kee-see-koo-win | Keeseekoowenin First Nation
Community Profile
- Keeseekoowenin First Nation is a Saulteaux community situated in western Manitoba, with a rich cultural heritage and strong connection to traditional lands.
- Last Updated 2025-05-27 14:36:25 UTC
- Name: Keeseekoowenin (ISC Code: 286)
- Former Names: Riding Mountain First Nation, Elphinstone First Nation
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Plains Indigenous
- Indigenous Language: Saulteaux (Ojibwe)
- Number of Registered Members: 1440
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 04/09/2027
- CHIEF: DWAYNE SONNY BLACKBIRD
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- DWAYNE SONNY BLACKBIRD
- MARJORIE BLACKBIRD
- ALLISON MCKAY
- RYAN CLAUDE CATCHEWAY
- MICHELLE BRAZEAU
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/239-keeseekoowenin
- PHONE NUMBER: (204) 625-2004
- FAX NUMBER: (204) 625-2019
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 100, ELPHINSTONE, MB
- EMAILS:
- Chief DWAYNE SONNY BLACKBIRD:
- Councillor MARJORIE BLACKBIRD:
- Councillor ALLISON MCKAY:
- Councillor RYAN CLAUDE CATCHEWAY:
- Councillor MICHELLE BRAZEAU:
- General Band Office:
- Media Contact:
- Referrals Contact:
- Websites
Band Financial Statements
- 2024 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2023 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2022 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2021 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2020 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2019 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2018 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2017 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2016 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2015 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2014 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2013 - Audited consolidated financial statements
- 2012 - Keeseekoowenin20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Keeseekoowenin20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Keeseekoowenin20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Keeseekoowenin20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Keeseekoowenin20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Keeseekoowenin20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Keeseekoowenin20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Keeseekoowenin20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Keeseekoowenin20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Keeseekoowenin20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Keeseekoowenin20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Keeseekoowenin20012002.pdf
Band Council Remuneration
- 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
- 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
Laws, Bylaws, and Codes
Intergovernmental Agreements
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 99
CLEAR LAKE 61A
428.5 Hectares
8 KM NORTHWEST OF ONANOLE
[50.62267, -99.9716714] -
ISC Code: 6404
KEESEEKOOWENIN 61
2121.8 Hectares
80 KM NW/NO OF/DE BRANDON
[50.5502759, -100.2968099] -
ISC Code: 6403
BOTTLE LAKE 61B
40.5 Hectares
NW 1/4 SECTION 15, TWP 19, RANGE 20 WPM
[50.6287348, -100.1775074]
- Encompasses areas around Riding Mountain National Park
- Traditional hunting and gathering lands in western Manitoba
- Includes territories in Elphinstone and surrounding regions
- Historically significant lands for Saulteaux cultural practices
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- Live from Seattle: a brand-new Indigenous radio station
- Woman banished from Manitoba First Nation wasn't discriminated against: human rights tribunal
- Land-based course weaves Indigenous perspectives with plant science
- Land-based learning at Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation
- Indigenous Veterans Day: Kelowna student honours ancestors in writing
- Anishinaabe art in the spotlight on new Team Canada curling uniforms
- Woman alleges racial discrimination by First Nation at human rights tribunal
- Manitoba mother cuts ties with Jordan’s Principle after troubling experience
- Healing lodge will be more than an emergency shelter for Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation, says chief
- Learn to Speak Ojibwe at UWinnipeg
- Medicine walks and scientific method unite in unique field school
- Coalition of First Nations with Interests in Riding Mountain National Park
- Indigenous communities - Riding Mountain National Park
- Science and tradition take root in class
- First Nations casino to be built near Brandon
- Mar 2020: Keeseekoowenin braces for coronavirus
- First Nation Members of AMC
- Author of Abandoned Manitoba explores site of old Birtle Indian residential school
- The Unforgotten tells dark history of medical system from Indigenous perspectives
- Mar 2020: Indigenous groups to get a financial boost
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis among Order of Canada appointees
- After 150 years, rare treaty medal remains with family of man who signed Treaty 2
- Aug 2020: First Nations weigh options on school reopening
- Note on the passing of Elder Stella Blackbird
- Jun 2020: Unpaid bills prevent fire calls to First Nation
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Land-based learning: Building bridges between Indigenous knowledge and Western science
- Sasipihkeyihtamowin 1: Niso Nehiyaw Iskwewak
- Sasipihkeyihtamowin: niso nehiyaw iskwewak.
- How Can Urban Parks Support Urban Indigenous Peoples? Exploratory Cases from Saskatoon and Portland
- Not wanted in the boundary: The expulsion of the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway band from Riding Mountain National Park
- … of Sasipihkeyihtamowin-wise women of the Cree, Denesuline, Inuit and Métis: understandings of storywork, traditional knowledges and eco-justice among Indigenous …
- A cultural framework for Cree self-government: Retracing our steps back
- Sāsīpihkēyihtamowin: Nīso Nēhiyaw Iskwēwak
- Indigenous knowledge in Wagiiwing and applications in harvesting and management
- Narrowing the Road: Co-Management with Anishnabe at the Riding Mountain National Park (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Not wanted in the boundary: The expulsion of the Keeseekoowenin Ojibway band from Riding Mountain National Park
- Confrontation and Cooperation: The hidden history of national parks and indigenous groups in Canada
- A new era of Indigenous research: Community-based Indigenous research ethics protocols in Canada
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