordon John
2005 – 2008 J. Eric Gadwa (2nd time)
2008 – 2011 Ernest Gadwa
2011 - 2015 J. Eric Gadwa (3rd time)
2015 - 2018 Brenda Joly (f)
(from 2017, Brenda Vanguard)
2018 - 2021 Vernon Watchmaker
2021 - Trevor John
Little Red River Cree Nation
![[Little Red River Cree
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-lrrcr.gif "[Little Red River Cree
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1930 Separated from Tallcree, under the Treaty No. 8 (Little Red River).
1992 Renamed Little Red River Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1930 - af.1961 Jean-Baptiste Sewepagaham (b. 1878 – d. 1965)
1980 - 2003 Alec J. Sewepagaham
2003 - 2007 Floyd Noskiye
2007 - 2011 Gus Loonskin (1st time)
2011 - 2015 Leslie J. Laboucan
2015 - 2018 Gus Loonskin (2nd time)
2018 - Conroy Sewepagaham
Loon River Cree
![[Loon
River Cree
(Alberta,Canada)]](xa-loonr.gif "[Loon
River Cree
(Alberta,Canada)]")
1992 Separated from Lubicon Lake, under the Treaty No. 8
(Loon River Cree).
Chiefs
1992 - 2001 Paddy Noskey
2001 - 2004 Jerry Noskey
2004 - 2016 Arthur Noskey
2016 - 2019 Bernadette Noskey (f)
(from 2017, Bernadette Sharpe)
2019 - Ivan Sawan
Louis Bull
![[Louis Bull First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](ca-louis-bull.PNG "[Louis Bull First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1879 Separated from Bobtail (see Samson), under the
Treaty No. 6 (Muddy Bull).
1886 Renamed Louis Bull.
Chiefs
1879 – 1886 Noah Muddy Bull (headman) (d. 1886)
1886 - af.1910 Louis Bull (headman to 1909)
c.1914 Tom Bull (headman)
c.1950 Francis Bull
c.1982 Peter Bull
bf.1987 - af.1991 Simon Threefingers (1st time)
c.1992 Herman Roasting
bf.1996 - 1998 Jonathan Bull
1998 - 2001 Helen Bull (f)
2001 - 2007 Simon Threefingers (2nd time)
2007 – 2010 Wayne Moonias
2010 - 2016 Russel Threefingers
2016 - Irvin Bull
Lubicon Lake
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First Nation
opposition flag
under Ominayak
(Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-lublk.gif "[Lubicon
Lake First Nation
opposition flag
under Ominayak
(Alberta,
Canada)]")
Opposition Flag![[Lubicon
Lake First Nation - Canada Recognized Council
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-lubicon-lake.png "[Lubicon Lake First
Nation - Canada Recognized Council (Alberta,
Canada)]")
(Lubicon Lake); no reserve established as of 2017.
Chiefs
1940 – 19.. Joseph Laboucan
1970/73 - 1978 Walter Whitehead
1978 - 2013 Bernard A. Ominayak (b. 1950)
(from 2013, continues in opposition)
2013 - Billy J. Laboucan
Mikisew Cree Nation
![[Mikisew Cree Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](ca-mikisew-cree.png "[Mikisew Cree Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1899 Signed the Treaty No. 8 (Fort Chipewyan Cree).
1992 Renamed Mikisew Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1899 - 1909 Justin Martin (Mikisew) (b. c.1833 - d. 1909)
1909 - 1930 Justin Martin, Jr. (b. 1860 – d. 1930)
1930 - 1941 Felix P. Whitehead (d. 1941)
1942 - 1968 John Cowie
1968 - 1970 Ernest Courtoreille
1970 - 1974 Albert Gladue (1st time)
1974 - 1976 John J. Courtoreille
1976 Archie Waquan (1st time)
1976 - 1977 Sammy Tuccaro
1977 Cecilia Simpson (f) (interim)
1977 - 1978 Albert Gladue (2nd time)
1978 - 1979 Lawrence Courtoreille (1st time)
1979 - 1980 Lloyd J. Antoine
1980 - 1984 Lawrence Courtoreille (2nd time)
1984 - 1986 Archie Waquan (2nd time)
1986 - 1989 Rita Marten (f)
1989 - 1990 Matthew Lepine
1990 - 1993 Archie Waquan (3rd time)
1993 - 1996 Lawrence Vermillion
1996 - 1999 Archie Waquan (4th time)
1999 Mary Simpson (f) (acting)
1999 - 2002 George Poitras
2002 - 2005 Archie Waquan (5th time)
2005 - 2011 Roxanne D. Marcel (f)
2011 - 2017 Steve G. Courtoreille
2017 - 2020 Archie Waquan (6th time)
2020 - Peter Powder
Montana
1898 A band organized under the Treaty No.6 of 1876 (Montana)
from the Cree Indians, who had returned to Canada
after fleeing to the U.S. in 1885.
Chiefs
1898 – af.1914 Vacant
af.1914 - c.1975 ....
c.1975 Lillian Potts (f)
bf.1978 - af.1982 Leo Cattleman (1st time)
bf.1986 - 1989 Melvin Potts
1989 – 1999 Leo Cattleman (2nd time)
1999 – 2002 Darrell Strongman (1st time)
2002 – 2005 Leo Cattleman (3rd time)
2005 – 2008 Carl Rabbit
2008 – 2011 Carolyn Buffalo (f)
2011 - 2014 Bradley Rabbit
2014 - 2017 Darrell Strongman (2nd time)
2017 - Leonard Standing On The Road
O'Chiese
![[O'Chiese First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-ochiese.png "[O'Chiese First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1950 Adhesion to the Treaty No. 6 of 1876 (O'Chiese).
Chiefs
1950 – 19.. George Daychief
bf.1982 - af.1988 Theresa Strawberry (f)
c.1989 George Strawberry
bf.1990 - af.1992 Caroline Beaver Bones (f)
bf.1995 - 1998 Alice Strawberry (f)
1998 – 2002 Danny Bradshaw
2002 - 2019 Darren Whitford
2019 - Ray D. Beaverbones
Paul
![[Paul First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-paul2.gif "[Paul First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1877 Signed the Treaty No. 6 of 1876 (Sharphead).
1898 Renamed Paul.
Chiefs
1877 - 1888 Cheepostequan "Sharphead"
(1st time)
1888 - 1890 George Bear
1890 - 1897 Cheepostequan "Sharphead"
(2nd time)
1898 - 1901 Paul Firebag (1st time) (d. 1920)
1901 - 1906 Band Council (2-3 headmen)
1906 - 1911 David S. Bird (d. 1911)
1911 - 1915 Joseph Michel
1915 - 1920 Paul Firebag (2nd time) (s.a.)
1920 - 1922 John House
1922 - 1929 Vacant
1929 - 1930 David Peter
1930 - 1934 Vacant
1934 - 1935 Peter Burnstick
1935 - 1938 Vacant
1938 - 1946 Enoch Bird
1946 - 1948 Alex House
1948 - 1952 Joseph House (1st time)
1952 - 1955 David Bird
1955 - 1956 Joseph House (2nd time)
1956 - 1958 John Paul
1958 - 1960 Jacob Rain
1960 - 1966 Samuel Bird (1st time)
1966 - 1968 Willie Rain (1st time)
1968 - 1978 Samuel Bird (2nd time)
1978 – 1982 Myles A. House
1982 - 1984 Edwin Burnstick
1984 - 1986 Enoch Bird (1st time)
1986 - 1988 Willie Rain (2nd time)
1988 - 198. Enoch Bird (2nd time)
bf.1989 - af.1992 Walter Rain
bf.1995 - 1996 Rema Rain (1st time)
1996 - 2000 Wilson S. Bearhead
2000 - 2002 Rema Rain (2nd time)
2002 - 2004 Francis Bull
2004 - 2010 Daniel Paul
2010 - 2016 Casey G. Bird
2016 - Arthur Rain
Peerless Trout
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(Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-peerless.png "[Peerless
Trout First
Nation former
flag (Alberta,
Canada)]")
Former Flag![[Peerless
Trout First Nation flag (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-peerl2.gif "[Peerless Trout First Nation flag
(Alberta, Canada)]")
(Peerless Trout); no reserve established as of 2017.
Chiefs
2010 – 2018 James Alook
2018 - Gladys Okemow (f)
Piikani Nation
![[Piikani
Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-Piikani.png "[Piikani
Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]")
c.1750 Part of the Blackfoot confederacy (see under Siksika).
1877 Northern Peigan (in Canada) signed the Treaty No. 7 (as Peigan),
Southern Peigan (in the U.S.) became Blackfeet.
1888 – 1966 Peigan Indian Agency established.
1996 Renamed Peigan Nation.
2002 Renamed Piikani Nation.
Head chiefs
bf.1847 - 1876 Stamiksotokani "Bull Head" (d. 1876)
(head chief of Northern Peigan)
1876 – 1886 Soatsitapitaupi "Eagle Tail (d. 1886)
Feathers"
1886 – 1890 "North Axe" (b. c.1849 - d. 1890)
1890 – 1901 Maistopita "Crow Eagle" (b. c.1833 – d. 1901)
1901 - af.1911 Siksapo "Black Plume" (b. 1858 – d. 19..)
1949 – 1963 John Yellow Horn (b. 1900 – d. 1983)
Chiefs
1964 – 1976 Maurice McDougall (b. 1906 – d. 1976)
1976 – 1982 Nelson Small Legs
1982 – 1989 Peter Yellowhorn
1989 – 1995 Leonard Bastien
1995 – 1997 Philip Big Swan
1997 – 2007 Peter Strikes With A Gun
2007 – 2011 Reg Crowshoe
2011 - 2015 Gayle M. Strikes With A Gun (f)
2015 - Stanley Grier
Saddle Lake Cree Nation
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![[Cree
Saddle Lake group (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-saddle-lake.PNG "[Cree Saddle Lake group (Alberta,
Canada)]")
![[Cree White
Fish Lake group (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-wflfn.gif "[Cree White Fish Lake group (Alberta,
Canada)]")
1876 Signed the Treaty No.6 (Little Hunter and James Seenum).
1884 – 1967 Saddle Lake (to 1887, Victoria) Indian Agency established.
1902 James Seenum (in c.1934 renamed White Fish Lake) merged
into Little Hunter (in 1902 renamed Saddle Lake), but each
group retains separate administration.
c.1982 – 1992/96 White Fish Lake group renamed Goodfish Lake.
2010 Renamed Saddle Lake Cree Nation.
Head chief of the Beaver Hills People
(Plains Cree and their Stoney allies in central and eastern part of Alberta)
bf.1870 - 1876 Onochi Minahowasis (b. c.1820 - d. 1882)
"Little Hunter"
Chiefs of Saddle Lake (to 1902, Little Hunter)
1876 - 1882 Onochi Minahowasis (s.a.)
"Little Hunter"
1882 - 1886 Vacant
1886 - 1896 Thomas Hunter (headman)
1896 - 1913 Vacant
bf.1924 - 1929 Thomas Makokis (b. 1870 – d. 19..)
1929 Louis Cardinal
1930 - 1943 Moses Ayiwakes
1943 - 1946 George Hunter
1946 - 1956 ....
1956 - 1960 Joseph P. Cardinal (1st time) (b. 1921 – d. 2003)
1960 - 1966 Julian Moses
1966 - 1969 Ralph Garvin Steinhauer (b. 1905 – d. 1987)
1969 - 1972 Horace Jackson
1972 - 1975 Joseph P. Cardinal (2nd time) (s.a.)
1975 - 1980 Eugene Steinhauer (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 1995)
1980 - 1981 Charles E. Wood
1981 - 1984 Henry B. Quinney
1984 - 1985 Eugene Steinhauer (2nd time) (s.a.)
1985 - 1987 Eugene Houle (b. 1949 - d. 2012)
1987 - 1989 Eugene Steinhauer (3rd time) (s.a.)
1989 - 1992 Carl Quinn
1992 - 1995 Eric J. Large (b. 1945)
1995 - 1998 Shirley M. Steinhauer (f)
1998 - 2001 John Shirt
2001 - 2013 Eddy Makokis (1st time)
2013 - 2016 Leonard Jackson
2016 - 2019 Eddy Makokis (2nd time)
2019 - Eric Shirt
Chiefs of White Fish Lake (to c.1934, James Seenum, c.1982-1992/96 Goodfish Lake)
1876 – 1917 James Seenum (b. 1842 - d. 1917)
(Pakan "Hard Nut")
c.1932? Edward Seenum
c.1982 Harry Sparklingeyes
c.1985 Sam Bull (d. 1996)
198. - 1987 Morris H. Jackson
1987 - af.1990 Ernest Houle
bf.1991 - af.1992 Allen Houle (1st time)
af.1992 - 1996 ....
1996 - 1999 Allen Houle (2nd time)
1999 - 2002 Alan J. Makokis
2002 - 2008 Leonard Thomas Houle (1st time)
2008 - 2014 James Jackson
2014 - 2017 Brian Favel
2017 - 2021 Leonard Thomas Houle (2nd time)
2021 - Stan Houle
Samson
![[Samson
Cree (Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-samson.gif "[Samson
Cree (Alberta,
Canada)]")
1877 Signed the Treaty No. 6 of 1876 (Bobtail).
1879 Samson separated from Bobtail.
1884 – 1967 Hobbema (to 1892, Peace Hills) Indian Agency established.
1886 Bobtail dissolved, partly merged into Samson.
Chief of Bobtail
1877 – 1886 Alexis Piche (b. 1829 – d. 1900)
(Kiskiyew "Bobtail")
Chiefs of Samson
1879 – 1898 Samson (Kanatakasew) (d. 1898)
1899 – 1942 Joseph Samson
1942 – 1952 James Crane
1953 – 1955 Baptiste Saddleback
1955 – 1957 John S. Samson (1st time)
1957 – 1959 Felix Buffalo (1st time)
1959 – 1961 John S. Samson (2nd time)
1961 – 1963 Felix Buffalo (2nd time)
1963 – 1965 Harry Rain
1965 – 1969 Jacob L. Samson
1969 – 1973 Norman Yellowbird
1973 – 1975 Arthur Potts
1975 – 1979 Frank Buffalo
1979 – 1981 Jim Omeasoo (1st time)
1981 – 1983 Victor S. Buffalo (1st time)
1983 – 1989 Jim Omeasoo (2nd time)
1989 – 1993 Victor S. Buffalo (2nd time)
1993 – 1996 Terry Buffalo
1996 – 1999 Florence Buffalo (f)
1999 – 2002 Lena Cutknife (f)
2002 – 2008 Victor S. Buffalo (3rd time)
2008 - 2014 Marvin Yellowbird
2014 - 2017 Kurt Buffalo
2017 - Vernon J. Saddleback
Sawridge
![[Sawridge
First Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-sawri.gif "[Sawridge
First Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]")
1910 Separated from Driftpile, under the Treaty No. 8 (Sawridge).
Chiefs (to 1936, Headmen)
1910 - 1966 ....
1966 - 1997 Walter P. Twinn (b. 1934 – d. 1997)
1997 - 2002 Bertha L'Hirondelle-Twin (f)
2002 - Roland Twinn
Siksika
![[Siksika Nation (Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-siksika.png "[Siksika Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
c.1750
Part of the Blackfoot
confederacy (in the Blackfoot: Niitsitapi),
which included Blood, Blackfoot, Peigan (now Piikani [in Canada]
and Blackfeet [in the U.S.]), Sarcee
(now Tsuut'ina) and Gros
Ventre (withdrew in 1866; now Fort Belknap [in the
U.S.]) tribes.
1855 - 1872
The confederacy (referred to
as the Blackfoot Nation) under the
U.S. protection (actually not involving Blackfoot
and Sarcee
tribes).
1877
Signed the
Treaty No. 7 (Blackfoot), to 1911 divided into two
(occasionally three)
divisions.
1884 - 1969
Blackfoot Indian Agency established.
1990
Renamed Siksika Nation.
Head chiefs of the Southern Blackfoot
bf.1850 – c.1860
Akawmahkaii "Old Swan"
(d. c.1860)
c.1860 – 1872
Akamahkaii "Big Swan"
(d. 1872)
1872 - 1890
Isapoomahksika "Crowfoot"
(b. 1830 - d. 1890)
(considered by Canada as the
supreme chief of the confederacy)
1890 – 1892
Niuokskastami "Three
Bulls" (d. 1892)
1892 – 1911
Aatsistamahka "Running
Rabbit"(b. c.1833 – d. 1911)
Head chiefs of the Northern Blackfoot
bf.1854 - 1860
Natosapi "Old Sun I"
(d. 1860)
1860 – 1897
Natosapi "Old Sun II"
(b. c.1819 – d. 1897)
1897 – 1903
"White Pup"
(d. 1903)
1903 –
1911
Otahkomiota "Yellow Horse" (d. 1920)
Head chiefs
1911 – 1920
Otahkomiota
(s.a.)
1920
"Water Chief"
(d. af.1939)
1920 – 1948
"Duck Chief"
(b. 1864 – d. 1948)
1948 – 1953
....
Chiefs
1953 – 1957
Joseph Crowfoot
(b. 1892 – d. 1976)
1957 – 1967
Clarence McHugh (1st
time) (b. 1910 – d. 19..)
1967 – Oct
1968
Percy Yellow Fly
(b. 1928 – d. 2005)
Oct 1968 – Mar 1971
Adam Solway
(d. 1986)
Mar 1971 – Nov 1971
Clarence McHugh (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Nov 1971 – 1981
Leo Pretty Young Man (1st time)
1981 – 1983
Roy Little Chief
(b. 1938 - d. 2020)
1983 – 1987
Leo Pretty Young Man (2nd time)
1987 - 1995
Strater J. Crowfoot
(1st time)
1995 -
1997
Robert Ryan Breaker, Jr.
1997 – 2001
Darlene
Yellow Old Woman- (b. 1953)
Munro (f)
2001 – Nov 2003
Adrian Stimson, Sr. (1st time)
Nov 2003 – Nov 2005
Strater J. Crowfoot (2nd time)
Nov 2005 – Nov 2007
Adrian Stimson, Sr. (2nd time)
Nov 2007 – Nov
2010 Leroy
Good Eagle
(from 2009, Leroy Wolf Collar)
Nov 2010 – Nov
2013 Fred
Rabbit Carrier
Nov 2013 – Nov
2016 Vincent
Yellow Old Woman
Nov 2016 - Nov 2019
Joseph M. Weasel Child
Nov 2019
-
Ouray Crowfoot
![[Smith's Landing
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-smiths-landing.png "[Smith's Landing
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1998
Separated
from Salt River, under the Treaty No. 8
(Smith's Landing).
Chiefs
1998 - 2000
Jerry Paulette (1st time)
2000 - 2002
Fred Daniels (1st time)
2002 - 2007
Jerry Paulette (2nd time)
2007 - 2010
Fred Daniels (2nd time)
2010 - 2013
Cheyeanne Paulette
(b. 1980)
2013 - 2016
Andrew Wandering Spirit
2016 - 2017
Lorraine MacDonald (f)
2017 - 2019
John Tourangeau
2019
-
Gerry Cheezie
Stoney (Stoney Nakoda)
![[Stoney First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-Stoney-Nakoda.PNG "[Stoney First Nation
(Alberta, Canada)]")
1877
Signed the
Treaty No. 7 (Stoney), three constituent bands
administered separately.
1894 – 1969
Stony (from 1945, Stoney)
Indian Agency established.
1968
Joint
Band Council established.
1974 (2 months)
Frank Kaquitts becomes overall Stoney
chief.
2008
Casino opened.
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Nation - Bearspaw Band Former Flag (Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-bpfn1.gif "[Stoney First Nation -
Bearspaw Band Former Flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
Bearspaw
Band Former Flag![[Stoney First
Nation - Bearspaw Band Flag (Alberta,
Canada)]](xa-bpfn2.gif "[Stoney First Nation -
Bearspaw Band Flag (Alberta, Canada)]")
Bearspaw
Band FlagChiefs of Bearspaw Band
1877 -
1903
Jacob Bearspaw
(b. c.1837 - d. 1903)
(Stoney name: Ozija Thiha, Cree name: Maskwaahsid)
1903 – 1912
Moses
Bearspaw
(b. c.1855 - d.
1912)
1912 -
1916
George
MacLean
(b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1917 -
1956
David Bearspaw
(b. 1865 – d. 1956)
1956 – af.1957
John
Bearspaw
(b. c.1885 –
d. 19..)
1961 -
1963
Frank
Kaquitts
(b. 1925 - d. 2002)
1963 -
1966
Tom Two Young Men (1st time)
1966 -
1968
William "Bill" MacLean (b.
1920 - d. 2016)
(1st time)
1968 -
1971
Tom Two Young Men (2nd time)
1971 -
1973
William "Bill" MacLean
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1973 -
1975
....
1975 -
1978
William "Bill" MacLean (s.a.)
(3rd time)
1978 -
1984
Bill Ear
1984 -
1986
Una Wesley (f) (1st time)
1986 -
1988
Dandy Amos (1st time)
1988 – 1990
Una Wesley
(f) (2nd time)
1990 – 199.
Dandy Amos (2nd time)
bf.1991 - 1994
John Ear
1994 -
1996
Harvey Baptiste
1996 -
1998
Philomene Stephens (f)
1998 – Dec 2008
Darcy Lee Dixon (1st time)
Dec 2008 – Sep
2011 David
Bearspaw, Jr.
Sep 2011
-
Darcy Lee Dixon (2nd time)
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![[Stoney First
Nation - Chiniki Band (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-chfn2.gif "[Stoney First Nation - Chiniki Band
(Alberta, Canada)]")
Chiniki Band FlagChiefs of Chiniki Band
1877 -
1906
John Chiniki
(b. c.1834 - d.
1906)
1906 -
1911
Jonas Two Young Men
1912 -
1922
Tom Chiniki
1922 -
1933
Hector Crawler
(b. c.1852 - d. 1933)
1933 -
1960
Jacob Two Young Men
1960 -
1962
Daniel Wildman
1962 -
af.1966
George Labelle (1st time)
bf.1970 - af.1972
Frank Powderface (1st time)
1973 -
1975
Frank Kaquitts (1st time) (b.
1925 - d. 2002)
197. – 1976
Frank Powderface (2nd
time)
1976 -
1978
Alvin Two Young Men (1st time)
1978 - 1984
Frank Powderface (3rd time)
1984 -
1986
Frank Kaquitts (2nd time) (s.a.)
1986 -
1988
Alvin Two Young Men (2nd time)
1988 – af.1990
George Labelle (2nd time)
bf.1991 -
1996
Ken Soldier
1996 -
1998
Henry Holloway
1998 – Dec 2000
Paul Chiniquay
Dec 2000 – Dec 2005
Aaron Young (1st time)
Dec 2005 – Dec 2014
Bruce Labelle
Dec 2014 -
Aaron Young
(2nd time)
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![[Stoney First
Nation - Wesley Band (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-wefn.gif "[Stoney First Nation - Wesley Band
(Alberta, Canada)]")
Wesley Band FlagChiefs of Goodstoney (1903-2022 Wesley) Band
1877 -
1885
Jacob Goodstoney
(b. 182. – d. 1885)
(Stoney name: Toghapa, Cree name: Kichipwot)
1885 –
1903
Jonas Goodstoney
(d. 1903)
1903 -
1935
Peter Wesley
(d. 1935)
1935 -
1938
Amos Bigstoney
1938 – 19..
Moses Jimmy John
bf.1940 -
1949
Enos
Hunter
(b.
1883 - d. 1949)
1949 -
1955
Tom Snow
bf.1960 - af.1962
Isaac Two Young Men
(b. 1900 – d. 1965)
1967 -
1968
Tom Kaquitts
1968 -
1992
John Snow (1st
time)
(b. 1933 – d. 2006)
1992 -
1996
Ernest Wesley (1st time)
1996 – Dec 2000
John Snow (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dec 2000 – Dec 2006 Ernest
Wesley (2nd time)
Dec 2006 – Dec 2010 Clifford
Poucette (1st time)
Dec 2010 - Dec 2018
Ernest Wesley (3rd time)
Dec 2018 -
Clifford Poucette (2nd time)
![[Sturgeon Lake Cree
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](ca-sturgeon-lake.png "[Sturgeon Lake Cree
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1900
Signed the
Treaty No. 8 of 1899 (Sturgeon Lake).
2000
Renamed
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1900 -
190.
"The Captain" (headman)
c.1982
Adolphus Kappo
198. – 1987
Francis V. Goodswimmer
1987 -
1992
Ronald Sunshine
1992 - 1993
Darlene Desjarlais (f)
1993 - 1995
Alfred Goodswimmer
1995 - 1998
Melvin J. Goodswimmer
1998 - 2001
Jerry Goodswimmer
2001 - 2004
Clyde Goodswimmer (1st time)
2004 - 2010
David R. Kappo
2010 - 2019
Richard D. Kappo
2019 -
Clyde Goodswimmer (2nd time)
![[Sucker Creek Brand
(Alberta, Canada)]](ca-sucker-creek.png "[Sucker Creek Brand (Alberta,
Canada)]")
1910
Separated from
Driftpile, under the Treaty No. 8 (Sucker Creek).
Chiefs (to 1936, Headmen)
1910 – 1914
Louis Willier (Mostos)
(b. c.1850 – d. 1914)
c.1982
Donald Calliou (1st
time)
198. – 1987
James G. Badger (1st time)
1987 – 1989
Donald Calliou (2nd time)
1989 – 1997
James G. Badger (2nd time)
1997 – 1998
Alvin Cardinal (1st time)
1998 –
1999
Raymond Willier
1999 – 2003
Alvin Cardinal (2nd time)
2003 –
2006
Fred Badger
2006 –
2009
Jaret Cardinal
2009 - 2021
James G. Badger (3rd time)
2021
-
Roderick Willier
Sunchild
![[Sunchild
First Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-sunchild.PNG "[Sunchild
First Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]")
1944 Adhesion to the Treaty No. 6 of 1876 (Sunchild).
Chiefs
1944 – 19.. Louis Sunchild
c.1982 Robert Whitecalf (1st time)
bf.1987 - af.1988 Nelson Daychief
bf.1989 - af.1990 Robert Whitecalf (2nd time)
bf.1991 - 1997 Harry Goodrunning (1st time)
1997 – 1999 Melvin Goodrunning (1st time)
1999 – 2001 Harry Goodrunning (2nd time)
2001 – 2003 Melvin Goodrunning (2nd time)
2003 – 2009 Stanley Lagrelle (1st time)
2009 – 2011 James Frencheater
2011 – 2013 Stanley Lagrelle (2nd time)
2013 - Jonathan Frencheater
Swan River
![[Swan
River First
Nation
(Alberta,Canada)]](xa-swanr.gif "[Swan
River First
Nation
(Alberta,Canada)]")
1910 Separated from Driftpile, under the Treaty No. 8 (Swan River).
Chiefs (to 1936, Headmen)
1910 – 1927 Felix Giroux
1927 – 1928 Edward Twin
1928 – 1935 August Chalifoux (1st time)
1935 – af.1936 August Sowan
19.. – 19.. Gene Giroux
19.. – 19.. August Chalifoux (2nd time)
19.. – 19.. Victor Twin
19.. – 19.. Paul Sound
c.1982 Henry C. Chalifoux (1st time)
198. - 1987 Gordon Courtoreille
1987 - af.1989 Dustin V. Twin (1st time)
bf.1990 - 1996 Henry C. Chalifoux (2nd time)
1996 – 1999 Dustin V. Twin (2nd time)
1999 – 2002 Richard Davis
2002 – 2013 Leon Chalifoux (acting to 2003)
2013 - 2016 Ryan Davis
2016 - Gerald Giroux
Tallcree
![[Tallcree
First Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]](ca-tallcree.png "[Tallcree
First Nation
(Alberta,
Canada)]")
1899 Signed the Treaty No. 8 (Fort Vermilion).
1930 Renamed Tallcree.
1948 - 1970 Fort Vermilion Indian Agency established.
Chiefs
1899 - af.1916 "Tall Cree" (originally headman)
bf.1982 - af.1988 Francis Meenen
bf.1989 - 1998 Bernard J. Meneen (1st time)
1998 - 2003 Frank Meneen
2003 - 2008 Bernard J. Meneen (2nd time)
2008 - Rupert L. Meneen
c.1750
Part of the Blackfoot
confederacy (see under Siksika).
1877
Signed
the Treaty No. 7 (Sarcee).
1884 - 1948
Sarcee Indian Agency
established.
1992
Renamed
Tsuu T'ina Nation.
2007
Casino opened.
2015
Spelling changed to Tsuut'ina.
Head chiefs
18.. – 1865
Xakidji-tsitl'a
"Little (d. 1865)
Chief"
1865 - 1911
Iik'ootsii "Bull Head"
(b. 1833 - d.
1911)
1912 – 1922
Jim Big Plume
(d. 1922)
1922 - 1946
Joseph "Joe" Big
Plume (b. 1883 - d.
1946)
Chiefs
1946 -
1953
David
Crowchild
(b. 1899 - d. 1982)
1953 – 1962
James "Jim"
Starlight (b. 1904 –
d. 1966)
(1st time)
1962 – 1964
Richard Big Plume (1st
time) (b. 1902 – d. 2002)
1964 – 1966
James "Jim" Starlight
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1966 – 1970
Richard Big Plume (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1970 - 1976
Gordon
Crowchild
(b. 1929 - d. 2015)
1976 - 1984
Clifford Big Plume
(1st time)
1984 -
1986
Roy Whitney (1st time)
1986 – 1987
Clifford
Big Plume (2nd time)
1987 -
2001
Roy Whitney (2nd time)
2001 -
2012
Sandford Big Plume
2012 -
2016
Roy Whitney (3rd time)
2016 - 2019
Sydney "Lee" Crowchild
2019 -
Roy Whitney (4th time)
![[Whitefish Lake First
Nation (Alberta, Canada)]](xa-whflk.gif "[Whitefish Lake
First Nation (Alberta, Canada)]")
1901
Signed the
Treaty No. 8 of 1899 (Whitefish Lake).
Chiefs
1901 – 19..
Vacant
c.1910
Nahakis
c.1982
Gilbert Laboucan
c.1987
Pat
Yellowknee
bf.1988 - af.1990
Eddie L. Tallman (1st time)
bf.1991 - af.1992
Robert Gray (1st time)
bf.1996 - 1999
Eddie
L. Tallman (2nd time)
1999 – 2001
Robert Gray (2nd time)
2001 – 2010
Clifford Laboucan
2010 - 2014
Eddie L. Tallman (2nd time)
2014 - 2018
Robert Gray (3rd time)
2018 -
Albert Thunder
![[Woodland Cree
(Alberta, Canada)]](xa-wdldc.gif "[Woodland Cree (Alberta,
Canada)]")
1990
Separated from
Lubicon Lake, under the Treaty No. 8
(Woodland Cree).
Chiefs
1990 – 199.
Melvin Laboucan (1st
time)
bf.1991 - 1998
John W. Cardinal
1998 –
2001
Joseph P. Whitehead. (1st time)
2001 – 2002
Melvin Laboucan (2nd time)
2002 – 2003
Tom Cardinal (acting)
2003 –
2010
Joseph P. Whitehead (2nd time)
2010 – 2013
William Whitehead
2013 -
Isaac
Laboucan-Avirom
British Columbia
Note: There are 203 First Nations in British Columbia. Although the treaties with the Crown by 10 bands on the Vancouver Island were entered during 1850-1854 and most of the reserves were set aside by 1900, a majority of the nations in British Columbia remain outside of the treaties with Canada until now. The modern self-government treaty making started in 1986, but by 2017 only 13 nations had signed these treaties. Currently recorded are: (1) 12 largest First Nations by registered native on-reserve population in 2010 (the ones whose population exceeded 800) and (2) eight First Nations in the north-eastern part of the province that are covered by the Treaty No. 8 of 1899. There were the following Indian agencies not recorded below under individual First Nations: West Coast (1881-1970), Kamloops (1881-1969), New Westminster (to 1910 Fraser River, 1881-1965), Williams Lake (1883-1971), Kootenay (1885-1969), Stikine (1905-1954), Queen Charlotte (1909-1966), Stuart Lake (1910-1968), Nicola (1929-1969), Burns Lake (1956-1968), Terrace (1959-1971).
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![[Blueberry River First Nation former
flag (British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-bluer.gif "[Blueberry River First Nation
former flag (British Columbia, Canada)]")
![[Blueberry
River First Nation flag (British Columbia,
Canada)]](xa-bluer2.gif "[Blueberry River First Nation
flag (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1934 - 1968 Fort St. John Indian Agency established.
1962 Renamed Fort St. John.
1977 Renamed Blueberry River.
Chiefs
1900 - 1912 Vacant
1912 - 1918 Madaayea (Anglicized: Montney)(b. c.1846 - d. 1918)
1919 - 1952 Sagonaa (Anglicized: Succona) (b. 1879 – d. 1952)
c.1972 Rene Dominic
c.1982 Gerald Davis
bf.1985 - af.1992 Joseph Apsassin (1st time)
bf.1997 - 2001 Norman Yahey (1st time)
2001 - 2003 Malcolm Apsassin
2003 - 2005 Linda Chipesia (f)
2005 - 2009 Norman Yahey (2nd time)
2009 - 2013 Joseph Apsassin (2nd time)
2013 - 2022 Marvin Yahey
2022 - Judy Desjarlais (f)
Cowichan
![[Cowichan Tribes (British
Columbia, Canada)]](xa-cowch.gif "[Cowichan Tribes (British
Columbia, Canad")
1859 First of several reserves set aside.
1881 - 1970 Cowichan Indian Agency established.
1886 - 189. Cowichan Council elected by 7 Cowichan bands (Clemclemluts,
Comiaken, Khenipsen, Kilpahlas, Koksilah, Quamichan, Somena).
1939 Amalgamation of 7 Cowichan bands.
Chief councilor (leader of municipal style council)
1886 - af.1887 Lohah (chief of Comiaken)
Head chief
bf.1897 - af.1915 Charlie Suhiltun (chief of Quamichan)
Chiefs
1939 - 19.. ....
c.1945 Fred Thorne
1972 - 1974 Dennis Alphonse (1st time) (b. 1933 – d. 2004)
1974 - 1976 Wesley Modeste
1976 - 1988 Dennis Alphonse (2nd time) (s.a.)
1988 - 1990 Ernest Elliott
1990 - 1992 Dennis Alphonse (3rd time) (s.a.)
1992 - 1998 Philomena Alphonse (f)
1998 - 2002 Lydia A. Hwitsum (f) (1st time)
2002 - 2007 Harvey R. Alphonse (1st time)
2007 - 2011 Lydia A. Hwitsum (f) (2nd time)
2011 - 2013 Harvey R. Alphonse (2nd time)
2013 - William C. Seymour
Doig River
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![[Doig
River First Nation former flag (British
Columbia, Canada)]](xa-doigr.gif "[Doig River
First Nation former flag (British
Columbia, Canada)]")
![[Doig River
First Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]](ca-bc-xdrfn.png "[Doig River First Nation (British
Columbia, Canada)]")
(Doig River).
Chiefs
1977 – 1981 Gerry Attachie (1st time) (b. 1952)
1981 – 1985 Kelvin Davis (1st time)
1985 – 1997 Gerry Attachie (2nd time) (s.a.)
1997 – 1999 ....
1999 – 2001 Kelvin Davis (2nd time)
2001 – 2005 Gary Oker
2005 – 2009 Kelvin Davis (3rd time)
2009 - 2015 Norman Davis
2015 - Trevor Makadahay
Fort Nelson
![[Fort Nelson First
Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]](ca-fort-nelson.png "[Fort
Nelson First Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1911 Adhesion to the Treaty No. 8 of 1899 (Slaveys of Fort Nelson).
1962 Renamed Fort Nelson.
Chiefs
1911 - 19.. Jimmie Badine
bf.1982 - af.1988 George Behn
bf.1989 - af.1990 Kathi Dickie (f) (1st time)
bf.1991 - 1992 Sally Behn (f) (1st time)
1992 - 1993 Glen Badine
1993 - 1994 William Capot-Blanc
1994 - 1997 Harvey Behn
1997 - 1998 Sally Behn (f) (2nd time)
1998 - 1999 Adolphus Capot-Blanc
1999 - 2005 Elizabeth A. Logan (f) (1st time)
2005 - 2006 Sally Behn (f) (3rd time)
2006 - 2008 Elizabeth A. Logan (f) (2nd time)
2008 - 2012 Kathi Dickie (f) (2nd time)
2012 - 2014 Sharleen Wildeman (f) (1st time)
(from 2013, Sharleen Gale)
2014 - 2017 Elizabeth A. Logan (f) (3rd time)
2017 - 2018 Harrison Dickie
2018 - 2019 Curtis Dickie
2019 - Sharleen Gale (f) (2nd time)
Gitanmaax
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![[Gitanmaax
First Nation possible flag (British
Columbia, Canada)]](xa-gitx.gif "[Gitanmaax First
Nation possible flag (British Columbia,
Canada)]")
various spellings, such as Get-An-Max).
1982 Name Gitanmaax specified.
First chief
bf.1897 - af.1903 Gedimgaldo’o (Get-dum-gol-doc)
Chiefs
c.1982 Lawrence W. Howard
bf.1986 - 1988 Neil B. Sterritt (b. 1941 - d. 2020)
1988 - 1990 Stephen Robinson
1990 - af.1992 Gary Patsey
bf.1996 - af.1998 Lawrence K. Patsey
bf.2002 - 2012 Marjorie McRae (f) (1st time)
2012 - 2014 Julie Morrison (f)
2014 - 2016 Marjorie McRae (f) (2nd time)
2016 - 2018 Veronica Green (f)
2018 - Tracey Woods (f)
Halfway River
![[Halfway River First Nation
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-hlfwr.gif "[Halfway River
First Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1914 Adhesion to the Treaty No. 8 of 1899 (Hudson’s Hope).
1977 Renamed Halfway River.
Chiefs
1914 – 19.. Metecheah
c.1972 Harry Jackson
c.1982 Grace Metecheah (f)
c.1987 Bernie Metecheah (1st time)
bf.1988 - af.1991 Gerry Hunter (1st time)
bf.1992 - 2001 Bernie Metecheah (2nd time)
2001 - 2003 Joyce Morin (f)
2003 - 2005 Roslyn Pokiak (f)
2005 - 2009 Gerry Hunter (2nd time)
2009 - 2011 Ed Whitford
2011 - 2013 Russell Lily
2013 - Darlene Hunter (f)
Heiltsuk
![[Heiltsuk (Hailzaqv) First
Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-hein2.gif "[Heiltsuk
(Hailzaqv) First Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1882 First of reserves set aside (Bella Bella).
1982 Renamed Heiltsuk (Haíɫzaqv).
Head chiefs
bf.1881 - af.1884 Charley Humchitt (Hmzit)
bf.1893 - 1900 Boston Humpsit
1901 - 1904 Robert Bell (b. 1859 - d. 1904)
c.1913 Bob Anderson
Chiefs
19.. - 1982 Edwin Newman (1st time)
1982 - 1990 Cecil M. Reid (b. 1930 - d. 2016)
1990 - 1992 Arlene Wilson (f) (1st time)
1992 - 1994 Edwin Newman (2nd time)
1994 - af.1998 Arlene Wilson (f) (2nd time)
bf.2000 - 2002 Robert Germyn
2002 - 2006 Ross Wilson
2006 - 2008 William Gladstone
2008 - Marilyn Slett (f)
Lake Babine
![[Lake Babine First Nation
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-lbabn.gif "[Lake Babine First
Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1889 - 1971 Babine Indian agency.
1892 First of reserves set aside (Fort Babine).
1957 Renamed Lake Babine (upon incorporation of Old Fort).
1996 Renamed Lake Babine Nation.
Head chief
c.1825 Ack-koo-shaw
Chiefs
bf.1897 - af.1906 "Big" George (Gwist’a’)
c.1915 William
1959 - 1962 Nee Ughin Lee
c.196. Margaret Patrick (f) (1st time)
c.1968 Lawrence Tom
1969 - 1972 Margaret Patrick (f) (2nd time)
1972 - 1975 Ted Lowley (1st time)
1975 - 1979 Margaret Patrick (f) (3rd time)
1979 - 1988 Ted Lowley (2nd time)
1988 - 1994 Wilfred Adam (1st time)
1994 - 1997 Emma Palmantier (f) (1st time)
1997 - 2003 Betty Patrick (f) (1st time)
2003 - 2006 Emma Palmantier (f) (2nd time)
2006 - 2009 Betty Patrick (f) (2nd time)
2009 - 2018 Wilfred Adam (2nd time)
2018 - 2021 Gordon Alec
2021 - Murphy Abraham
Lax Kw’alaams
![[Lax Kw’alaams Band
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-laxkw.gif "[Lax Kw’alaams
Band (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1881 First of reserves set aside (Port Simpson, often named
Fort Simpson until c.1910).
1883 - 1967 Northwest Coast (1909-1922 Nass, from 1922 Skeena River)
Indian agency.
1983 Renamed Lax Kw’alaams.
Head chiefs
bf.1836 - 1842 "Old" Legaic (Ligeex) (d. 1842)
1842 - 1869 Legaic (b. c.1820 - d. 1869)
(from 1863, Paul Legaic I)
1869 - 1891 Paul Legaic II (d. 1891)
1891 - 1902 Martha Legaic (f) (b. c.1874 - d. 1902)
Chief councillors (leaders of municipal style council)
1894 - 190. ....
c.1905 Alfred S. Dudoward (b. c.1850 - d. 1914)
bf.1928 - af.1935 Ernest Dudoward (d. 1951)
c.1947 Thomas Gosnell
19.. - 1952 ....
Chiefs (from c.2013, with title of Mayor)
c.1968 Reginald Sampson (1st time)
c.1981 James Bryant (1st time)
c.1982 Reginald Sampson (2nd time)
c.1983 James Bryant (2nd time)
198. - 1987 Leonard Reece
1987 - 1989 Reginald Sampson (3rd time)
1989 - 1991 Lawrence Helin (b. 1931 - d. 2015)
1991 - af.1993 Helen Johnson (f)
bf.1997 - 1999 Benjamin G. Hughes
1999 - 2015 Garry M. Reece (1st time)
2015 - 2019 John B. Helin
2019 - Garry M. Reece (2nd time)
Lil'wat Nation
![[Lil'wat Nation (British
Columbia, Canada)]](xa-lilwt.gif "[Lil'wat Nation (British
Columbia, Canada)]")
1881 First of several reserves set aside (Pemberton).
1958 Renamed Mount Currie.
2015 Renamed Lil'wat Nation.
Chiefs
bf.1881 - af.1915 James Stager (Statzie)
c.1922 Alphonse J. Stager
1981 - 1989 Leonard J. Andrew (1st time)
1989 - af.1990 Fraser Andrew
bf.1991 - 1995 Katherine Wallace (f)
1995 - 2003 Allen Stager
2003 - 2011 Leonard J. Andrew (2nd time)
2011 - 2015 Lucinda Phillips (f)
2015 - Dean Nelson
Lytton
![[Lytton First Nation
(British, Columbia)]](xa-lytfn.gif "[Lytton First Nation
(British, Columbia)]")
1878 First of reserves set aside (Lytton, also named Tlkamcheen in
various spellings until c.1910), designated already in 1860.
1910 - 1969 Lytton Indian agency.
Chiefs
c.1858 David Spintlum (Sexpinlhemx) (b. c.1811 - d. 1887)
1878 - af.1899 William Michel
c.1963 Charles R. Brown
c.1978 Tim Spinks
bf.1980 - 1983 Nathan J. Spinks
1983 - 1991 Ruby R. Dunstan (f)
1991 - af.1995 Byron J. Spinks (1st time)
bf.1997 - af.2003 Janet Webster (f) (1st time)
bf.2007 - 2009 Byron J. Spinks (2nd time)
2009 - Janet Webster (f) (2nd time)
McLeod Lake
![[McLeod Lake Indian Band
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-mclib1.gif "[McLeod Lake
Indian Band (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1892 Reserve set aside (McLeod Lake).
2000 Adhesion to the Treaty No. 8 of 1899.
Chiefs
bf.1897 - af.1899 Nansit
c.1972 Michell Solonas
bf.1977 - 1997 Harry Chingee
1997 - 2002 Alec Chingee (1st time)
2002 - 2005 Harley Chingee (1st time)
2005 - 2008 Alec Chingee (2nd time)
2008 - 2017 Derek Orr
2017 - Harley Chingee (2nd time)
Namgis
![[Namgis First Nation flag
photo (British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-namgi.jpg "[Namgis
First Nation flag photo (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1881 First of reserves set aside (Nimkeesh).
1881 - 1970 Kwawkewlth Indian agency.
1934 Spelling changed to Nimpkish.
1996 Renamed Namgis.
Chiefs
c.1792 Cheslakees
bf.1897 - af.1909 Tla-gu-glas (Tlah-co-glass)
c.1914 Alfred Lageuse
c.1921 Dan Cranmer
1951 - 19.. James Sewid (b. 1933 - d. 1988)
c.1980 Roy Cranmer
198. - 1982 William T. Cranmer (1st time)
1982 - 1994 Patrick Alfred (b. 1937 - d. 2007)
1994 - 2014 William T. Cranmer (2nd time)
2014 - 2017 Debra Hanuse (f)
2017 - Donald Svanvik
Nisga’a of New Aiyansh
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Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-nis.gif "[Nisga'a Nation (British Columbia,
Canada)]")
1924 Renamed Gitlakdamix.
2000 Renamed Nisga’a Village of New Aiyansh (the former name remains
in use locally), the Nisga’a Final Agreement of 1999 effective.
Head chiefs
c.1856 "Old" Skoten (Sgat’iin)
bf.1879 - af.1881 Skoten
First chiefs
bf.1885 - af.1899 Abraham Wright
c.1913 Andrew Mercer
Chiefs
c.1978 James Gosnell
c.1982 Roderick Robinson (b. 1931 - d. 2004)
198. - 1988 Joseph A. Gosnell (b. 1936 - d. 2020)
1988 - 1990 Percy Tait
1990 - 1996 Herbert Morven (1st time)
1996 - 1998 Reg Percival
1998 - 2000 Herbert Morven (2nd time)
2000 – 2004 Brian Tait
2004 - 2008 Eva Clayton (f)
2008 - 2012 George Williams
2012 – 2016 Gerald Robinson
2016 – 2020 Keith Tait
2020 - Calvin Morven
Nuxalk
![[Nuxalk Nation (British
Columbia, Canada)]](xa-nuxlk.gif "[Nuxalk Nation (British
Columbia, Canada)]")
1882 First of reserves set aside (Bella Coola).
1909 - 1971 Bella Coola Indian agency.
1992 Renamed Nuxalk Nation.
Head chief
bf.1897 - af.1899 Chi-che-law
Chiefs
c.1979 Archie Pootlass (1st time)
bf.1980 - 1989 Edward Moody (1st time) (b. 1947 - d. 2010)
1989 - 1991 Archie Pootlass (2nd time)
1991 - 1995 Edward Moody (2nd time) (s.a.)
1995 - 2001 Archie Pootlass (3rd time)
2001 - 2005 Anfinn C. Siwallace
2005 - 2007 Archie Pootlass (4th time)
2007 - 2011 Spencer Siwallace
2011 - 2013 Andrew Andy
2013 - 2021 Wally Webber
2021 - Samuel Schooner
Okanagan
![[Okanagan Indian Band
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-okaib.gif "[Okanagan Indian
Band (British Columbia, Canada)]")
c.1860 Okanagan people divided - the northern part in British Columbia
and the southern part in the U.S. (see under Colville).
1877 First of reserves set aside (Head of the Lake), designated already
in 1865.
1881 - 1969 Okanagan Indian agency (1884–1910 abolished).
1892 Renamed Nkamaplix (also named Vernon from c.1910).
1920 Renamed Okanagan.
Head chiefs of Okanagan people
bf.1829 - 1859 Nicola (Hwistesmetxe’qen) (b. c.1780 – d. 1859)
c.1860 Chilliheetsa
Chiefs
1865 - 1878 Moise Cinq-Coeur (d. 1878)
1879 - 1898 Basil William
1898 - 1907 Louis Jim
1907 - 1908 Pierre Michel (Hlakay)(1st time)(b. c.1835 - d. 1918)
1908 - 1909 Isaac Harris
1909 - 1912 Baptiste Logan
1912 - 1915 Pierre Michel (2nd time) (s.a.)
1915 - 1918 Gaston Louis
1918 - 1961 ....
1961 - 1965 Murray Alexis (1st time)
1965 - 1971 Ernest Brewer
1971 - 1975 Murray Alexis (2nd time)
1975 - 1979 Wilfred Bonneau
1979 - 1981 Murray Alexis (3rd time)
1981 - 1983 Reynold Bonneau (1st time)
1983 - 1991 Murray Alexis (4th time)
1991 - 1993 Albert Saddleman (1st time)
1993 - 1995 Reynold Bonneau (2nd time)
1995 - 1997 Albert Saddleman (2nd time)
1997 - 1999 Reynold Bonneau (3rd time)
1999 - 2003 Don Wilson
2003 - 2005 Lyle Brewer
2005 - 2011 Fabian Alexis
2011 - Byron Louis
Prophet River
![[Prophet River First Nation
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-prptr.gif "[Prophet River
First Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1974 Separated from Fort Nelson, under the Treaty No. 8 (Prophet River).
Chiefs
1974 - bf.1982 ....
bf.1982 - 2009 Liza Wolf (f)
2009 - 2018 Lynette Tsakoza (f)
2018 - 2021 Kirk L. Tsakoza
2021 - Valerie Askoty (f)
Saulteau
![[Saulteau First Nation
(British Columbia, Canada)]](xa-steau.gif "[Saulteau First
Nation (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1914 Adhesion to the Treaty No.8 of 1899 (Saulteau).
Chiefs
1914 - 19.. John Desjarlais (headman)
19.. - 1935 William Desjarlais (d. 1935)
c.19.. Thomas Napoleon
c.19.. Fred Courtoreille
c.19.. Johnny Gauthier
c.19.. Joe Desjarlais
c.19.. Elmer Davis
c.19.. Marvin Desjarlais
bf.1982 - af.1988 Jack Davis
198. - 1989 Bud Napoleon
1989 - 1994 Stewart Cameron (1st time)
199. - 1997 Art Napoleon
1997 - 1999 Stewart Cameron (2nd time)
1999 - 2001 Robin Paquette
2001 - 2009 Allan Apsassin
2009 - 2014 Harley Davis
2014 - 2017 Nathan Parenteau
2017 - 2020 Kenneth Cameron
2020 - Justin F. Napoleon
Squamish
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![[Squamish
Nation former flag (British Columbia,
Canada)]](xa-squamo.gif "[Squamish Nation former flag
(British Columbia, Canada)]")
![[Squamish Nation flag (British
Columbia, Canada)]](xa-squam.gif "[Squamish
Nation flag (British Columbia, Canada)]")
1869 First of several reserves set aside.
1922 - 1969 Vancouver (from 1965, Fraser) Indian agency established.
1923 Amalgamation of 5 Squamish bands (Capilano, False Creek,
Howe Sound, Mission, Seymour Creek).
Chiefs of Mission (by 1900, the most populous Squamish reserve)
c.1860 - af.1869 Joseph (Snatt)
bf.1897 - af.1916 Harry Joseph
bf.1922 - af.1950 Moses Joseph
Chairmen
1923 - 1959 Council of Chiefs
(originally 16 lineages of life chiefs)
1959 - 1969 Simon Baker (b. 1916 - d. 2001)
1969 - 1981 David Jacobs (b. 1937)
1981 - 1993 Leslie Harry
Co-chairs
1993 - 2009 Byron Joseph (1st time)
+ Bill Williams
2009 - 2013 Krisandra Jacobs (f)
+ Byron Joseph (2nd time)
2013 - 2017 Ann Whonnock (f)
+ Byron Joseph (3rd time)
2017 - 2021 Kristen Rivers (f)
+ Joshua Joseph
Chairman
2021 - Dustin Rivers (Khelsilem)
West Moberly
1977 Separated from Halfway River, under the Treaty No. 8
(West Moberly).
Chiefs
1977 – 1990 John Dokkie
1990 – 1999 George Desjarlais
1999 - Roland Willson
Manitoba
Barren Lands
![[Barren Lands First Nation possbile flag
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-blfn.gif "[Barren
Lands First
Nation
possbile flag
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1906 Signed the Treaty No. 10 (Barren Lands).
Chiefs
1906 - 1923 Petit Casimir (d. 1940)
1923 - 1935 Rene Samuel
1935 - 1948 Donald Isasage
1948 - 1958 Thomas Dettanikkeaze
1958 - 1960 Louis Dettanikkeaze
1960 - 1973 Patrice Hyslop
1973 - 1975 Eugene Bendoni
1976 - 1978 George Bighetty
1978 - 1983 Peter Bighetty
1983 - 1985 Philip K. Michel (1st time)
1985 - 1986 Donald McCallum (1st time)
1986 - 1989 Philip K. Michel (2nd time)
1989 - 1992 John W. Bighetty (1st time)
1992 - 1995 Alfred Bighetty
1995 - 1998 John W. Bighetty (2nd time)
1998 - 2000 Roy Bighetty (1st time)
2000 - 2002 Donald McCallum (2nd time)
2002 - 2006 Archie Halkett
2006 - 2008 John W. Bighetty (3rd time)
2008 - 2010 Russell Halkett
2010 - 2012 Roy Bighetty (2nd time)
2012 - 2014 Delphine I. Bighetty (f)
2014 - 2016 Michael Sewap
2016 - 2020 John Clarke
2020 - Trina Halkett (f)
Berens River
![[Berens
River first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-bern.gif "[Berens
River first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1875 Signed the Treaty No. 5 (Berens River).
1884 – 1904 Berens River Indian Agency established.
Chiefs
1875 - 1916 Jacob Berens (b. c.1835 – d. 1916)
1917 - 1947 William Berens (b. 1866 – d. 1947)
c.1982 James Semple
c.1987 Lester O. Everett (1st time)
bf.1988 - af.1990 Andrew Bittern
c.1991 Lester O. Everett (2nd time)
c.1992 Elsie Bouchie (f)
bf.1993 - 1995 Arnold M. Ross
1995 - 1997 Lester O. Everett (3rd time)
1997 - 2001 Alfred Everett (1st time)
2001 - 2003 Nancy Whiteway (f)
2003 - af.2005 Alfred Everett (2nd time)
bf.2006 - 2014 George Kemp
2014 - 2016 Jackie Everett (f)
2016 - 2019 Hartley Everett
2019 - Norman McKay
Birdtail Sioux
![[Birdtail Sioux First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-brdtl.gif "[Birdtail Sioux First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1864 Arrived from the U.S.
1875 Birdtail Sioux Reserve set aside (no treaty).
1878 - 1949 Birtle Indian Agency established.
Chiefs
1864 - 1896 Enoch (d. 1896)
(Mahpiya Hinape "Cloud Appears")
1896 - af.1899 Vacant
bf.1974 - af.1982 Jack Kasto
bf.1987 - af.1989 Nelson "Kelly" Bunn (1st time)
bf.1990 - af.1992 Henry Skywater (1st time)
bf.1993 - 1995 Nelson "Kelly" Bunn (2nd time)
1995 - 1997 Henry Skywater (2nd time)
1997 - af.1999 Nelson "Kelly" Bunn (3rd time)
bf.2001 - af.2003 Murray Clearsky
bf.2005 - 2013 Kenneth B. Chalmers (1st time)
2013 - 2015 Nelson Bunn (3rd time)
2015 - 2021 Kenneth B. Chalmers (2nd time)
2021 - Lindsay Bunn
Black River (Little Black River)
![[Black
River first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-blkrv.gif "[Black
River first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1876 Signed the Treaty No. 5 of 1875 (Black River).
c.1950 – 2012 Renamed Little Black River.
Chiefs
1876 - 18.. James Bird
18.. - 1884 Isaac Passage (d. 1884)
bf.1896 – af.1899 John Sayer
c.1982 Victor R. Starr
c.1987 Oliver Bird
bf.1988 - af.1989 Henry Bird
bf.1990 - af.1997 Franklin Abraham (1st time)
bf.2001 - 2003 Sheldon Kent (1st time)
2003 – af.2005 Franklin Abraham (2nd time)
bf.2007 - 2014 Sheldon Kent (2nd time)
2014 - 2015 Franklin Abraham (3rd time)
2015 - Sheldon Kent (3rd time)
Bloodvein
![[Bloodvein
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-bldvn.gif "[Bloodvein
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1876 Signed the Treaty No. 5 of 1875 (Bloodvein).
Chiefs
1876 – af.1899 Peter Stoney (Sakachewayas)
c.1982 Harry Cook
bf.1987 - af.1990 Frank Young (1st time)
bf.1991 - af.1997 Helen Cook (f)
bf.2000 - 2002 Derek A. Cook (1st time)
2002 - 2004 William Young
2004 - 2006 Roland J. Hamilton (1st time)
2006 - 2008 Craig Cook
2008 - 2010 Frank Young (2nd time)
2010 - 2020 Roland J. Hamilton (2nd time)
2020 - Derek A. Cook (2nd time)
Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
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![[Brokenhead
Ojibway Nation former flag (Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-brhd.gif "[Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
former flag (Manitoba, Canada)]")
![[Brokenhead
Ojibway Nation flag (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-brhd2.gif "[Brokenhead Ojibway Nation flag
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1875 Renamed Brokenhead.
1911 - 1969 Clandeboye Indian Agency established.
1990 Renamed Brokenhead Ojibway Nation.
2005 Casino opened.
Chiefs
1871 - 1875 Nashakepenais (1st time)
"Flying Dove Bird"
1875 - 1876 Petanaquuap
1876 - 1877 Nashakepenais (2nd time)
1877 - 1878 John Raven
1878 - 1893 Nashakepenais (3rd time)
1894 - af.1899 Squakappow
bf.1982 - af.1988 James Bear (1st time)
bf.1989 - 1992 Wendell Sinclair (1st time)
1992 - 1994 Deborah G. Chief (f) (1st time)
1994 - af.1998 Wendell Sinclair (2nd time)
bf.2000 - 2002 Harvey Olson
2002 - 2006 Tina Levesque (f)
2006 - 2012 Deborah G. Chief (f) (2nd time)
2012 - 2018 James Bear (2nd time)
2018 - Deborah Smith (f)
Buffalo Point
![[Buffalo Point First
Nation (possible) flag (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-bpfnm.gif "[Buffalo Point First Nation (possbile) flag
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1873
Signed the
Treaty No. 3 (Buffalo Bay).
1924
Renamed Buffalo
Point.
Chiefs
1873 -
1900
Ayashawath
(d. 1900)
1900 -
1906
"Little Thunder"
(d. 1906)
1906 -
1941
Jim "Old"
Thunder
(d.
1941)
1941 -
1969
Warren "Shorty"
Thunder (d. 1972)
1969 -
1997
James "Jim" Thunder
1997 -
John Thunder
(b. 1960)
![[Bunibonibee
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-bunib2.gif "[Bunibonibee
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1909
Adhesion to
the Treaty No.
5 of 1875
(Oxford
House).
2004
Renamed
Bunibonibee
Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1909 -
19..
Jeremiah Chubb
1975 -
19..
Dorothy
Grieves (f)
c.1982
Dennis Grieves
bf.1987 -
af.1989
Tommy Weenusk
bf.1991 -
1993
Gabriel
Hart (1st
time)
1993 –
1995
Bailey
Colon (1st
time)
1995 –
1997
Gabriel Hart
(2nd time)
1997 –
1999
James Mason
1999 –
2005
Bailey Colon
(2nd time)
2005 –
2007
Gabriel Hart
(3rd time)
2007 –
2009
Bailey Colon
(3rd time)
2009 –
2012
Irvin R.
Sinclair (1st
time)
2012 -
2013
Timothy
J. Muskego
(1st time)
2013 -
2015
Irvin R.
Sinclair (2nd
time)
2015 - 2019
Timothy
J. Muskego
(2nd time)
2019
-
Richard Hart
![[Canupawakpa Dakota First
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-canup.gif "[Canupawakpa Dakota
First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1862
Arrived from
the U.S.
1878
Oak Lake Sioux
Reserve set aside (no treaty).
1908 - 1949
Griswold Indian Agency established.
1996
Renamed Canupawakpa
Dakota.
Chiefs
1862 - c.1870
Hda Mani "Rattles Walking"
(b. c.1831 – d. 1912)
c.1870 - af.1877
Weeokeah (Waoke)
c.1885
Vacant
c.1890
Haweda
bf.1897 - af.1899
Vacant
c.1974
Frank Eastman
c.1982
Wilfred Demas
bf.1987 - af.1988
Kenneth Eastman
bf.1989 - af.1990
Clarence Eastman
c.1991
Mike Kay (1st
time)
c.1992
Phillip H.
Eagle (1st time)
bf.1994 -
1996
Alvina Chaske (f)
1996 - 199.
Mike Kay (2nd time)
c.1997
Shirley Chaske
(f)
bf.2000 - 2002
Noella Eagle (f)
2002 -
2004
Phillip H. Eagle (2nd time)
2004 - 2008
Viola Eastman (f)(1st time)
2008 - 2014
Franklin Brown
2014 - 2016
Delbert Cruise
2016 - 2022
Viola Eastman (f)(2nd time)
2022
-
Lola Thunderchild (f)
![[Chemawawin
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](ca-chemawawin.png "[Chemawawin
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1875
Signed the
Treaty No. 5
(Chemawawin).
2007
Renamed
Chemawawin
Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1875 -
af.1899
James Lathlin
(headman)
bf.1982 -
af.1988
Sam G. George
bf.1989 - 1996
Alphaeus Brass
1996 -
Clarence
Easter
Cross Lake (Pimicikamak Cree)
![[Cross Lake Pimicikamak
Cree (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-pimic.gif "[Cross Lake
Pimicikamak Cree (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1875
Signed the Treaty No.
5 (Cross Lake), confirmed in 1908 (from 1996,
identifies itself as the Pimicikamak Cree
Nation).
Chiefs (title Okimahkan)
1875 – 1881
Donald William Sinclair Ross
(b. c.1805 – d. 1881)
(Tepastenam)
1882 – 1885
David Ross
1886
George
Garrioch
1887 – 1891
Sandy Garrioch
1892 – 1895
Jacob Ross
1896 – 1899
Thomas Ross
1899 – 1922
Peter Ross
1922 – 1924
Vacant
1924 – 1928
Felix Scott
1929 – 1935
John Ross
1936 – 1939
Albert
Sinclair
(b. 1881 – d. 1949)
1940 – 1941
Spence Ross
1941 – 1943
Vacant
1943 – 1953
Henry Beardy (1st time)
1953 – 1955
Bello Ross (1st time)
1955 – 1959
Henry Beardy (2nd time)
1959 – 1961
Samuel McKay (1st time)
1961 – 1963
Sandy Beardy
(b. 1920 – d.
2001)
1963 – 1965
Bello Ross (2nd time)
1965 – 1967
Charles Sinclair
1967 – 1969
Samuel McKay (2nd time)
1969 – 1972
Walter F. Monias (1st time)
1972 – 1973
Jonah McKay
1973 – 1975
Walter F. Monias (2nd time)
1975 – 1977
Catherine Frances Ross (f)
(b. 1923)
1977 – 1978
Walter F. Monias (3rd time)
1978 – Sep 1981
George M. Ross
Sep 1981 – 1985
Walter F. Monias (4th time)
1985 – 1987
Etienne
Robinson
(b. 1945 - d. 2008)
1987 – 1989
Walter F. Monias (5th time)
1989 – 1998
Sydney B. Garrioch
1998 – 1999
Roland Robinson
1999 – 2008
John M.
Miswagon
(b. 1964)
Aug 2008 – Dec 2008
Alex J. Robinson
Dec 2008 – 2013
Garrison W. Settee
(acting to Sep 2009)
2013 - 2018
Catherine "Cathy" Merrick (f)
2018 - 2019
Thomas Monias
2019
-
David A. Monias
Dakota Plains
![[Dakota
Plains Nation
(possible)
flag
(Manitoba,
Canada)]
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-dpwn.gif "[Dakota
Plains Nation
(possible)
flag
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1862 Arrived from the U.S.
1934 Long Plain Sioux Reserve set aside (no treaty).
1972 Renamed Dakota Plains.
Chiefs
c.1934 - 19.. ....
bf.1969 - 1994 Ernest Smoke (headman to 1972)(b. c.1938 - d. 1994)
1994 - 5 Oct 2021 Orville Charles Smoke (b. 1947 - d. 2021)
2021 - Donny Smoke
Dakota Tipi
![[Dakota
Tipi First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-dakot.gif "[Dakota
Tipi First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1972 Separated from Dakota Plains (no treaty).
Chiefs
1972 - 1977 ....
1977 - 2002 Dennis Pashe
2002 - 2012 Cornell M. Pashe
2012 - 2016 David L. Pashe
2016 - 2018 Keith Pashe
2018 - Eric Pashe
Dauphin River
![[Dauphin
River first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-dauph.gif "[Dauphin
River first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1982 Separated from Little Saskatchewan, under the Treaty
No. 2 (Dauphin River).
Chiefs
1982 - 198. Joe Anderson
bf.1987 - af.1992 Emery Stagg (1st time)
bf.1994 - 1996 Allan Summer
1996 - 2013 Emery Stagg (2nd time)
2013 - 2021 John Stagg
2021 - Lawrence Letander
Ebb and Flow
|
![[Ebb and Flow First Nation (Manitoba,
Canada)]](ca-ebb-flow.png "[Ebb
and Flow First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1877 - 1968 Manitowapah (from 1948, Dauphin) Indian Agency established.
Chiefs
1871 - 1874 Francois Richard (d. 1874)
(Kanahgonash "Broken Finger")
1874 - 1882 Albert Richard (b. c.1851 – d. 1882)
(Penaisse "Bird")
1883 - 1887 Baptiste Houle (b. c.1836 – d. 18..)
1887 - 1922 Joseph Houle (b. c.1841 – d. 19..)
1923 - 1930 ....
1930 - 1938 William Mancheese
1938 - 1940 Vacant
1940 - 1958 Abraham Houle
1958 - 1962 ....
1962 - 1964 Willie Mancheese
1964 - 1972 ....
1972 - 1976 James R. Mancheese
c.1982 John St.Paul
bf.1987 - 1996 Alfred Beaulieu
1996 - af.1998 Louis Malcolm
bf.2000 - 2010 Ralph Beaulieu
2010 - 2016 Nelson Houle
2016 - Wayne Desjarlais
Fisher River
![[Fisher
Lake Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-fcree.gif "[Fisher
Lake Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1877 Separated from Norway House, under the Treaty No. 5
(Fisher River).
Chiefs
1877 – 1904 David Rundle (d. 1904)
1905 – 1917 John Cochrane
1917 – 1921 Joseph Everett
1921 – 1922 Moses McKay
1922 – 1925 Daniel Cochrane
1926 – 1931 James Murdock (1st time)
1931 – 1937 Jeremiah Rundle
1938 – 1940 James Murdock (2nd time)
1940 – 1945 Alex Hudson
1945 – 1953 James Murdock (3rd time)
1953 – 1959 Charles Sinclair (1st time)
1959 – 1963 Solomon Mallett (1st time)
1963 – 1964 George Sinclair
1965 – 1967 Isaac Cochrane
1967 – 1969 Solomon Mallett (2nd time)
1969 – 1973 Charles Sinclair (2nd time)
1973 – 1989 Wesley Hart
1989 – 1991 David G. Crate (1st time)
1991 – 1995 Lorne Cochrane
1995 – 2001 David G. Crate (2nd time)
2001 – 2003 Sam Murdock
2003 - David G. Crate (3rd time)
Fort Alexander
![[Fort
Alexander
-Sagkeeng
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-falex.gif "[Fort
Alexander
-Sagkeeng
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1871 Signed the Treaty No. 1 (Fort Alexander).
2009 Sagkeeng First Nation name informally adopted.
Chiefs
1871 - 1897 William Mann (d. 1897)
(Kakekapenais "Bird Forever")
1898 - 1922 William Mann, Jr. (d. 1922)
1922 - 1926 Vacant
1926 - 1929 James Joseph
1929 - 1930 Joseph Kent
1930 - 1933 Joseph Courchene
1933 - 1938 Xavier Spence
1938 - 1946 John Thompson (1st time)
1946 - 1947 Paul Courchene (1st time)
1947 - 1952 John Thompson (2nd time)
1952 - 1954 William C. Bruyere
1954 - 1958 Paul Courchene (2nd time)
1958 - 1960 Edward Henderson
1960 - 1962 Paul Courchene (3rd time)
1962 - 1964 Gordon Bruyere
1964 - 1966 Albert Fontaine
1966 - 1968 David Courchene (b. 1926 – d. 1992)
1968 - 1969 Andrew J. Sinclair
1969 - 1972 George Guimond
1972 - 1976 L. Phillip Fontaine (b. 1944)
1976 - 1978 Lawrence Morriseau
1978 - 1980 Ted J. Fontaine
1980 - 1982 Edwin H. Bruyere
1982 Perry Fontaine (acting)
1982 - 1989 Kenneth Courchene
1989 - 1998 Jerry Fontaine
1998 - 2001 Ronald Fontaine (acting to 1999)
2001 - 2004 Garry Swampy
2004 - 2005 Joseph Daniels (acting)
2005 - 2007 Linda J. Twoheart (f)
2007 - 2015 Donavan C. Fontaine
2015 - Derrick Henderson
Fox Lake
![[Fox Lake
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-foxlk.gif "[Fox
Lake first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1947 Separated from York Factory, under the Treaty No. 5 (Fox Lake).
Chiefs
1947 - 19.. ....
c.1975 Thomas Nepetaybo (1st time)
bf.1982 - af.1991 Robert Wavey (1st time)
c.1992 Thomas Nepetaybo (2nd time)
199. - 1993 Robert Wavey (2nd time)
1993 – 1995 Norman Kirkness (1st time)
1995 - 1996 Robert Wavey (3rd time)
1996 - af.1997 Norman Kirkness (2nd time)
bf.2000 - 2002 Ralph Beardy
2002 - 2005 Robert Wavey (4th time)
2005 - 2010 George Neepin
2010 - 2012 Shirley Neepin (f)
2012 - 2019 Walter Spence
2019 - 2020 Billy Beardy
2020 - Morris Beardy
Gambler
|
|
![[Gambler First Nation former flag (Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-gambl.gif "[Gambler
First Nation
former flag
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
![[Gambler
First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-gambl19.gif "[Gambler First Nation (Manitoba,
Canada)]")
Chiefs
1881 - 1907 John Tanner (headman) (d. 1916)
(Atakawinin "The Gambler")
1907 - 1975 Vacant
bf.1982 - af.1990 James J. Tanner (1st time)
bf.1991 - 1992 Louis Tanner (1st time)
1992 – 199. Albert Tanner
bf.1994 - 1996 James J. Tanner (2nd time)
1996 - af.1998 Louis Tanner (2nd time)
c.2005 Kenny Ducharme
bf.2007 - 2008 George Tanner
2008 - 2013 Gordon Ledoux
2013 - David A. Ledoux
Garden Hill
![[Garden
Hill First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-ghfn.png "[Garden
Hill First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1909 Adherence to the Treaty No. 5 of 1875 (Island Lake Band).
1958 – 1970 Island Lake Indian Agency established.
1969 Renamed Garden Hill.
Chiefs
1909 - 1917 George Knott
1917 – 1920 Vacant
1920 – 1928 Allan Wood
1929 – 1930 James Loonfoot
1931 - 1953 Henry Fiddler (b. 1890 – d. 1976)
1953 – 1954 Sandy Flett
1955 – 1963 Alfred McDougall (1st time)
1963 – 1967 Zackius Harper
1967 – 1968 Alfred McDougall (2nd time)
1968 – 1969 Charlie Knott (1st time)
1969 – 1970 Isaiah Harper (1st time)
1970 – 1974 Charlie Knott (2nd time)
1974 – 1976 Isaiah Harper (2nd time)
1976 – 1980 Charlie Knott (3rd time)
1980 – 1982 George Munroe
1982 – 1984 Larry E. Monias
1984 – 1988 Percy Flett
1988 – 1989 Isaiah Harper (3rd time)
1989 – 1991 Jack Fiddler (1st time)
1991 – 1995 Geordie Little
1995 - 1996 Jack Fiddler (2nd time)
1996 – 1997 Harvey Fiddler
1997 – 1998 Larry Monias
1998 - 2000 David Harper (1st time)
2000 - 2002 Darcy Wood
2002 - 2004 Russell Harper
2004 - 2006 David Harper (2nd time)
2006 - 2008 Dino Flett (1st time)
2008 - Aug 2009 David Harper (3rd time)
2009 - 2013 Dino Flett (2nd time)
8 Feb 2013 - Mar 2014 Buddy Beardy
2014 - 2016 Arnold Flett
2016 - 2021 Dino Flett (3rd time)
2021 - Charles Knott
God's Lake
![[God's
Lake Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-godlk.gif "[God's
Lake Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1909 Adhesion to the Treaty No. 5 of 1875 (God's Lake).
Chiefs
1909 – 19.. Peter Watt
c.1982 Douglas Hastings
bf.1987 - af.1988 David Nazzie
c.1989 Alex Okemow
bf.1990 - af.1992 Peter Watt (1st time)
bf.1994 - 1996 Thomas Clarke
1996 – 199. Peter Watt (2nd time)
c.1997 Peter Andrews
bf.2000 - 2004 Gilbert G. Andrews (1st time)
2004 – 2006 Eugene Captain
2006 – 2010 Gilbert G. Andrews (2nd time)
2010 – 2012 Peter Watt (3rd time)
2012 - 2020 Gilbert G. Andrews (3rd time)
2020 - Hubert Watt
Hollow Water
![[Hollow Water first nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-holwa.gif "[Hollow
Water first
nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1884 Separated from Bloodvein, under the Treaty No. 5 (Hollow Water).
Chiefs
bf.1896 - 1899 Henry Black (headman)
1899 - 19.. John Hardisty
bf.1982 - af.1992 Roderick Bushie (1st time) (b. 1953 – d. 2013)
bf.1994 - 1996 Larry Barker (1st time)
1996 - af.1998 Roderick Bushie (2nd time) (s.a.)
bf.2000 - af.2002 Larry Barker (2nd time)
bf.2004 - 2008 Ian Bushie
2008 - 2014 Larry Barker (3rd time)
2014 - 2016 Derek L. Bushie
2016 - Larry Barker (4th time)
![[Keeseekoowenin
Ojibway Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-keese1.gif "[Keeseekoowenin
Ojibway Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1871
Signed the
Treaty No. 2
(Riding
Mountain).
1875
Renamed
Keeseekoowenin.
Chiefs
1871 -
1875
Mekis
"Eagle"
(d. 1875)
1875 - 1906
Moses
Burns
(Keeseekoowenin)
(b. c.1818 –
d. 1906)
1906 –
19..
George Bone
c.1982
George
Blackbird
bf.1987 -
af.1989
Norman B. Bone
(1st time)
c.1990
Randy Bone
bf.1991 -
1997
Harry Bone
1997 -
af.2003
Dwayne
Blackbird
bf.2005 - 2013
Norman B. Bone
(2nd time)
2013 -
2015
James
Plewak
2015 -
Norman B. Bone
(3rd time)
![[Kinonjeoshtegon
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-kinon.gif "[Kinonjeoshtegon
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1884
Separated from
Bloodvein,
under the
Treaty No. 5
(Jackhead).
1997/2001
Renamed
Kinonjeoshtegon.
Chiefs
1884 -
af.1899
James
Sinclair
(headman)
bf.1982 -
af.1990
William
Traverse (1st
time)
bf.1991 -
af.1992
Bert Traverse
(1st time)
bf.1993 -
1995
William
Traverse (2nd
time)
1995 -
1997
Bert
Traverse (2nd
time)
1997 - af.1999
William
Traverse (3rd
time)
bf.2001 -
2021
David Traverse
2021
-
Rod Traverse
![[Lake
Manitoba First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-lkmb.gif "[Lake
Manitoba First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1871
Signed the
Treaty No. 2
(Lake
Manitoba).
Chiefs
1871 -
af.1875
Sonsonse
"Little Long
Ears"
1879 -
af.1899
Maytwayahsung
c.1982
Angus Swan
bf.1987 -
af.1992
Raymond Swan
bf.1994 -
af.2002
Florence
McLean (f)
bf.2004 -
2006
Robert
Maytwayashing
2006 -
2008
Larry
Swan
2008 -
2014
Barry
Swan
2014 -
Cornell
McLean
![[Lake St.
Martin First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](ca-lakestmartin.png "[Lake
St. Martin
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1871
Signed the
Treaty No. 2
(Lake St.
Martin).
Chiefs
1871 -
1903
Masahkeeyash
c.1982
Alexander
Marsden
bf.1987 -
af.1992
David E.
Traverse (1st
time)
bf.1994 -
1996
Norman
Traverse (1st
time)
1996 -
199.
David E.
Traverse (2nd
time)
c.1997
Norman
Traverse (2nd
time)
bf.2000 -
af.2002
Jeremiah
Marsden
bf.2004 - 2006
Peter G. Ross
2006 -
2010
Tony Marsden
2010 -
Adrian E.
Sinclair
![[Little
Grand Rapids
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-lgrrp.gif "[Little
Grand Rapids
first nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1930
Separated from
Berens River,
under the
Treaty No. 5
(Little Grand
Rapids).
Chiefs
1930 -
19..
....
c.1982
John J.
Leveque
bf.1987 -
af.1989
Emil Keeper
bf.1990 -
af.1992
Oliver Owens
(1st time)
bf.1993 -
1995
Roy Dunsford
(1st time)
1995 -
1997
Oliver
Owens (2nd
time)
1997 -
2001
Roy Dunsford
(2nd time)
2001 -
af.2005
Raymond
E. Keeper (1st
time)
bf.2007 -
2011
Martin
Owens (1st
time)
2011 -
2013
Roy Dunsford
(3rd time)
2013 -
2015
Martin Owens
(2nd time)
2015
- 2017
Roy
Dunsford (4th
time)
2017 - 2021
Raymond E.
Keeper (2nd
time)
2021
-
Oliver Owens
(3rd time)
![[Little Saskatchewan First Nation (Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-lsask.gif "[Little
Saskatchewan
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1878
Separated from
Pinaymootang,
under the
Treaty No. 2
(Little
Saskatchewan).
Chiefs
1878 -
18..
William A.
Anderson
1891 -
af.1899
Philip
Anderson
bf.1982 -
af.1987
Clifford
Shorting
bf.1988 -
af.1990
Dennis
Shorting
bf.1991 -
2011
Hector
Shorting (1st
time)
2011 -
2013
Gerald
Anderson
2013 -
Hector
Shorting (2nd
time)
Long Plain
![[Long
Plain First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-lonpl.gif "[Long
Plain First
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1871
Signed the
Treaty No. 1
(Portage).
1876
Renamed Long
Plain.
1877 -
1968
Portage La
Prairie Indian
Agency
established.
Chiefs
1871 - 1875
Osawaskokwanepi
"Yellow Quill"(b.
18.. - d. 1910)
1876 -
1916
Keeshkeemaquah
"Short Bear"
(b.
1859 - d.
1916)
1916 –
1924
Charles
Assiniboine
1924 -
1936
Frank H.
Merrick
1936 -
1943
Joseph
Myran
(b.
1868 – d.
1946)
1943 -
1948
Joseph
Yellowquill
1948 -
1953
George Daniels
(1st time)
1953 -
1955
Ben Meeches
(1st time)
1955
George Daniels
(2nd time)
1955 -
1959
Ben
Meeches (2nd
time)
1959 -
1961
Rufus Prince
1961 -
1963
George Daniels
(3rd time)
1963 -
1965
George
Myran
1965 -
1967
Louis Daniels
1967 -
1973
William Myran
1973 -
1974
Marlene Peters
(f)
(b. 1953 - d.
2011)
1974 -
1976
Raymond
Meeches
1975 - 1976
Angus
Merrick
1976 -
1978
Sam
Myran
1978 -
1984
Ernest
Daniels
1984 -
1986
Stan Myran
1986 -
1990
John Meeches
1990 -
1996
Peter
Yellowquill
1996 –
1998
Marvin
Daniels
1998 -
2009
Dennis
Meeches (1st
time)
2009 -
2013
David Meeches
2013 -
Dennis
Meeches (2nd
time)
Manto Sipi Cree Nation (God's River)
![[Manto
Sipi Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-manto.gif "[Manto
Sipi Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1976
Separated from
God's Lake,
under the
Treaty No. 5
(God's River).
2001
Renamed Manto
Sipi Cree
Nation.
Chiefs
1976 -
19..
....
c.1981
Percy
Okimow
bf.1982 -
af.1990
Moses Okimow
(1st time)
c.1991
Marcel Okemaw
(1st time)
bf.1992 -
1996
John R.
Yellowback
1996 -
199.
Marcel Okemaw
(2nd time)
c.1997
Marcel R.
Yellowback
(1st time)
bf.2001 -
2003
Roger Ross
(1st time)
2003 - 2005
Moses
Okimow (2nd
time)
2005 -
2008
Roger Ross
(2nd time)
2008 -
2010
Oliver
Okemow (1st
time)
2010 -
2016
Michael
R. Yellowback
(2nd time)
2016 - 2020
Oliver Okemaw
(2nd time)
2020
-
John
Ross
Marcel Colomb
1995
Separated from
Mathias
Colomb, under
the Treaty No.
6
(Marcel
Colomb).
Chiefs
1995 -
1998
John Colomb
1998 -
2004
Andrew H.
Colomb (1st
time)
2004 -
2007
Douglas
Hart (1st
time)
2007 - 2015
Andrew
H. Colomb (2nd
time)
2015 -
2016
Douglas Hart
(2nd time)
2016 - 2019
Priscilla
Colomb (f)
2019
-
Christopher
Colomb
![[Mathias
Colomb Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-matco.gif "[Mathias
Colomb Cree
Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1910
Separated from
Peter
Ballantyne,
under the
Treaty No. 6
(Mathias
Colomb).
Chiefs
1910
-
1932
Mathias Colomb
(d. 1932)
1932
Jerome Colomb
1932 -
1933
Jacob
Ballantyne
1933 -
1959
Solomon Colomb
1959 -
1961
Isaac
Linklater
1961 -
1964
Joe Bighetty
1964 -
1967
Cornelius
Ballantyne
1967 -
1970
Luke Dumas
1970 -
1971
Dominique Hart
1971 -
1974
Gabriel
Bighetty
1974 -
1978
Joseph
E. "Pascal"
Bighetty
(b. 1951)
(1st time)
1978
-
1979
Mathias
Sinclair
1979 -
1982
Hyacinth
Colomb
1982 -
1986
Joseph E.
"Pascal"
Bighetty
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1986 -
1988
Frank Dumas
1988 -
1992
Joseph E.
"Pascal"
Bighetty
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
1992 -
1996
Ralph Caribou
1996 -
1998
Joseph E.
"Pascal"
Bighetty
(s.a.)
(4th time)
1998 -
2008
Shirley
Castell (f)
2008 - 2018
Arlen Dumas
2018 -
Lorna
Bighetty (f)
Misipawistik Cree Nation (Grand
Rapids)
![[Misipawistik
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](ca-misipawistik.png "[Misipawistik
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1876
Signed the
Treaty No. 5
of 1875 (Grand
Rapids).
2013
Renamed
Misipawistik
Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1876 -
1897
Peter Beardy
1897 -
af.1899
John Turner
c.1982
Esau Turner
(1st time)
bf.1987 -
af.1988
Patsy Turner
(f)
bf.1989 -
af.1990
Esau Turner
(2nd time)
bf.1991 -
af.1997
Harold Turner
(1st time)
bf.1999 -
2001
Douglas
Ballantyne
2001 -
af.2003
Harold Turner
(2nd time)
2005 -
2011
Ovide
Mercredi
(b. 1946)
2011 - 2020
Harold Turner
(3rd time)
2020
-
Heidi Cook (f)
Mosakahiken Cree Nation
1876
Signed the
Treaty No. 5
of 1876 (Moose
Lake).
1996/97
Renamed
Mosakahiken
Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1876 -
af.1899
Otinekimow
c.1982
Russel
G. Tobacco
c.1987
Ralph
Nasekabow
bf.1988 -
af.1991
Jim Tobacco
(1st time)
bf.1992 -
1996
Philip
Buck (1st
time)
1996 - 199.
Jim
Tobacco (2nd
time)
bf.1997 -
af.2002
Philip Buck
(2nd time)
bf.2004 -
2006
Jerry R.
Campbell
2006 - 2008
Philip
Buck (3rd
time)
2008 -
2010
Jim Tobacco
(3rd time)
2010 -
2014
Philip
Buck (4th
time)
2014 - 2020
Jim Tobacco
(4th time)
2020
-
Vincent
Bercier
![[Nisichawayasihk
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-nisic.gif "[Nisichawayasihk
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1908
Adhesion to
the Treaty No.
5 of 1875
(Nelson
House).
1948 -
1966
Nelson River
Indian Agency
established.
2002
Renamed
Nisichawayasihk
Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1908 -
1916
Peter
Moose
1916 -
1926
Joseph
Hartie
1926 -
1932
Albert
Moose
1932 -
1935
Matthew
Wood
1935 -
1938
Richard Hartie
(1st time)
1938 -
1944
Angus
Bonner
1944 -
1946
Richard
Muswagon
1946 -
1947
Gilbert
McDonald (1st
time)
1947 -
1948
Miles Hart
1948 -
1953
Richard Hartie
(2nd time)
1953 -
1957
Kenneth Spence
(1st time)
1957 -
1958
Thomas
Linklater (1st
time)
1958 -
1961
Kenneth
Spence (2nd
time)
1961 -
1963
Gilbert
McDonald (2nd
time)
1963 -
1965
Lawrence
Spence
1965 -
1968
Thomas
Linklater (2nd
time)
1968 -
1970
Kenneth
Spence (3rd
time)
1970 -
1972
Nelson
Linklater (1st
time)
1972 -
1974
Patrick
R. Spence (1st
time)
1974 -
1976
Peter H.
Spence
1976 -
1978
Nelson
Linklater (2nd
time)
1978 - 1990
Patrick R.
Spence (2nd
time)
1990 -
1994
Norman
Linklater
1994 -
2006
Jerry
S. Primrose
(1st time)
2006 -
2010
Jim
Moore
2010 -
2014
Jerry
S. Primrose
(2nd time)
2014 -
Marcel Moody
![[Northlands
Denesuline
Fist Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-nlnds.gif "[Northlands
Denesuline
Fist Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1980
Separated from
Barren Lands,
under the
Treaty No. 10
(Northlands).
2002
Renamed
Northlands
Denesuline.
Chiefs
bf.1981 -
af.1991
Jerome
Denechezhe
(1st time)
c.1992
Simon Samuel
bf.1993 -
af.1995
David Dantouze
bf.1997 -
1999
Jerome
Denechezhe
(2nd time)
1999 -
2001
John Dantouze
2001 -
2005
Joe Hyslop
2005 -
2011
Joseph
Dantouze
2011 -
2013
Joe Antsanen
(1st time)
2013 -
2015
Leo
Dettanikkeaze
2015 -
2017
Council
2017 - 2019
Joe Antsanen
(2nd time)
2019 -
Simon
Denechezhe
Norway House Cree Nation
![[Norway House Cree
(Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-nohse.gif "[Norway House Cree
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1875
Signed
the Treaty No. 5 (Norway House), confirmed in 1908.
1877 – 1972
Norway House Indian Agency
established (1884-1904 closed).
2001
Renamed Norway
House Cree Nation.
Chiefs
1875
-
1877
David Rundle
(d. 1904)
1877 -
1898
Thomas Balfour
(d.
1898)
1899 -
1907
Albert
Sinclair
(d.
1907)
c.1908
Sandy Sanders
Nov 1971 -
1975
Jean
Folster
(f)
(b. 1922 - d.
1994)
1975 -
af.1976
Ken Albert
bf.1980 -
af.1983
Maggie Balfour
(f)
bf.1984 -
af.1985
Walter
Apetagon
1986 -
1996
Alan James
Ross
1996 -
Aug
2005
Ronald Evans
(1st
time)
(b. 1958)
Aug 2005 - 16
Mar
2006
Fred Muskego
(acting)
16 Mar 2006 -
2008
Marcel Balfour
Aug 2008 -
2010
Ronald Evans
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
30 Mar 2010 -
17 Mar
2011
Eric Apetagon
2011 - 2018
Ronald Evans
(3rd
time)
(s.a.)
2018
-
Larson
Anderson
![[O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-occks.gif "[O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1879
Separated from
Ebb and Flow,
under the
Treaty No. 2
(Crane River).
1996/97
Renamed
O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi.
Chiefs (to
af.1914,
Headmen)
1879 -
1898
Ahyahpeetahpeetung
1898 - af.1899
Ahyangekeesigowenin
c.1982
Terry McDonald
bf.1987 -
af.1998
John H.
McDonald
bf.2000 -
2008
Wallace Moar
2008 -
2010
Delbert McKay
2010 -
2012
Hazel Moar (f)
2012 -
2016
Eugene
Eastman (1st
time)
2016 - 2018
Stephanie
Blackbird (f)
2018 - 2021
Eugene Eastman
(2nd time)
2021
-
Kerwin
Chaboyer
![[O-Pipon-Na-Piwin
Cree Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-O-Pipon-Na-Piwin.png "[O-Pipon-Na-Piwin
First Nation
(Manitoba,
Canada)]")
2005
Separated from
Nisichawayasihk,
under the
Treaty No. 5
(O-Pipon-Na-Piwin
Cree Nation).
Chiefs
2005 -
2011
Chris Baker
(1st time)
2011 -
2014
Jack Dysart
2014 - 2018
Chris Baker
(2nd time)
2018 -
Shirley
Ducharme (f)
![[Opaskwayak Cree Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-opask.gif "[Opaskwayak Cree Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1876
Signed the
Treaty No. 5 of 1875 (The Pas).
1884 – 1966
The Pas Indian Agency established.
1995
Renamed
Opaskwayak Cree Nation.
2002
Casino opened.
Chiefs
1876 - 1885
John Constant
(d.
af.1890)
1885 - 1924
Antoine Constant
1924 - 1939
Patrick Constant
1939 - 1945
Louis McGillivary
1945 - 1965
Cornelius Bignell
1965 - 1967
John Young
1967 - 1975
Gordon W. Lathlin
(b. 1933 – d.
1976)
1975 - 1985
Charles G. Constant (1st time)
1985 - 1989
Oscar Lathlin
(b.
1947 – d. 2008)
1989 - 1991
Charles G. Constant (2nd time)
1991 - 1997
Francis Flett (1st time)
(b. 1949 – d. 2006)
1997 - 1999
William G. Lathlin
1999 - 2005
Frank J. Whitehead
2005 - 2006
Francis Flett (2nd time)
(s.a.)
2006 - 2009
Norman G. Ross
2009 -
2016
Michael L. Constant
2016 - 2021
Christian Sinclair
2021
-
Sidney
Ballantyne
Pauingassi
1991
Separated from Little Grand Rapids, under the Treaty No.
5
(Pauingassi).
Chiefs
bf.1992 - af.1995
Joe Owens
c.1997
Allister Crow
c.2001
Roderick Pascal
bf.2002 - af.2004
Moses Owens
bf.2005 - 2014
Harold Crow
2014 - 2020
Michael Owens
2020
-
Roddy Owens
Peguis
|
![[Peguis Band
(Manitoba, Canada)]](ca-Peguis.png "[Peguis Band
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1817
Treaty of alliance
with the British by the Red River
Saulteaux (Ojibwa).
1871
Signed
the Treaty No. 1 (St. Peter's).
1876 - 1968
Clandeboye
(from 1911, Fisher River) Indian Agency established.
1909
Renamed
Peguis.
Head chiefs of Red River Saulteaux
c.1810 - 1864
Peehquaais "Little Chip"
(b. 1774 - d. 1864)
(from 1838, William King)
1864 - 1871
Henry Prince
(b. 1819 – d. 1899)
(Miskokenew "Red Eagle")
Chiefs
1871 - 1882
Henry Prince (1st time)
(s.a.)
1882 -
1888
William Prince
1888 -
1891
Henry Prince (2nd time) (s.a.)
1891 - 1897
William Asham
(b. 1853 – d. af.1932)
1897 - 1899
Henry Prince (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1899 -
1903
William H. Prince (1st time) (b. 1848 – d. 19..)
1903 -
1905
John H. Prince
(b. 1858 – d. 1910)
1905 -
1911
William H. Prince (2nd time) (s.a.)
1911 - 1917
Albert Rose
1917 - 1923
William Pahkoo
1923 - 1926
Thomas John Stevenson
1926 - 1929
Fred Thomas
1929 - 1932
Alex Greyeyes
1932 - 1935
Robert Sinclair
1935 - 1941
Nathaniel Asham (1st time)
1941 - 1944
Albert Edward Prince
1944 - 1947
Alex Williams
(d. 1947)
1947 - 1953
Nathaniel Asham (2nd time)
1953 - 1955
Alex Sinclair
1955 - 1961
Campbell
Sutherland
1961 -
1973
Albert Edward Thompson
(b. 1900 - d. 1973)
1973 - 1981
Jack Sinclair
1981 - 2007
Louis John Stevenson
(b. 1950 - d.
2014)
2007 - 2015
Glenn A. Hudson (1st time)
2015 - 2017
Cindy Spence (f)
2017 -
Glenn A. Hudson (2nd
time)
![[Pinaymootang First
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-pinay.gif "[Pinaymootang
First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1871
Signed the
Treaty No. 2 (Fairford).
1997/2001
Renamed Pinaymootang.
Chiefs
1871 - af.1899
Richard Woodhouse
bf.1982 - af.1989
Edward Anderson (1st time)
bf.1990 - af.1991
Andrew Anderson (1st time)
bf.1992 -
1995
Edward Anderson (2nd time)
1995 -
af.1997
Andrew Anderson (2nd time)
bf.2001 -
2015
Garnet Woodhouse (1st time)
2015 -
2017
Barry Anderson
2017 - 2021
Garnet Woodhouse (2nd time)
2021
-
Kurvis Anderson
![[Pine Creek First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-pinck.gif "[Pine Creek First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1880
Separated from Keeseekoose, under the Treaty No. 4
(Duck Bay).
1887
Renamed Pine
Creek.
Chiefs (to 1914, Headmen)
1880 -
1881
Jean-Baptiste Napakisit
(Quenezane)(1st time)
1881 -
1886
Joseph Beauchamp
1887 -
1919
Jean-Baptiste Napakisit
(2nd time)
1920 - 1944
Joe
Gambler
(d. 1944)
1944 - 1956
Theodore Flatfoot
(acting to 1946)
1956 - 1960
Jerome Nepinak
1960 - 1968
Arsene Contois
1968 - 1970
Robert Contois
1970 - 1976
Daniel
Nepinak
(d. 1976)
1976 - 1982
Norbert Abigosis
1982 - 1984
Clifford
McKay (1st time)
1984 - 1986
Hank Blackbird
1986 - 1994
Clifford McKay (2nd time)
1994 - 1996
Thomas J.
Nepinak
1996 - 2004
Clifford
McKay (3rd time)
2004 -
2008
Billyjo DeLaRonde
2008 -
2011
Derek Nepinak (1st time)
2011 -
2017
Charlie W. Boucher
(acting to 2013)
2017 - 2021
Karen Batson (f)
2021
-
Derek Nepinak (2nd time)
![[Poplar River First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-poplr.gif "[Poplar River First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1875
Signed the
Treaty No. 5 (Poplar River).
Chiefs
1875 - 1923
Jacob Nanowin (headman)
(d. 1923)
c.1926
Miles Michel
c.1933
Cuthbert Nanowin
c.1953
Alex Hudson (1st time)
1956 - 1958
Gordon Bittern (1st time)
1958 - 1960
Jacob Bruce
1960 - 1962
Alex Hudson (2nd time)
1962 - 1968
Gordon Bittern (2nd time)
1968 - 1971
Alex H. Hudson (1st
time) (b. 1928 - d. 2010)
1971 - 1972
Philip Bruce
1972 - 1974
Gordon Bittern (3rd time)
1974 - 1975
George Boyd
1975 - 1976
Jacob Green
1976 - 1977
Norman W. Bruce
1977 - 1982
Albert Bittern
1982 - 1988
Alex H. Hudson (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1988 -
1992
Vera Mitchell (f) (1st time)
1992 - 1994
Alex H. Hudson (3rd
time) (s.a.)
1994 - 1998
Russell Lambert (1st time)
1998 - 2002
Vera Mitchell (f) (2nd time)
2002 - 2010
Russell Lambert (2nd time)
2010 -
2011
Clifford W. Bruce
2011 - 2012
Guy Douglas
2012 - 2013
Russell Lambert (3rd time)
2013 - 2014
Vera Mitchell (f) (3rd
time)
2014 - 2016
Russell Lambert (4th time)
2016 -
Vera Mitchell (f) (4th
time)
|
|
![[Red Sucker Lake First Nation former
flag (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-red-sucker-lake.png "[Red Sucker
Lake First Nation former flag (Manitoba,
Canada)]")
![[Red Sucker
Lake First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-rslfn.gif "[Red Sucker Lake First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1969
Separated from
Garden Hill, under the Treaty No. 5
(Red
Sucker Lake).
Chiefs
1969 -
1978
....
1978 -
1982
Elijah Harper
(b. 1949 – d. 2013)
bf.1987 - af.1988
Leonard McDougall
bf.1989 - af.1990
Joshua Harper
c.1991
John H. Harper (1st
time)
bf.1992 - 1995
Fred Harper (1st time)
1995 - af.1997
John H. Harper (2nd time)
bf.1999 - 2001
Wesley Harper
2001 -
2003
Goliath Harper
2003 - 2005
Fred Harper (2nd time)
2005 - 2007
Eli Harper
2007 - 2013
Larry Knott
2013 -
2014
Leslie Harper
2014 - 2017
Greg Harper
2017 -
Samuel Knott
![[Rolling River First Nation (Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-rollr.gif "[Rolling River First Nation
(Manitoba, Canada)]")
1882
Separated from Waywayseecappo, under the Treaty No. 4
(Rolling River).
Chief
1882 - 189.
Shawanequanape "South Quill"
(headman)
bf.1897 - af.1899
Vacant
af.1982 - af.1998
Dennis Whitebird
bf.2000 - af.2006
Morris Swan-Shannacappo (1st time)
2007 - 2012
Wilfred C. McKay (1st time)
2012 - 2016
Morris Swan-Shannacappo (2nd time)
2016 - 2020
Michael McKay
2020
-
Wilfred C. McKay (2nd time)
![[Roseau River Anishinabe
First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-anish.gif "[Roseau
River Anishinabe First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1871
Signed
the Treaty No. 1 (Pembina).
1875
Renamed
Roseau River.
2002
Renamed Roseau River Anishinabe.
Chiefs
1871 - 1885
Kawetayash "Flying Round"
1886 - 1892
Ahneoom
1892 - 1914
Antoine
1915 - 1930
Nashwasoop
1931 - 1937
Tom Henry
1937 - 1953
Vacant
1953 - 1955
John James (1st time)
1955 - 1957
John Jim
1957 - 1959
Albert Henry (1st time)
1959 - 1965
John James (2nd time)
1965 - 1967
Albert Henry (2nd time)
1967 - 1969
John James (3rd time)
1969 - 1971
Clarence Henry
1971 - 1973
Scotty Meeshenow
1973 - 1975
Oliver Nelson
1975 - 1977
Felix Antoine (1st time)
1977 - 1979
Stanley Nelson
1979 - 1983
Felix Antoine (2nd time)
1983 – 1989
Carl Roberts
1989 - 1991
Vincent Pierre
1991 - 1995
Lawrence Henry
1995 - 1999
Felix Antoine (3rd time)
1999 - 2001
Edward Hayden
2001 -
2003
Felix Antoine (4th time)
2003 -
2011
Terrance Nelson
2011 - 2015
Ken Henry
2015 - 2017
Alfred Hayden
2017 -
Craig Alexander
![[St. Theresa Point first
nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-sther.gif "[St. Theresa Point
first nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1969
Separated from Garden
Hill, under the Treaty No. 5
(St. Theresa Point).
Chiefs
1969 -
19..
....
bf.1982 -
af.1987
Joe G. Wood (1st time)
bf.1988 -
af.1990
Ken Wood (1st time)
bf.1991 - af.1992 Jack
Flett (1st time)
199. - 1994
Joe G. Wood (2nd time)
1994 - 1996
Jack Flett (2nd time)
1996 - af.1998
Ken Wood (2nd time)
bf.1999 - 2001
Reggie Mason
2001 - 2003
David McDougall (1st time)
2003 - 2005
Jack Wood
2005 - 2007
David McDougall (2nd time)
2007 - 2008
Robert Flett
2008 - 2012
David McDougall (3rd time)
2012 - 2014
Eugene Wood
2014 - 2019
David McDougall (4th time)
2019 - 2021
Marie A. Wood (f)
2021
-
Elvin Flett
![[Sandy Bay First
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-sandb.gif "[Sandy Bay First
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1876
Separated
from Long Plain, under the Treaty No. 1 (Sandy Bay).
Chiefs
1876 - 1883
Nanawachewacapow "Big Sweetgrass" (d. 1883)
1884 - 1886
Francois Desmarais
1886 - 1893
Vacant
1893 - 1913
Antoine Mousseau
1914 - 1931
Michael Levasseur
1931 - 1936
Louis Prince
1936 - 1939
Vacant
1939 - 1951
George Sutherland (1st time)
1951 - 1952
Harold Mousseau
1952 - 1956
Adelarde Houle
1956 - 1965
John Beaulieu
1965 - 1969
George Sutherland (2nd time)
1969 - 1978
Howard Starr
1978 - 1984
Angus Starr (1st time)
1984 - 1986
Raymond Beaulieu
1986 - 1990
Harry Desjarlais
1990 - 1994
Angus Starr (2nd time)
1994 - 1996
James Spence
1996 - 1998
Dennis Roulette
1998 - 2003
John P. Spence (1st time)
2003 -
2006
Irvin McIvor (1st time)
2006 – 2008
John P. Spence (2nd time)
2008 –
2010
Russell J. Beaulieu (1st time)
2010 – 2012
Irvin McIvor (2nd time)
2012 -
2014
Russell J. Beaulieu (2nd time)
2014 - 2020
Lance O. Roulette
2020
-
Trevor Prince
![[Sapotaweyak Cree
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-sapot.gif "[Sapotaweyak Cree
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1912
Separated from The Key, under the Treaty No. 4 (Shoal
River).
1996/97
Renamed Sapotaweyak
Cree Nation.
Chiefs (to af.1914, Headmen)
1912 - 19..
....
c.1982
William J. Audy
bf.1987 -
af.1988
Stanley N. Gott
bf.1989 - 1992
Ronald Cook (1st time)
1992 -
1994
Hubert Kematch (1st time)
1994 -
1996
Ronald Cook (2nd time)
1996 - af.1998
Hubert Kematch (2nd time)
bf.2000 - 2010
Alphaeus G. Brass
2010 -
Nelson M. Genaille
![[Sayisi Dene (Manitoba,
Canada)]](xa-sayde.gif "[Sayisi Dene (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1910
Adhesion to
the Treaty No. 5 of 1875 (Fort Churchill).
1996/97
Renamed Sayisi Dene.
Chiefs
1910 - 19..
John French
1945 - 1960
Artie Cheekie
bf.1963 - af.1966 John
Clipping
c.1970
Simon Duck
1975 - af.1982
Peter Yassie
bf.1987 - 1988
Isaac Tom
1988 - 1990
Ila Bussidor (f) (1st time)
c.1991
Peter Thorassie (1st
time)
c.1992
Steven Thorassie
bf.1994 - 1996
Ernie Bussidor (1st time)
1996 - 199.
Peter Thorassie (2nd time)
c.1997
Gladys Powderhorn (f)
199. -
1999
Geoff Bussidor
1999 - 2002
Ila Bussidor (f) (2nd time)
2002 - 2004
Evan Yassie (1st time)
2004 -
2006
Charles Tom
2006 - 2008
Bernice Thorassie (f)
2008 - 2010
Ernie Bussidor (2nd time)
2010 -
2013
Jimmy Thorassie
2013 - 2016
Peter Thorassie, Jr.
2016 - 2019
Tony Powderhorn
2019 -
Evan Yassie (2nd time)
![[Shamattawa First
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](ca-mb-xshafn.png "[Shamattawa First
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1947
Separated from York Factory, under the Treaty No. 5
(Shamattawa).
Chiefs
1947 -
19..
....
c.1982
Sam Miles (1st time)
c.1987
Judah Miles
bf.1988 -
af.1990
Sam Miles (2nd time)
c.1991
Tommy McKay (1st time)
199. -
1992
Kenneth L. Beardy
1992 -
199.
William L. Miles (1st time)
c.1996
Tommy McKay (2nd time)
c.1997
Margaret Koostachin (f)
bf.2000 -
af.2001
Roy Miles
c.2002
William L. Miles (2nd time)
bf.2005 - 2018
Jeffrey Napoakesik
2018 -
Eric Redhead
![[Sioux Valley Dakota
Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-siouv.gif "[Sioux Valley
Dakota Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]")
1863
Arrived from
the U.S.
1875
Oak River
Sioux Reserve set aside (no treaty).
1972
Renamed Sioux
Valley.
2002
Renamed
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation.
2014
Self-government agreement.
Chiefs
1863 - 1886
Wambdi Ska "White Eagle"
(d. 1886)
1886 - 1890
James McKay (Taninyahdinazin) (d.
1890)
1890 - 1893
Vacant
1893 - af.1904
Tunkan Cekiyana (1st time)
19.. - 1913
James Antoine
(d. 1917)
1913 - 19..
Tunkan Cekiyana (2nd time)
1921 - 19..
Matthew Pratt
1952 - 1954
Archie Pratt
1954 - 1958
Eli Taylor
1958 - 1960
Edward Mazawasicuna
1960 - 1964
John Sioux (1st time)
1964 - 1966
Jim Blacksmith
1966 - af.1968
John Sioux (2nd time)
c.1970
Peter Whitecloud
197. - 1972
Vernon Mazawasicuna
1972 - 1974
Michael Hotain
1974 - 1976
Frank McKay
1976 - 197.
Walter Noel
197. - 1978
Russell Merrick
1978 -
197.
John Sioux (3rd time)
197. - 1980
Waldron Essie
1980 - 1982
Robert Wasicuna
1982 - 1986
M. Allan Pratt
1986 - 1994
Robert Bone
1994 - 1996
Ronald Hall
1996 - 1998
Ivan Ironman
1998 - 2002
Kenneth Whitecloud (1st time)
2002 - 2004
Katherine Whitecloud (f)
2004 - 2006
Vincent Tacan (1st time)
2006 - 2008
Kenneth Whitecloud (2nd time)
2008 - 2010
Donna Elk (f)
2010 - 2018
Vincent Tacan (2nd time)
2018 -
Jennifer Bone (f)
![[Skownan
First Nation (Manitoba, Canada)]](xa-skown.gif "[Skownan First Nation (Manitoba,
Canada)]")
1873
Separated from Ebb and Flow, under the Treaty No. 2
(Waterhen).
1997/2001
Renamed Skownan.
Chiefs
1873 – 1885
Antoine (Katahkahwaynaas)
(d. 1885)
1885 –
1922
Baptiste Nepinak
1922 – 1950
Hermus Nepinak
1951 – 1955
Alex Catcheway (1st time)
1955 – 1959
Moise Catcheway (2nd time)
1959 – 1961
Alex Catcheway (1st time)
1961 –
1963 &nb