mɔˈskiːtoʊ | Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations
Community Profile
- A First Nations community in Saskatchewan, representing the Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man bands
- Last Updated 2025-04-22 00:08:44 UTC
- Name: Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations (ISC Code: 343)
- Former Names: Mosquito First Nation, Grizzly Bear's Head Band, Lean Man Band
- Band Style: Plains First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northern Plains
- Indigenous Language: Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 1760
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 11/05/2025
- CHIEF: TANYA AGUILAR-ANTIMAN
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:6
- TANYA AGUILAR-ANTIMAN
- CELEST SANDERS
- SANDERSON WAHOBIN
- RUSTY PAHSAKNUNK
- ANGUS SPYGLASS
- DEBORAH STONE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/bands/bmosqu.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 937-6120
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 937-3678
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 177, CANDO, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief TANYA AGUILAR-ANTIMAN:
- Councillor CELEST SANDERS:
- Councillor SANDERSON WAHOBIN:
- Councillor RUSTY PAHSAKNUNK:
- Councillor ANGUS SPYGLASS:
- Councillor DEBORAH STONE:
- 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
- 2007 - Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations20062007.pdf
- 2004 - Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nations20012002.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: 9636
MOSQUITO GRIZZLY BEAR'S HEAD LEAN MAN TLE INDIAN R
5694.7 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 6480
GRIZZLY BEAR'S HEAD AND LEAN MAN INDIAN RESERVES N
3476.4 Hectares
24 KM S/S OF/DE NORTH BATTLEFORD
[52.7764752, -108.2974555] -
ISC Code: 6481
MOSQUITO INDIAN RESERVE NO. 109
9297.9 Hectares
27 KM S/S OF/DE NORTH BATTLEFORD
[52.7764752, -108.2974555] -
ISC Code: 9472
GOLD EAGLE INDIAN RESERVE
3.3 Hectares
IN THE CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD
[52.7764752, -108.2974555]
Traditional Territory Details
- Located in central Saskatchewan
- Traditional lands encompass Northern Plains regions
- Historically occupied territories around current Cando, SK area
- Traditional hunting and gathering grounds
- Significant river and grassland ecosystems
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
- New outdoor hockey rink will honour FSIN senator
- 3 Sask. First Nations now have emergency safe houses to keep kids in their community
- Local First Nations gather to heal and empower the future
- Senator Jenny Spyglass Outdoor Arena officially opens
- First Nation in Saskatchewan compensated for land stolen in 1905
- First Nation plans to hold commemoration for warriors who lost lives in Last Mass Hanging
- Annual Powwow honours survivors and embraces the past
- Where the Children Are Buried
- Federal Government to pay $37 million to 14 First Nations in Sask. for unpaid Treaty Salaries
- Sask. First Nation, expecting successful $100M land claim, plans trust fund, housing
- Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation awarded funding to build new Interpretive Centre
- First Nation Chief slams 'lenient sentence' for impaired driver
- Independent investigation needed into infant’s broken leg at Saskatchewan hospital: FSIN
- Hereditary chief of Lean Man wants story told
- Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations elects two new Youth Representatives
- Ottawa gives $37M to Prairie First Nations for holding out historic 'rightfully owed' funds
- Sask. First Nation chief removed from office after evidence of vote buying
- Ground broken on Mosquito First Nation’s new Cultural Centre and Art Gallery
- MGBHLM member elected FSIN female youth representative for Saskatchewan
- Sorrow to service: Mom, whose son died in police chase, helps homeless
- First Nations company is cleaning up with new products on shelves in Saskatchewan
- Elder Jenny Spyglass finds healing, joy in dancing the powwow, sharing traditions
- FSIN Vice Chief Watson tests positive for COVID-19
- "A historic day," as sod is turned for Indigenous Sask. gallery
- First Nation communities see year of new development
- Settlements between Ottawa and 9 Sask. First Nations, for missed 1880s $5 treaty payments, total $38.5M
- UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples starts 10-day visit to Canada
- Historian Bill Waiser shares history knowledge at The Ridge
- Mosquito First Nation appoints first female senator
- Grassroots First Nations whistleblowers need accountability protections
- Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation swears in its 1st female chief and a majority female council
- Relay Races at MGBHLM First Nation see strong turnout on weekend
- Battlefords area grows support for ribbon skirt issue
- Three inspiring women honoured in 2020 Art of Courage wall installation
- FSIN youth representatives elected
- The Ridge Wellness Centre enjoys official grand opening
- Orange Shirt Day a time to honour residential school survivors
- Cocaine, marijuana and cash used to buy votes in Saskatchewan First Nation election, report says
- New outdoor hockey rink will honour FSIN senator
- Community support 'overwhelming' after fire destroys 8 homes on Sask. First Nation
- MGBHLM First Nation sees return of bison
- Orano Canada donation will improve access for Indigenous STEM students at USask
- Youth powwow an inspiring event, say FSIN youth reps
- Saskatoon powwow a day of healing, honouring survivors
- Sask. First Nation Chief removed for corrupt practices
- Historic Transfer Brings Yellowstone Bison to First Nations in Canada
- ‘Historical moment’: 11 Yellowstone bison transferred to Sask First Nations
- Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation awarded funding to build new Interpretive Centre
- Onlookers gather to witness incredible moment bison herd is released back into wild: 'They knew they were home'
- First Nation communities see year of new development
- The story behind the longest First Nation name in the country and its fight for land
- Cows and Plows: FSIN calls on province, feds to remove cap on settlement claim
- Battlefords area grows support for ribbon skirt issue
- Local student Hailey Rose named recipient of Terry Fox Humanitarian Award
- Nation to Nation collaboration sees Yellowstone bison come to Canada for the 1st time
- Town planning celebration for National Indigenous Peoples Day
- 14 First Nations settle Agricultural Benefits Claims
- Indigenous leaders say Trump's threats to make Canada a 51st state challenges inherent sovereignty
- Indigenous leaders say Trump's threats to make Canada a 51st state challenges inherent sovereignty
- Indigenous leaders say Trump’s threats to make Canada a 51st state challenges inherent sovereignty
- Canada settles claims with 15 Saskatchewan First Nations
- Yellowstone bison come to Canada
- Canada makes $1.72B cows-and-plows settlement with 14 Sask. First Nations
- Relay Races at MGBHLM First Nation see strong turnout on weekend
- Canada And Saskatchewan Invest In 28 Infrastructure Projects To Build More Resilient, Greener Communities
- Town, WDM get ready for National Indigenous Peoples Day
- MGBHLM First Nation to open new facility called The Ridge Wellness Centre
- Battlefords area grows support for ribbon skirt issue
- Canadian Government settlement with MGBHLM First Nation will total $141 million
- Indigenous leaders say Trump's threats to make Canada a 51st state challenges inherent sovereignty
- Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs widen unmarked grave search
- Federal Government to pay $37 million to 14 First Nations in Sask. for unpaid Treaty Salaries
- First Nation councilor hopes feds fill promise for fire hall soon
- Yellowstone bison transferred to Canada for the 1st time
- BATC getting federal help to find unmarked graves at two residential school sites
- First Nation councilor hopes feds fill promise for fire hall soon
Academic Research
Academic Research
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Traditional animal foods of indigenous peoples of northern North America
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- Gwich'in Knowledge of Grizzly Bears
- Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
- Ethics and ecology| An environmental history of bear hunting in western Montana
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- Take Us to Your Chief: And Other Stories: Classic Science-Fiction with a Contemporary First Nations Outlook
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Crow Never Dies: Life on the Great Hunt
- Spirits of the earth: A guide to Native American nature symbols, stories, and ceremonies
- GRIZZLY BEARS OF MONTANA
- 6 Bear Stories in the Berry Patch
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Invisible demons: epidemic disease and the Plains Cree: 1670-1880
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- GRIZZLY BEARS OF MONTANA
- 6 Bear Stories in the Berry Patch
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Invisible demons: epidemic disease and the Plains Cree: 1670-1880
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
- The Last Speaker of Bear: My Encounters in the North
- Call of the Great Spirit: The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear
- Nowhere else on earth: Standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- First Peoples' Religions
- In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears
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