Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 04/22/2026
• CHIEF: GILBERT ANDREWS
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:7
• GILBERT ANDREWS
• HOWARD OKEMOW
• MARY DUCK
• MAXWELL BEE
• STANLEY DUCK
• MYLES SPENCE
• WAYNE OKEMOW

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.ktc.ca/?page_id=166
• PHONE NUMBER: (204) 335-2130
• FAX NUMBER: (204) 335-2400
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 258, GOD'S LAKE NARROWS, MB
• EMAILS:
• Chief GILBERT ANDREWS:
• Councillor HOWARD OKEMOW:
• Councillor MARY DUCK:
• Councillor MAXWELL BEE:
• Councillor STANLEY DUCK:
• Councillor MYLES SPENCE:
• Councillor WAYNE OKEMOW:
• 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 - God's Lake First Nation20122013.pdf
• 2011 - God's Lake First Nation20112012.pdf
• 2010 - God's Lake First Nation20102011.pdf
• 2009 - God's Lake First Nation20092010.pdf
• 2008 - God's Lake First Nation20082009.pdf
• 2007 - God's Lake First Nation20072008.pdf
• 2006 - God's Lake First Nation20062007.pdf
• 2005 - God's Lake First Nation20052006.pdf
• 2004 - God's Lake First Nation20042005.pdf
• 2003 - God's Lake First Nation20032004.pdf
• 2002 - God's Lake First Nation20022003.pdf
• 2001 - God's Lake First Nation20012002.pdf

Band Council Remuneration

• 2024 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2023 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2022 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2021 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2020 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2019 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2018 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2017 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2016 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2015 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2014 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses
• 2013 - Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses

Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

Intergovernmental Agreements

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. v. God's Lake First Nation
• McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. v. God's Lake First Nation
• McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. v. God's Lake First Nation
• McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. v. God's Lake First Nation

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Evacuated residents return to God's Lake First Nation, but wildfire that forced them out still out of control
• Fatal dog attacks on Native American / 1st Nations land, 1995-present
• Some First Nation members return home after wildfire evacuations in northeastern Manitoba
• Wildfire smoke forces over 1,000 vulnerable residents to evacuate 3 First Nations
• 5 northern First Nations in Manitoba forced to evacuate due to the wildfire crisis
• Wildfire evacuees take refuge in Brandon
• More evacuations from northeastern Manitoba as wildfire balloons in size
• Wildfire smoke forces more air evacuations from northern Manitoba First Nations
• AMC Condemns Incarceration of First Nations Woman for Tuberculosis Treatment
• First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
• 'Worst thing that could happen:' Manitoba man sentenced for killing Indigenous woman
• Hundreds of evacuees return home, weeks after being forced out due to wildfire smoke
• God’s Lake First Nation says help urgently needed to cope with drug crisis
• A year after declaring state of emergency, 11 Manitoba First Nations start self-governance plans
• More than a fifth of God's Lake First Nation residents struggling with addiction: chief
• Church on northern Manitoba First Nation destroyed by fire
• 11 northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency to urge government intervention
• 'Very little' government help for 11 Man. First Nations months after declaring state of emergency
• Northeastern Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency over rising drug use, violence
• First Nations Leaders Call on Canada to Send Support and Resources for Meth Crisis in God’s Lake First Nation
• Walking in 2 worlds: Dakota Nation Winterfest showcases culture and sports
• Artists in God's Lake First Nation pay tribute to matriarchs with mural project
• Feds pour millions into four new schools in northern Manitoba First Nations
• 'People are dying': First Nation sounds alarm over growing drug crisis in northern Manitoba community
• High-schooler from God's Lake First Nation collects grand prize in national music competition
• New schools coming to 4 northern Manitoba First Nations
• God’s Lake First Nation declares state of emergency amid suicide crisis
• Pope acknowledges need for 'concrete action' in mending relationship with Indigenous people
• Chiefs welcome RCMP efforts to curb bootlegging in northern Manitoba, but say more needs to be done
• 'I can't believe she's gone,' says mom of Krystal Andrews, found dead in God's Lake
• Manitoba First Nations receive nearly $500K for participation in all-season road assessment
• 2 men charged with arson after former band office destroyed by fire: Gods Lake Narrows RCMP
• Unresolved: Leah Kendra Anderson
• Manidoo-Abi: A True Story of the Land We Share
• Vigil for homicide victim calls attention to violence against Indigenous women in Winnipeg
• Northern Manitoba First Nations short at least 36 teachers
• Decision not to charge Winnipeg officer who shot First Nations man shows need for change: grand chief
• Grieving family says government ignoring Indigenous suicide crisis
• Dec 2017: Life is a struggle on God's Lake Narrows First Nation, but a will to overcome gives purpose
• Murder at God's Lake: Victoria theatre figures help shine light on remote Cree life
• First Nations 10 times more likely to die in house fires: report
• First Nations basketball team fundraising for trip to Toronto after teammate takes life
• Northern Manitoban stories, ideas shape new Thompson monument to honour MMIWG
• 'The light in our family': Guilty verdict in murder of Crystal Andrews delivered in woman's home community
• Red Sucker Lake Anisininew Nation calls for help as nearby wildfire prompts state of emergency
• Rady Faculty of Health Sciences | Occupational therapy grad giving back to her First Nations community
• Missing and murdered: The life and mysterious death of Leah Anderson
• Drinking water advisories hit more than half of Manitoba First Nations
• Indigenous | Honouring First Nations, Métis and Inuit graduates
• Dec 2019: Indigenous support is helping, but fly-in First Nation's suicide crisis continues
• Inquest told Manitoba reserve had no chance fighting house fire
• About 150 people evacuated from St. Theresa Point First Nation due to Manitoba wildfire smoke
• New schools in four remote First Nations means more families can stay together
• Remote northern communities get new schools
• Chiefs say RCMP, Health Canada negligent in woman's death
• Remote Manitoba First Nation gets funding for new bridges
• Why thousands come for the healing waters of Lac Ste. Anne
• Expecting flu assistance, reserves get body bags from Ottawa
• UPDATE: A map of the 112 churches that have been vandalized or burned since the residential schools announcement
• 22 cases added to CBC's missing and murdered indigenous women database
• Feds announce $41M in funding for high-speed internet for Manitoba rural, First Nations communities
• 'Big day' for Pimicikamak as federal government gives $40M for new hospital
• More evacuations ordered in NE Manitoba as wildfire balloons in size
• Manitoba First Nations leaders call on government assistance for God’s Lake meth crisis
• Hope for ‘healing’ as pope joins Indigenous Lac Ste Anne pilgrims
• 11 northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency to urge government intervention
• First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
• One eye on the past, the other on the future – National Indigenous History Month
• 'Scars will never heal' for northern Manitoba community, judge says in sentencing Crystal Andrews's killer
• Almost a fifth of Winnipeg's homicides this year involved Indigenous women. These are their stories
• Family holds Winnipeg vigil for woman found dead on First Nation
• Airport sign warns bootleggers, drug dealers of crackdown effort on Manitoba First Nation
• Manitoba government announces 2023-2024 projects, wins construction awards
• Evacuations continue in Bunibonibee Cree Nation as rain helps slow nearby wildfire
• Man charged in 2015 MMIWG-related killing of Krystal Andrews
• Skyguiders album features 383 Indigenous youth voices | story | Kids News
• ‘I just wish my mom and dad were here right now to witness,’ says First Nations Catholic on visit to Canada by Pope Francis
• KTC staff member’s quick thinking and first aid training save life of God’s Lake woman
• First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
• She needed medical help. Instead she died in police custody. 10 years later, her family wants accountability
• Senator Mary Jane McCallum - Topic Intervention 616251 - 31
• Sep 2022: 600-kilometre commute for some First Nations students in quest for high school diploma
• Pimicikamak calls on federal government to fund search for burials at residential school site
• Manitou Beach to mark a century
• Forest fire prompts evacuations in Red Sucker Lake First Nation
• Manitoba First Nations leaders 'overcome by sadness' after hearing 6-year-old boy was found dead
• Winnipeg police identify homicide victim, seek people of interest
• Makwa Sahgaiehcan under 'black cloud' after recent suicides, including 10-year-old girl: chief
• ‘Our needs are not optional’: How federal leaders plan to address the Indigenous suicide crisis
• Go, Gene, go: Métis leader worked to level the playing field for Indigenous peoples
• Killer of Crystal Andrews sentenced to life in precedent-setting hearing
• More than 100 MMIWG cases listed since Trudeau took office, group says
• A canoe expedition with purpose
• Organization celebrates 10 years of shipping books to Indigenous children in remote communities
• Failure to Protect Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites of former Indian Residential Schools leaves Children’s Remains At Risk and Affected Families without hope
• ‘That’s legitimate cool’: Songwriters in Paulatuk reflect on recording with N’we Jinan in N.W.T.
• Jan 2019: Ottawa announces plan to close First Nations' education funding gap
• First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
• AMC demanding apology after a First Nations woman incarcerated for not taking medicine
• Health order sending Manitoba woman to jail for tuberculosis treatment 'wildly excessive': lawyer
• Manitoba's top doctor signs directive banning incarceration under Public Health Act after CBC investigation
• 'People are dying': First Nation sounds alarm over growing drug crisis in northern Manitoba community
• BWR Exploration Inc. Applauds Government of Manitoba
• Heather Mason
• Manitoba man sentenced to life for murder in God’s Lake First Nation
• Unresolved: Krystal Andrews
• Canada Post strike creates 'critical and precarious situation' for northern Manitoba First Nations: chiefs
• God’s Lake First Nation activates state of emergency amid suicide crisis
• Manitoba premier vows end to using jail as forced TB treatment after woman detained
• ‘Panic mode’: unpredictable winters sever a lifeline in Canada’s North
• Rady Faculty of Health Sciences | Indigenous Nursing grad a health-care role model
• Northern Superior Resources Inc. V. Ontario, 2016 ONSC 3161, Ontario Superior Court Of Justice (Lederer J.), 25 May 2016
• God's Lake First Nation calls state of emergency over suicide crisis
• First Nation Members of AMC
• 'I can't believe she's gone,' says mom of Krystal Andrews, found dead in God's Lake
• Wildfire in northern Manitoba forces partial evacuation of God's Lake Narrows
• A decade after teen's killing, northern Manitoba memorial walk calls for justice for Leah Anderson
• Coming home after nearly month-long wildfire evacuation 'made me feel kind of whole,' says Bunibonibee woman
• The Feather delivers news in another way say comedians
• Dec 2022: Opinion: Say the names, remember them
• Virtual Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage draws Indigenous Catholics close in spirit
• 'Waters give life': Lac Ste. Anne Papal visit focuses on family, resilience, and 'journey of healing'
• 'We just watched it burn': Shamattawa can't fight blazes without working fire truck, chief says
• Extended Education | Students on the Path 2 Math
• First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
• God’s Lake in mourning after ‘suspicious’ death of 23-year-old mother
• Niki Ashton says First Nations in northern Manitoba need 'urgent help'
• Inquest report on fatal RCMP shooting condones "killing an Indian": chief
• AMC demanding apology after a First Nations woman incarcerated for not taking medicine
• State of emergency over substance abuse in Shamattawa leads to vehicle searches, patrols of snowmobile trails
• A visit to Manto Sipi Cree Nation
• STATE OF EMERGENCY: Northern First Nations ask feds, province for help
• Man charged in 2015 MMIWG-related killing of Krystal Andrews
• ‘Worst thing that could happen:’ Manitoba man sentenced for killing Indigenous woman
• News Headlines – Tuesday, Dec 3rd
• Mining company vague on plans despite protests
• Mohawk grand chief and Oka mayor shake hands after weeks of tension in land dispute
• AMC Congratulates Treaty Land Entitlement Committee on Historic Advance Payments Announcement
• Manidoo-Abi: A True Story of the Land We Share
• Northern First Nations mull stricter substance bans even as some leaders feel 'prohibition doesn't work'
• AMC supports God’s Lake First Nation in their state of emergency
• Manitoba woman jailed under Public Health Act to treat tuberculosis
• First winter road opens in Manitoba
• Little to no fire protection on almost half of First Nations: report
• CANADA: How federal leaders plan to address the Indigenous suicide crisis
• A look at what the Manitoba election brings for Indigenous people
• Dec 2021: Family upset after officer cleared in fatal shooting
• Drug crisis on God’s Lake First Nation
• Deaths of First Nations women shows that Winnipeg is 'ground zero'
• Dozens attend vigil for young mother found dead in God's Lake First Nation
• Mar 2018: After years of community frustration, Mounties make arrest in death of young God's Lake mother
• Smoke from northeastern Manitoba wildfire forces St. Theresa Point to begin evacuation
• Inquest condones 'killing an Indian': chief
• Journey from Manitoba First Nation aims to raise awareness for murdered teen
• New schools coming to Manitoba First Nations’ communities
• CANADA: How federal leaders plan to address the Indigenous suicide crisis
• CANADA: How federal leaders plan to address the Indigenous suicide crisis
• No ‘commercial mainstream’ exception allowing receiver to seize on-reserve Indigenous assets: OCA
• Conservatives, NDP promise national suicide prevention strategy if elected
• BWR Exploration Inc. Congratulates Government of Manitoba and Manto Sipi Cree Nation
• The organization working to recruit teachers to northern Manitoba
• Infant girl dies in remote First Nations community despite visits to nursing station
• $248-million contract means new schools in remote Manitoba First Nations
• RCMP charge man in 2015 death of young mother in northern Manitoba
• Family holds vigil for slain God’s Lake mother in Winnipeg
• Speedy internet coming to 10 Manitoba First Nations for the 1st time
• A modern-day monopoly on northern people
• WATCH — These Indigenous youth are focused on a joyful future | videoclip | Kids News
• Feb 2016: Families voice skepticism as Bennett discusses missing and murdered inquiry
• Grassroots partnership takes on reconciliation

Academic Research

• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• A Decolonial Vision of God: Relationships Between Indigenous Peoples and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
• Community liaison and a collaborative community-based geological mapping project of the Munroe Lake greenstone belt at Gods Lake, east-central Manitoba …
• Forest fire management in God's Lake, a community development perspective
• The autoethnography of an Ininiw from God's Lake, Manitoba, Canada: First Nation water governance flows from sacred Indigenous relationships, responsibilities and …
• Indigenous in cyberspace: CyberPowWow, god's lake narrows, and the Contours of online indigenous territory
• God's Lake: a case study of recreational land use and potential
• Project Description-Summary
• Faith in God's Temple
• Of gods and broken rainbows: Native American religions, western rationalism, and the problem of sacred lands
• Faith in God's Temple
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Faith in God's Temple
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• ON MAUNDY THURSDAY MORNING, on Australian national radio, Indig-enous leader Noel Pearson described a political scenario so grievous, he could only …
• Faith in God's Temple
• ON MAUNDY THURSDAY MORNING, on Australian national radio, Indig-enous leader Noel Pearson described a political scenario so grievous, he could only …
• Countering Colonization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900
• Faith in God's Temple
• Mining versus Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Traditional Land Uses of the Anisininew in the Red Sucker Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
• ON MAUNDY THURSDAY MORNING, on Australian national radio, Indig-enous leader Noel Pearson described a political scenario so grievous, he could only …
• Countering Colonization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900
• Faith in God's Temple
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Mapping and documenting the First Nations traditional activities in Grand Lake Meadows.
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• ON MAUNDY THURSDAY MORNING, on Australian national radio, Indig-enous leader Noel Pearson described a political scenario so grievous, he could only …
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• ON MAUNDY THURSDAY MORNING, on Australian national radio, Indig-enous leader Noel Pearson described a political scenario so grievous, he could only …
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• ON MAUNDY THURSDAY MORNING, on Australian national radio, Indig-enous leader Noel Pearson described a political scenario so grievous, he could only …
• The Post-Contact Origin of an American Indian High God: The Suppression of Feminine Spirituality
• Faith in God's Temple
• " Rendezvous" for renewal at" Lake of the Great Spirit": the french pilgrimage and indigenous journey to Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, 1870-1896
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Indigenous peoples and the Great Lakes in North America
• Kill the lake? Kill the proposal: Accommodating First Nations' environmental values as a first step on the road to wellness
• Faith in God's Temple
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
• Faith in God's Temple
• Faith in God's Temple
• Faith in God's Temple
• Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names