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Community Profile
- The Little Saskatchewan First Nation is an Ojibwe community located in central Manitoba, historically connected to traditional hunting and fishing territories.
- Last Updated 2025-05-12 12:42:04 UTC
- Name: Little Saskatchewan (ISC Code: 274)
- Former Names: Pequis First Nation, Little Saskatchewan Band
- Band Style: Ojibwe First Nation
- Cultural Area: Interlake Region, Manitoba
- Indigenous Language: Ojibwe
- Number of Registered Members: 1502
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 04/17/2027
- CHIEF: HECTOR SHORTING
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
- HECTOR SHORTING
- HECTOR SHORTING
- ALBERT SHORTING
- DARRELL SHORTING
- RAYMOND SUMNER JR
- LEROY THOMPSON
- RAYMOND SUMNER
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/227-little-saskatchewan
- PHONE NUMBER: (204) 659-4584
- FAX NUMBER: (204) 659-2071
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 98, GYPSUMVILLE, MB
- EMAILS:
- A/Chief HECTOR SHORTING:
- Chief HECTOR SHORTING:
- Councillor ALBERT SHORTING:
- Councillor DARRELL SHORTING:
- Councillor RAYMOND SUMNER JR:
- Councillor LEROY THOMPSON:
- Councillor RAYMOND SUMNER:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Little Saskatchewan20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Little Saskatchewan20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Little Saskatchewan20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Little Saskatchewan20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Little Saskatchewan20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Little Saskatchewan20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Little Saskatchewan20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Little Saskatchewan20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Little Saskatchewan20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Little Saskatchewan20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Little Saskatchewan20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Little Saskatchewan20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6383
LITTLE SASKATCHEWAN 48
1310.8 Hectares
217 KM NW/NO OF/DE WINNIPEG
[49.8954221, -97.1385145] -
ISC Code: 6384
LITTLE SASKATCHEWAN 48B
97.5 Hectares
W 1/2 OF SEC 26, ALL OF SEC 27, SE 1/4 OF SEC 28, S 1/2 OF SEC 34, SW 1/4 OF SEC 35, TWP 32, RGE 8, WPM
[51.65574669999999, -98.40894929999999]
- Located in the traditional Ojibwe territories of central Manitoba
- Historically occupied hunting and fishing lands around Gypsumville
- Traditional territories include parts of the Interlake Region
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Robinson, Little & Co. (Trustee of) v. Sask. (Min. of Labour)
- Robinson, Little & Co. (Bankrupt) v. Saskatchewan (Minister of Labour)
- 101082401 Saskatchewan Ltd. v Tunnels of Little Chicago Association Inc.
- Standard Trust v. Little
- Nelson v. Little Estate
- Craik v. Little Pine First Nation
- Paton v. Little
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1805 v. Little Borland Ltd.
- Little v. Laing
- Little-Borland Ltd. v. Highfield Development Ltd.
- Little v. Condominium Plan 82S15667 (Owners)
- Little v. Little
- Nelson v. Little
- Little v. Magle
- Avco Financial Services Canada Ltd. v. Little (Bankrupts)
- Schemenauer v Little Black Bear First Nation
- Concorde Group Corp. v. Little
- Allan Grain Growers, In re ;Robinson Little & Co, Ex parte
- Little v. Salterio Estate
- Prairie Heights v Little
- Little v. Nelson
- Little v. Condominium Plan 82S15667 (Owners)
- McEwen, Re, McEwen v Little
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- First Nations land vital to Sask. farm
- Nandawaatoo
- Little Black Bear partners with Muscowpetung on building aquaponics facilities
- Bellegarde appointed chair of First Nations Bank
- Manitoba premier has fun with tire-changing internet meme
- ‘Little Bird’ brings unique story of Indigenous identity to PBS
- Churchill–Keewatinook Aski
- In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her traumatic Indigenous past
- Where’s Trudeau’s pipeline for water to First Nations?
- Author Michelle Good embarking on Sask. tour with best-seller Five Little Indians
- Two Sask. First Nations pursue food sovereignty with new agriculture project
- PBS Series ‘Little Bird’ Details Indigenous Experience Amid ‘Sixties Scoop’
- Indigenous-Led Drama ‘Little Bird’ Gives Voice to Canada’s Stolen Generation
- New series tells story of Sixties Scoop survivor learning about her past
- 'I was born and raised on a reserve': Shorting wants to amplify indigenous voices as next AMC Grand Chief
- After summer of horrific discoveries, Indigenous issues are getting little attention in Canada’s election campaign
- Flood evacuees for eight years, Little Saskatchewan residents finally have a place to go home to
- Rady Faculty of Health Sciences | International students use video to share First Nations community research
- Uncovering the complicated history of blankets in Indigenous communities
- Acting Piapot chief, other Sask. Indigenous people react to CBC investigation into Buffy Sainte-Marie
- 35 books to read for National Indigenous History Month
- Why some First Nations people hope Cancel Canada Day boosts Indigenous turnout in 2021 federal election
- Judge approves $90M settlement for flooded Manitoba First Nations
- Family searching for answers after Little Saskatchewan man dies following encounter with Winnipeg police
- Indigenous drama student finds themselves through theatre
- Barriers and benefits: Indigenous artists in rural Saskatchewan
- New series hits close to home for creator Jennifer Podemski
- Sask. First Nation kids head to New Zealand to learn about Treaty of Waitangi
- Rare Indigenous eyewitness account of Battle of the Little Bighorn found in Ontario
- 3 of every 4 Sask. homicide victims in 2021 were Indigenous
- Indigenous people from Canada, U.S., meet in Saskatoon to sign treaty aiming to restore bison
- May 2023: Red River ecological corridor needed
- Combating diabetes using community strengths, aided by USask research
- Little Bird TV Series: Why You Should Be Watching
- 'Every day is Red Dress Day': Indigenous women in Saskatchewan reflect on loss, inaction
- History of the Wahpeton Dakota people in P.A.’s Little Red River Park
- How a day for truth and reconciliation inspired these Indigenous artists
- Lisa Edelstein Joins ‘Little Bird’ Indigenous Drama (Exclusive)
- Canada's Alabama: Have we learned anything from a racist past?
- Little Sask. First Nation sues Manitoba over flood damage
- The Indian reserve Little Saskatchewan, Man., the 14th worst place to live in Canada
- Challenges facing Sask. Indigenous youth are 'relatively flat or getting worse': children's advocate
- Manitoba flood should have taught gov't lessons, but it didn't say leaders
- In Little Bird, trauma of the Sixties Scoop is captured with humour and hope
- Manitoba is getting a new ‘belt of greenspace’
- Indigenous activist Nakuset on seeing her Sixties Scoop story told in Little Bird
- New figures show little progress on Sask.'s sky-high Indigenous incarceration rate
- Talking about Treaty in a new course for Dalhousie faculty
- Sask. First Nations call on province, feds to rescind policy that withholds income assistance for recipients
- Anishinaabe MC, singer-songwriter Leonard Sumner is making music to work through grief
- New generation of Indigenous elders coming out of previous colonial mentality
- Creating opportunities through physical activity with Indigenous youth
- Cuthand: Treaty settlement suggests Sask. First Nations are owed billions
- LITTLE BIRD is Both a Specific Story of the Sixties Scoop, and a Journey That Everyone Can Relate To, Says Jennifer Podemski
- Keeping Indigenous languages alive: professors in Sask. publish readers in First Nations languages
- Indigenous parents in Manitoba call Wab Kinew ‘role model’ for kids
- Author of Five Little Indians: Why they can't just 'get over it'
- Wildfires in Alberta and Saskatchewan affecting a dozen First Nations
- Canada’s prison system has changed little for Indigenous Peoples: Report
- Manitoba’s premier changing a tire sparks viral memes
- Regalia as a costume is insulting, Sask. Indigenous author says
- UWinnipeg to raise Progress and Two-Spirit flags on campus
- Despair and resilience of Indigenous youth in the face of a suicide crisis
- Indigenous Struggle and the Fight for Socialism: Revolution, Not Reconciliation!
- Dark history of Canada's First Nations pass system uncovered in documentary
- Grandmother’s Lodge is home away from home for Indigenous students
- ‘It’s like a little beading oasis’: Ruth Cuthand brings her skills to the Arts Building
- Murray Mandryk: Tamra Keepness is more than a story of a missing little girl
- Debunking the myth that Canadian schools teach enough about indigenous people
- Sask. teacher goes high-tech to help Indigenous students learn
- Saskatoon student to pursue medicine after winning RBC Indigenous scholarship
- Manitou Beach to mark a century
- The numbered treaties in Canada and where they are located
- 'They're not just statistics. Our little girls are dying': FSIN vice-chief
- Saskatchewan First Nation brews up Tim Hortons franchise
- Sask woman wins Canadian Screen Award for makeup skills
- Saskatchewan residential school survivor reflects on tragic legacy: ‘My little heart was just crying’
- Northwestern Sask. First Nations moving ahead with community safety officer program
- New APTN series coming to Crave features Indigenous cast, crew and training for the next generation
- Woman found dead outside vehicle on First Nation in Interlake
- Students | Student Success Week Spotlight: Sheri Shorting
- ‘Little Bird’ television series explores Canada's ‘Sixties Scoop’
- Class is in session. In today's lesson, students learn how to skin a coyote
- Parks Canada bans watercraft from Manitoba's Clear Lake for 2024 over zebra mussel concerns
- Missing 12-year-old from Little Saskatchewan First Nation found safe: Manitoba RCMP
- 'Our story is about hope': How siblings of lost Saskatchewan girl made peace with their loss
- 2 Manitoba grand chiefs highlight long-term boil water advisories on World Water Day
- CBC podcast solves decades-old mystery of Saskatchewan girl lost in Sixties Scoop
- Scholarship support helps a student-parent succeed
- Indigenous smudging protocol introduced to Sask. provincial courts brings some peace amid tragedy
- Sask. First Nations rally behind northern community in dispute with uranium company
- Michelle Good's acclaimed novel Five Little Indians looks at the legacy of residential schools
- Native flood evacuees find refuge in Manitoba lodge
- Cuthand: Treaty Land Entitlement allowed Sask. First Nations to buy farmland as rural population dwindled
- Wear something that shows who you are, says Saskatchewan girl behind National Ribbon Skirt Day
- 7 candidates competing for Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs leadership address province's chiefs
- Manitoba First Nation flood evacuees net $90M-settlement
- Sask. political leaders have little to say about Alberta's proposed Sovereignty Act
- Red Cross supporting evacuations for 16 First Nation communities in wake of 'catastrophic' snowstorm
- Jean Cuthand Goodwill
- Little Bone First Nation happy to open new community centre
- Perry Bellegarde
- First Nation chiefs join together to speak out against Saskatchewan First Act
- Leonard Sumner on Rez Poetry and Idle No More
- Why I've spent much of my life raising other people's children
- Grandmother of missing 5-year-old Frank Young says family is still hopeful as search reaches Day 28
- Contractor that left new Brandon school unfinished abandons dozens of incomplete houses in Lake St. Martin
- Feature: Developing an Indigenous police service
- First Nations look at forming own police service
- Award-Winning Canadian Drama LITTLE BIRD Comes to PBS
- They woke up with four kids. By the end of the day, they had one. Inside the devastating new ‘Sixties Scoop’ drama ‘Little Bird’
- Federal government announces several settlements of historic claims with First Nations in Saskatchewan
- Willie Thrasher Shares Humboldt Broncos Tribute "Little Town in Saskatchewan"
- Flooded out to save Winnipeg, Lake St. Martin residents now feel forgotten
- Opinion: Ecological corridors helpful to Manitoba
- Inaccuracy results in loss of $1M investment in ecological corridor project
- Inaccuracy results in loss of $1M investment in ecological corridor project
- Program helps Indigenous businesses install EV chargers to accelerate climate and business goals
- 'Little girl deserves justice': Gallery erupts in anger as charges stayed against driver who killed child
- Little Black Bear partners with Muscowpetung on building aquaponics facilities
- 'Extreme opposition' dooms ecological corridor project along western Manitoba river
- Indigenous children’s book ‘Little Louis’ aims to curb COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy with a culturally relevant story
- Cathy Merrick re-elected for second term as leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
- How Indigenous communities are working to boost COVID-19 vaccine rates
- Jan 2019: 53 Manitoba reserves plagued by mould in homes: MP
- 'A one-of-a-kind experience': Growing up Black and Indigenous in Saskatchewan
- Up to 10 homes, buildings burn down in Little Saskatchewan First Nation, Interlake
- ‘Severe need’ for Indigenous representation in fight for Lake Winnipeg water quality: advocate
- Indigenous Struggle and the Fight for Socialism: Revolution, Not Reconciliation!
- First Nation Members of AMC
- Flood-prone First Nations wary as Manitoba and Ottawa announce new water diversion channels
- Treaty 2 chiefs seek meeting with premier on planning for flood channels
- $90-million Manitoba flood cheques in the mail
- Little Bone First Nation happy to open new community centre
- Grassroots First Nations whistleblowers need accountability protections
- The numbered treaties in Canada and where they are located
- Investigation clears Winnipeg police in fatal arrest of First Nations man
- With a little imagination and a lot of spray foam, he can make your dream ice fishing shack.
- Lorne Cardinal
- Jordan's Principle backlog leaves Interlake First Nations short $1M, affecting 900 families: tribal council
- Doug Cuthand: New Indigenous minister cleans up 137-year-old Sask. mess
- Sask. man worried Métis and non-status Indian Sixties Scoop survivors will have little say in class action
- Sask. newcomers explore importance of learning Indigenous history, truth and reconciliation
- A case for commemorating Chief Big Bear: an early advocate for Indigenous rights
- Western separatism would have to face treaty nations, say First Nations leaders
- Tackle social issues that lead to incarceration, says Sask. advocate in wake of prison watchdog report
- Mysterious tales of 'Little People' intrigue new generations of Cree, Mi'kmaq
- Muslim, First Nations, others need to work together: Little Mosque creator
- Opinion: By ignoring the duty to consult First Nations, three Canadian premiers show their true colours
- ‘Little Canada’ displacing Afro-Indigenous communities in Honduras
- Cries of racism fill courtroom as judge stays impaired driving charge
- Lil' Red Dress Project helping pay for ads to find missing women
- Lorne Cardinal
- Canada makes $1.72B cows-and-plows settlement with 14 Sask. First Nations
- Sask. Indigenous artists working on Little Bird win big at Canadian Screen Awards
- This is what it means to decolonize climate policy
- Little Bird Series Review: One Woman’s Journey Discovering Her Roots
- Little Bird Series Review: One Woman’s Journey Discovering Her Roots
- ‘Need not be perfect:’ Judge OKs $90M deal for flooded Manitoba First Nations
- ‘Need not be perfect:’ Judge OKs $90M deal for flooded Manitoba First Nations
- 'Need not be perfect:' Judge OKs $90M deal for flooded Manitoba First Nations
- 'Need not be perfect:' Judge OKs $90M deal for flooded Manitoba First Nations
- Indigenous studies class develops oral history inventory for descendants of Big Bear
- Indigenous studies class develops oral history inventory for descendants of Big Bear
- ‘We’re not going to bother charging’: Saskatoon police accused of mishandling domestic assault complaint
- ‘We’re not going to bother charging’: Saskatoon police accused of mishandling domestic assault complaint
- Assiniboine West Watershed District rejects $1M in funding for project
- Assiniboine West Watershed District rejects $1M in funding for project
- ‘Little Bird’ and the ’60s Scoop
- ‘Little Bird’ and the ’60s Scoop
- Manitoba First Nations communities receive $90M settlement for flood relocation in 2011
- Manitoba First Nations communities receive $90M settlement for flood relocation in 2011
- Movement underway to create ceremonial grounds at Little Red River Park
- Movement underway to create ceremonial grounds at Little Red River Park
- Oct 2019: First Nations evacuees return home to problems
- Oct 2019: First Nations evacuees return home to problems
- $90-million Manitoba flood payout on hold over fake claims
- $90-million Manitoba flood payout on hold over fake claims
- $90M in flood compensation delayed after majority of claims 'deficient'
- Little Saskatchewan flood evacuees closer to returning
- Feds, Manitoba reach deal to rebuild First Nation
- Sask. Indigenous artists working on Little Bird win big at Canadian Screen Awards
- Ecological corridor to be created from Riding Mountain to Assiniboine River
- Figure 1. Location of Little Saskatchewan First Nation in Manitoba,...
- Family of Indigenous woman who officials say died of overdose believe she was also attacked
- After 50 years of waiting, Little Bone opens new community centre
- 'I was born and raised on a reserve': Shorting wants to amplify indigenous voices as next AMC Grand Chief
- 'I was born and raised on a reserve': Shorting wants to amplify indigenous voices as next AMC Grand Chief
- First Nations want court to order judicial review of outlet projects in Manitoba
- Little Pine, Poundmaker First Nations team up to train special constables
- Little Pine, Poundmaker First Nations team up to train special constables
- Cowboys and Cree hockey players face off in 40th edition of the Battle of the Little Big Puck
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- How this woman says Manitoba's child welfare system broke her connection to her First Nation community
- Five Little Indians author Michelle Good to release next novel, Eliza Sunshine, in fall 2025
- 'Surreal and a little bit bittersweet': Regina's 2nd female Indigenous officer set to retire
- Wildfires force more Manitoba First Nations to begin evacuations in Interlake region
- Manitoba indigenous flood victims settle government lawsuit
- Musician Leonard Sumner shares stories of young indigenous life through his music
- Manitoba working on settlement for flooded First Nations
- Calgary man, 35, killed in Monday's 2-semi crash on southeast Sask. highway
- Kickin' it old school with Leonard Sumner
- Cowboys and Cree hockey players face off in 40th edition of the Battle of the Little Big Puck
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- How this woman says Manitoba's child welfare system broke her connection to her First Nation community
- Five Little Indians author Michelle Good to release next novel, Eliza Sunshine, in fall 2025
- 'Surreal and a little bit bittersweet': Regina's 2nd female Indigenous officer set to retire
- Wildfires force more Manitoba First Nations to begin evacuations in Interlake region
- Manitoba indigenous flood victims settle government lawsuit
- Musician Leonard Sumner shares stories of young indigenous life through his music
- Manitoba working on settlement for flooded First Nations
- Calgary man, 35, killed in Monday's 2-semi crash on southeast Sask. highway
- Manitoba First Nations win lawsuit to stop province from continuing flood channel work without consent
- Little Saskatchewan flood evacuees say band council left them abandoned
- Manitoba First Nations forced to evacuate due to snowstorm power outages
- Plane crash in southern Saskatchewan leaves 1 dead
- 9 Indigenous Sask. pilots-in-training almost ready to hit northern skies
- $90M settlement approved for indigenous communities hit by Manitoba floods
- Canadian author of Cree, Trini roots pens a mother's love letter
- Judge OKs $90M government settlement for flooded Manitoba First Nations
- May 2015: Lake St. Martin and Little Saskatchewan evacuees march downtown, ask public to help them
- Manitoba sues flooded-out First Nations
- 'We need to help Mother Nature out a little bit': Sask. RMs introduce coyote bounties
- Little Saskatchewan man last seen Friday found: RCMP
- Interlake tribal council withdraws from 2 Manitoba sports groups, cites lack of supports for young athletes
- From music to helping others Indigenous youth take the lead
- Sask. comedian is the first Indigenous woman in a televised Winnipeg Comedy Festival showcase
- From music to helping others Indigenous youth take the lead
- Sask. comedian is the first Indigenous woman in a televised Winnipeg Comedy Festival showcase
- Interlake tribal council withdraws from 2 Manitoba sports groups, cites lack of supports for young athletes
- First Nation evacuees begin to receive compensation 8 years after flood disaster
- Paintings of Indigenous ways of life in a northern Saskatchewan hamlet return home
- Southern Chiefs Organization calls for inquiry into federal process for awarding infrastructure contracts
- Here are the artists nominated for the 2019 Indigenous Music Album Juno
- Sask. town to play bigger role in Little Mosque
- Manitoba votes 2019: The Pas-Kameesak riding profile
- Settlements between Ottawa and 9 Sask. First Nations, for missed 1880s $5 treaty payments, total $38.5M
- MANFF used Misty Lake Lodge like a 'party house,' says manager
- First Nations gather to sign treaty in Sask. in hopes of bringing buffalo back to prairies
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Adaptation through bricolage: Indigenous responses to long‐term social‐ecological change in the Saskatchewan River Delta, Canada
- Displacement of Indigenous People in Canada under the Indian Act: Participatory Video with Lake St. Martin and Little Saskatchewan First Nations on Flood Impacts
- Transforming the Settler-Colonial Criminal Justice System: A History of First Nations Efforts in Saskatchewan, 1970s–1980s
- Miyo-māhcihowin: a report on Indigenous health in Saskatchewan
- Indigenous knowledge, resources use, and the Dene of Northern Saskatchewan
- The Liminality of Indigenous Urbanism in Saskatchewan
- Take Three: Filming Three Participatory Videos with Displaced Indigenous People from Little Saskatchewan First Nation and Lake St. Martin First Nation
- Toward indigenous planning? First Nation community planning in Saskatchewan, Canada
- The Indigenous People of Saskatchewan: Their Rights under International Law
- Youth response to climate change: Learning from Indigenous land-based camp at the Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Communities, Canada
- The Liminality of Indigenous Urbanism in Saskatchewan
- The Liminality of Indigenous Urbanism in Saskatchewan
- Sharing stories: The Saskatchewan aboriginal storytelling project
- Aboriginal political culture in northern Saskatchewan
- Indigenous peoples of Saskatchewan
- Municipal‐Indigenous relations in Saskatchewan: getting started in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert
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