Misipawistik Cree Nation | Fisher River Cree First Nation

Fisher River Cree Nation is situated in the Interlake Region of Manitoba, known for strong cultural preservation and community development.

POPULATION

4,522

Rank #42 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

63.2 KM²

Rank #182 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

08/23/2025

Term Expiration

Conflict Score

Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-31 22:38:31 UTC

Name

Fisher River (ISC Code: 264)

Former Names

Fisher River Band

Band Style

Cree First Nation

Cultural Area

Interlake Region, Manitoba

Indigenous Language

Cree

Number of Registered Members

4522

Band Website

https://fisherriver.ca/

Phone Number

(204) 645-2171

Fax Number

(204) 645-2745

Address

PO BOX 367, KOOSTATAK, MB

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

DAVID CRATE

Term Expires

08/23/2025

Number of Council Members

DAVID CRATE

Chief

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📞 Phone not available

HILLARY MURDOCK

Councillor

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DELANEY J MASON

Councillor

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DARRELL THADDEUS

Councillor

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BARRY WILSON

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

2019 - Report Not Available

2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

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2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Fisher River Cree Nation et al. v. Ochekwi-Sipi First Nation Personal Care Home Inc.

Fisher River Cree Nation v. Canada (Attorney General)

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6365
FISHER RIVER 44A
777.0 Hectares
SEC 15 & 16, S 1/2 SECS 21 & 22, TWP 28, RGE 1 WPM
[51.4042818, -97.5386501]
ISC Code: 6364
FISHER RIVER 44
5541.9 Hectares
177 KM N/N OF/DE WINNIPEG
[53.2976733, -97.9667841]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

First Nations denied injunction in Keystone Junior Hockey League split

Indigenous communities are leading Canada’s clean energy transition

Hospital lawsuit settlement reached

Feb 2012: Opinion: Head of the class

CRATE ELSIE - Obituaries

Phoenix pay system to blame for not paying Indigenous liaison officer

Manitoba’s Indigenous sporting history chronicled in new book

At least 9 Manitoba First Nations declare states of emergency over snowstorm power outages

Manitoba floods: First Nation wants Liberals to provide permanent protection

Indigenous | Native studies colloquium honours national leader in education Verna J. Kirkness

Teaching math through cedar weaving, trade beads and oral history

New book about hockey team from Pelican Lake Indian Residential School set for Thunder Bay launch

Tanya Talaga to blend Canadian history and her family story in next book, coming out in August 2024

Indigenous peoples at greater risk of flooding caused by climate change: study

Indigenous safe housing in limbo

Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors | Exhibition | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Learning about Indigenous foods in the field

I’m A Two-Spirit Métis Leader. Here’s How I’m Celebrating My Identity This June

The First Nation solar farm generating power and making history

Denver Art Museum dedicates 2025 to Indigenous artists

Free Press Head Start for May 5, 2025

Jeska Slater

Manitoba’s Indigenous sporting history chronicled in new book

Treaty 5 chiefs say Manitoba is failing to live up to its duty to consult on resource projects

Fisher River files suit against Crown for ‘breach’ of treaty obligations

Baby eel fisher calls for enforcement against illegal harvesting on N.S. river

Flooding is taking its toll on First Nations in southern Manitoba

Students | Leaders in many ways

Seven Generations exhibit blends media and teachings

Indigenous-Filipino woman cooking up new ways to address food security

When is a war canoe not a war canoe?

Along the Columbia River, a tribal fishing expo returns after 5 years

‘Water is life’: First Nations launch $4-B suit over Lake Winnipeg pollution

Celebrating Manitoba’s Fisher River First Nation

Fisher River Best Governed First Nation in Manitoba

Evacuation order issued for Peguis First Nation as water rises

Why these sisters from Fisher River Cree Nation hoop dance

City of Winnipeg says 2024 sewage spill had no significant impact on Lake Winnipeg's health

Manitoba announces initial work underway to reconstruct Provincial Road 224

How Kent Monkman Is Reclaiming History: ‘We’ve Always Been Here, and We Will Always Be Here’

UPDATE: One man arrested in Fisher River homicide, two others in custody

Homes destroyed as large grass fire burns in Manitoba's Peguis First Nation

The backlash against Indigenous protected area plans in Manitoba

All sides of the conservation equation in Manitoba are calling for more-productive discussions to build trust, find mutual goals

'He would be very proud': Indigenous veterans honoured in Winnipeg

POWER UP: Fisher River opens Manitoba's first ‘utility-scale’ solar farm

Missing Sagkeeng First Nation man found dead in Fort Alexander: Manitoba RCMP

Missing Fisher River Cree Nation man found dead, RCMP say

Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency over flood-related health crisis

Reserve adopts strict anti-drug policy

Hundreds in Peguis First Nation flee homes as Fisher River floods community

Manitoba's 1st cases of COVID-19 on First Nations identified at Fisher River, Peguis

Manitoba First Nations' class action seeks treaty annuity payments

Manitoba chief proposes class action against feds over 'effectively worthless' $5 treaty payments

Fisher River will recede within its banks by Monday, forecasters say

‘We get to focus on us’: Women’s gathering creates empowerment

Manitoba First Nations woman shares story of life under CFS care

Some Peguis First Nation residents staying put, even as floodwaters rise

Manitoba First Nations on high alert following COVID-19 cases

Federal government invests in more than 3,700 homes in Manitoba

'Do the right thing': Grassy Narrows First Nation demands action on mercury pollution ahead of Ontario vote

Jan 2021: First Nations renewable energy successes on display

More Manitoba communities to switch away from the RCMP

Map of Barney's River and current-day Fisher's Grant Indian Reserve #24. SOURCE: Google Maps (2019).

Band's drug testing could violate human rights

Unresolved: Heaven Traverse

Phoenix Sinclair inquiry: Covering it was a 'harrowing' experience

Forced to Relocate to a Flood Plain: Manitoba First Nation Says Protection is Overdue

Why some Manitoba communities are transitioning away from the RCMP

Fisher River Cree Nation lighting the solar farm path for other communities in Manitoba

New transitional shelter for women opens its doors in Fisher River Cree Nation

Councils

First Nations argue new hockey league is 'blatant racism,' segregates Indigenous, non-Indigenous teams

First Nation Members of AMC

Get to know the new Elder-in-Residence at the Indigenous Student Centre

Boy, 2, wanders from First Nations daycare

Manitoba First Nations could see new approach to flood mapping

Winnipeg woman asks why nobody spoke up to racist bus riders

‘Trailblazing’ medical grad looks forward to providing care for underserved Indigenous communities

Manitoba First Nation celebrates landmark solar energy project

Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre celebrates history in reopening exhibition

Outstanding suspect in death of Fisher River Cree Nation man arrested in Winnipeg

Denver Art Museum presents Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors in April 2025

Fisher River Cree Nation sisters to compete at World Championship Hoop Dance Contest

First Nations psychologists from around the world meet in Boorloo

Manitoba government assessing long-term flood protection for Peguis First Nation

Flooding prompts evacuations in 4 First Nations, states of emergency in Manitoba communities

Woman, 28, found dead in downtown Winnipeg, homicide police investigating

Fisher River Cree First Nation giving new life to long-vacant, historic South Osborne apartment building in Winnipeg

Learn about Indigenous foods and plants in the field

Five things you should know about Michael Hart, UCalgary's inaugural vice-provost (Indigenous engagement)

Manitoba Indigenous Tuberculosis History Project launches new Missing Patient Research Guide

Coronavirus making inroads with first cases in First Nations in Manitoba

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Passes Key Resolutions Addressing Treaty Rights, Governance, and Environmental Concerns

English-Cree cookbook receives international recognition

Pow Wow Planning, No Small Feat

In Brief: Canada’s Got Talent ups the ante for season three

Fisher River Cree Nation gives students free laptops and internet access for online learning

Manitoba’s Fisher River First Nation completes major solar project build

Bird Recorder Project Will Support Education and Conservation in Fisher River Cree Nation

News : Red River College Polytechnic: Interlake and Peguis - Fisher River Campus

Indigenous | Meet the new Grandmother-in-Residence

Volunteer firefighter who died shortly after helping others remembered as a hero

Ottawa rejects First Nation's strict anti-drug bylaw

Manitoba couple sentenced to life for murder of Phoenix Sinclair

Phoenix Sinclair inquiry told child welfare agency in chaos

Indspire Cross-Canada tour showcasing successful Aboriginal students makes stop in Saskatoon

Manitoba woman turns back with others on Trudeau in House of Commons

Peguis First Nation stays on flood watch as river recedes

Sagkeeng First Nation goes into lockdown with 1st COVID-19 case

Resistance 150: Indigenous artists challenge Canadians to reckon with our history

Red Cross mobilized to help Peguis First Nation flood evacuees in Winnipeg

Peguis First Nation faces impossible choice after latest flood

Self-funded healing lodge has grand opening

Manitoba First Nations on high alert after three probable COVID-19 cases identified

Peguis evacuees fleeing Fisher River flood speak of devastating loss

Meeting Canadian Food Guide 'next to impossible' for some: Manitoba researcher

Teen from Manitoba First Nation ‘scared for her community’ after flood | story | Kids News

Manitoba lawsuit claims feds breached Treaty 2 by keeping annuity payments 'frozen in time' at $5

Reclaiming their history: Three Manitoba women keeping their culture alive through language, art

Overland flood watch issued for Peguis First Nation, Fisher River Cree Nation

2 years after historic flood, Peguis First Nation evacuees still waiting to return home

'It gets tiring': Manitoba First Nation wants long-term solution to flooding

Ottawa has spent $24M helping Peguis fight floods; a permanent solution would cost $100M

Manitoba chief thinks Transparency Act good, but unnecessary

This First Nation was swindled out of its land — and into a flood zone

Community-based study aims to decolonize Canadian Food Guide

Traditional foods give boost to First Nations battling diabetes

Raven Indigenous Outcomes Funds completes $20.4-million first close

Peguis First Nation, surrounding Manitoba communities fear lack of funding could shut down ambulance service

Here’s a way for governments to buy positive outcomes

Man wanted in death of 28-year-old woman, 3 others arrested: Winnipeg police

Fisher River Cree Nation Breaks New Ground

Officials visit Peguis First Nation to get aerial view of historic flooding

Documentary explores Indigenous life and connection to one of the largest freshwater lakes on earth

Documentary debut! NFB world premiere of The Lake Winnipeg Project

Hundreds in Peguis First Nation flee homes as Fisher River floods community

First Nations commercial fishermen consider starting season as they await federal relief

Fisher River native an active voice in indigenous education

Fisher River Cree Nation unveils Manitoba's biggest solar farm, a source of Bullfrog Power's green energy

No ring dike, but why? How Peguis First Nation still has no permanent flood protection

Fisher River Cree Nation settles $15M land claim with feds

Fisher River will recede within its banks by Monday, Manitoba flood forecasters say

Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue

Fisher River Cree Nation suspending classroom learning after COVID-19 case confirmed in community

Fisher River Cree Nation re-launches English-Cree cookbook

Fisher River files suit against Crown for ‘breach’ of treaty obligations

Before ‘Sixties Scoop’ was coined, Carla Williams was able to return to her Indigenous roots

Beaded mask contest winner honours the sister she lost during the pandemic

Fisher River Cree Nation unveils Manitoba’s biggest solar farm

First Nations sue Canada over child-welfare system's destruction of culture, language

Meet Verna Kirkness, the Indigenous education hero from Fisher River Cree Nation

Fisher River Cree Nation settles $15M land claim with federal government after nearly 30 years

Fisher River Cree Nation medical graduate hopes others follow in her footsteps

Manitoba's new 'utility scale' solar farm aims to spark First Nations interest in green energy

Manitoba First Nation sues feds, alleges unchanged $5 annuity payments violate treaty

Peguis First Nation launches $1B flood damages lawsuit against feds, province and 2 municipalities

Peguis First Nation declares state of emergency over flood-induced housing shortage

QUESNEL: Celebrating Manitoba’s Fisher River First Nation

The DAM Celebrates 100 Years of Highlighting Indigenous Arts

Fisher River Cree Nation Unveils Manitoba’s Largest Solar Farm

Commercial fisher from Poplar River First Nation navigates challenging fall season

Manitoba First Nation sues three levels of government over lack of flood protection

Fisher River Cree Nation English-Cree cookbook now available

Indigenous communities cut the red tape and find solutions to their environmental, health problems

Raising the health and clean energy bar on First Nations

Fisher River Cree Nation acquires historic Rubin Block for transitional housing

Fisher River Cree Nation to restore century-plus old building on Osborne Street

Kent Monkman

Academic Research

Shadow Tribe: The Making of Columbia River Indian Identity

Indigenous peoples and transformations in freshwater governance and management

Slippery Business. The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the Politics of Salmon Recovery in the Pacific Northwest

… food is our way of life”: On-Reserve First Nation perspectives on community food security and sovereignty through oral history in Fisher River Cree Nation, Manitoba

Bringing the 'other half'back: A place-specific intergenerational exploration of indigenous physical cultural masculinities in Fisher River Cree nation

Language use and attitudes among the Fisher River Cree in Manitoba

“The river is us; the river is in our veins”: re-defining river restoration in three Indigenous communities

River co-governance and co-management in Aotearoa New Zealand: enabling Indigenous ways of knowing and being

Restor (y) ing place: Indigenous land-based physical cultural practices as restorative process in Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochékwi Sipi)

The historical roots of high rates of infant death in Aboriginal communities in Canada in the early twentieth century: The case of Fisher River, Manitoba

Shadow Tribe: The Making of Columbia River Indian Identity

Indigenous rights and ontological plurality in the institutional arrangements for the Waikato and Waipā Rivers in Aotearoa

Indigenous socio-economic values and river flows

Language use and attitudes among the Fisher River Cree in Manitoba

Shadow Tribe: The Making of Columbia River Indian Identity

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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