Pitikwahanapiwiyin | Poundmaker First Nation
Community Profile
- Poundmaker Cree Nation is a First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, with a rich history of Indigenous diplomacy and resilience. Located near Battleford, the community maintains strong cultural traditions and connection to ancestral lands.
- Last Updated 2025-04-22 05:00:56 UTC
- Name: Poundmaker (ISC Code: 345)
- Former Names: Poundmaker Band, Pitikwahanapiwiyin First Nation
- Band Style: Cree First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northern Plains
- Indigenous Language: Plains Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 1964
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 05/22/2028
- CHIEF: DWAYNE ANTOINE
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- DWAYNE ANTOINE
- LESTER FAVEL
- MARLENE CHICKENESS
- NORMAN CHECKOSIS
- LEON ANTOINE
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.battlefordstribalcouncil.com/poundmaker.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 398-4971
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 398-2522
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 610, CUTKNIFE, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief DWAYNE ANTOINE:
- Councillor LESTER FAVEL:
- Councillor MARLENE CHICKENESS:
- Councillor NORMAN CHECKOSIS:
- Councillor LEON ANTOINE:
- 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
- 2006 - Poundmaker20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Poundmaker20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Poundmaker20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Poundmaker20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Poundmaker20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Poundmaker20012002.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: 9424
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-10A
258.1 Hectares
22 KM EAST OF SCOTT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9544
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-15
181.6 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9519
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-12
258.2 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9585
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-18B
87.9 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9537
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-11A
305.5 Hectares
[52.8113258, -109.021316] -
ISC Code: 9546
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-18A
388.5 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9542
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-19
97.1 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9491
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-1A
60.1 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9547
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-21
129.5 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9548
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-22
124.3 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9545
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-15C
51.3 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9536
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-17A
11.0 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9518
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-13
319.2 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9450
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-9
126.9 Hectares
22 KM EAST OF SCOTT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9425
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-9A
321.0 Hectares
22 KM EAST OF SCOTT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9427
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 14-6A3
64.7 Hectares
9 KM SOUTH OF MARSDEN
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 6484
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114
8493.8 Hectares
40 KM W/O OF/DE NORTH BATTLEFORD
[52.7365052, -108.3148927] -
ISC Code: 9538
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-16
64.8 Hectares
[52.81011480000001, -109.0118709] -
ISC Code: 9714
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-17
248.4 Hectares
[52.82004939999999, -109.0189813] -
ISC Code: 9855
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-28
192.9 Hectares
[51.8910271, -109.2560188] -
ISC Code: 9933
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-29
285.4 Hectares
[52.6884671, -108.3200349] -
ISC Code: 9301
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-3A
128.3 Hectares
15 KM EAST OF WILKIE
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9348
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-4A
194.2 Hectares
6 KM NORTHWEST OF WILKIE
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9399
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-6A2
195.4 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9400
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-6B2
390.5 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9402
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-6C2
260.6 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9401
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-7A
102.5 Hectares
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9206
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-2A
257.3 Hectares
APPROX. 20 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF WILKIE SASK.
[52.4093634, -108.7036767] -
ISC Code: 9208
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-2C
387.6 Hectares
APPROX. 20 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF WILKIE SASK.
[52.4093634, -108.7036767] -
ISC Code: 9356
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-5A
352.3 Hectares
PTN 6 1/4 SECS APPROX 22 KM N OF PRINCE ALBERT SASK
[53.2033494, -105.7530705] -
ISC Code: 9349
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-5B
64.7 Hectares
30 KM NORTHWEST OF PRINCE ALBERT
[53.2033494, -105.7530705] -
ISC Code: 9460
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-8A
191.0 Hectares
7 KM NORTHEAST OF CUT KNIFE
[52.747843, -109.0206088] -
ISC Code: 9302
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-3B
387.3 Hectares
25 KM EAST OF SCOTT
[nil, nil] -
ISC Code: 9207
POUNDMAKER INDIAN RESERVE NO. 114-2B
259.4 Hectares
APPROX. 20 KM EAST SOUTHEAST OF WILKIE SASK.
[52.4093634, -108.7036767]
Poundmaker Traditional Territory
- Located in Treaty 6 Territory
- Encompasses regions around Battleford, Saskatchewan
- Historically ranged across Northern Plains grasslands
- Traditional hunting and gathering lands of Plains Cree people
- Significant cultural sites include traditional camping grounds and buffalo hunting areas
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Poundmaker Cree Nation v. Canada
- Poundmakers Lodge v. Scott & Co.
- Tootoosis v. Poundmaker Cree Nation #345
- R. v. Poundmaker
- Ka-Nowpasikow v. Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Moosomin v. Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Chickeness v. Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Tootoosis v. Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Poundmakers Lodge v. Scott & Company
- Smillie v. Poundmaker’s Lodge
- Ka-Nowpasikow v. Poundmaker Cree Nation
- RB obo AR v Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres (The Society)
- RB obo AR v Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres (The Society)
- Christopher v. Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Di Liello c. Poundmaker
- Multani c. Poundmaker
- Battleford Urban Native Housing Corporation v Poundmaker
- Elite Property Management v Poundmaker
- Progressive Property Management v Faye-Poundmaker
- 101273356 Sask. Ltd. v Poundmaker
- Progressive Property Management v Poundmaker
- Progressive Property Management v Poundmaker
- Dhaliwal v Poundmaker
- 101273356 Saskatchewan Ltd. v Poundmaker
- Progressive Property Management v Poundmaker
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- How Civilization 7 Paves the Way for Native American Representation
- Sask. Indigenous leaders want members to vote; others say they shouldn't in colonial systems
- Order of Merit bestowed on Indigenous storyteller
- Poundmaker’s Rainbow Healing Lodge opens in Edmonton
- Poundmaker author, educator Favel shares stories in Poland
- VIDEO: Setting the record straight: Fort Battleford adds Indigenous story
- Poundmaker's Lodge powwow returns this August
- Toronto museum returns objects to family of famous Cree leader
- Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival returns
- Royal Ontario Museum returns Chief Poundmaker's pipe and saddle bag to family
- Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
- After 130 Years, Canada Exonerates ‘Peacemaker’ Chief Convicted of Treason
- Civilization video game paints an 'inaccurate and dangerous' picture of Poundmaker Cree Nation chief
- A peacemaker and a traitor: how Chief Poundmaker will finally have his name cleared
- Poundmaker celebrates opening of new Culture Lodge
- Cree lawyer says cows and plows settlements don't reflect spirit of treaty clause
- Addiction treatment centre with focus on cultural healing opens in North Battleford, Sask.
- Poundmaker’s Floyd Favel Order of Merit recipient
- FIRST READING: Skulls, scalps and bodies — the stuff in European museums that Canada wants back
- First Nation Upset With Chief’s Inclusion in New ‘Civilization’ Game
- Trudeau exonerates Chief Poundmaker, apologizes for treason conviction
- Poundmaker Cree Nation welcomes back bison to traditional territory
- 'Correct one of history's wrongs': Poundmaker artifacts coming home
- Chief Poundmaker exoneration spurs calls for more historical corrections
- Pauline Poundmaker, Brown Bear Woman’s Sacred Repatriation Journey
- Petition to exonerate Chief Poundmaker gains support from AFN, Sask.'s FSIN
- The problem with adding a famous Cree chief to ’Civilization’
- Indigenous alumnus helps right a 133-year-old wrong | Queen's Gazette
- Repatriation of a Staff Belonging to Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Chief Poundmaker) to His Descendants
- Poundmaker Cree Nation leader criticizes Cree portrayal in Civilization 6
- Creating Indigenous performance process with Floyd Favel
- 'A real smear job': Authors who dispelled myths about Chief Poundmaker applaud exoneration
- Poundmaker Cree Nation not happy with chief's portrayal in Civilization video game
- Canada Day Q&A: Poundmaker Cree Nation member chooses not to celebrate
- Poundmaker’s Lodge expanding addiction treatment service into Saskatchewan
- Chief Poundmaker's staff returned to his family by Parks Canada at Saskatchewan ceremony
- Pipe and saddle owned by Chief Poundmaker returned to descendants in Toronto ceremony
- N.W.T. terminates contract with Alberta addiction treatment centre
- Local Saskatchewan Discovered: Poundmaker Museum preserves heritage
- Poundmaker representatives attend Indigenous language conference
- Miyawatama and Poundmaker Museum open culture lodge
- Chief Poundmaker, wrongly convicted of treason-felony in 1885, to be exonerated by Trudeau
- Poundmaker Cree Nation leaves FSIN, will leave AFN, to 'protect treaty rights' independently
- ‘FSIN lost its vision’: Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with Sask. Indigenous organization
- Poundmaker sees new cultural lodge opened on summer solstice
- Royal Ontario Museum returning Chief Poundmaker’s pipe and saddle to family descendents
- A claim of sexual harassment has been made against an employee.
- Ānako Welcomes Visiting Scholar Floyd Favel!
- Plains Sign Language camp a new spin on an old way of communicating on the Prairies
- Poundmaker's lodge says N.W.T. gov't lacked 'cultural understanding' of Indigenous healing
- From hunt to hide: Indigenous teens take to the woods for class with new land-based education project
- Poundmaker, Onion Lake Cree Nations file $3B lawsuit against Canadian government over oil, gas rights
- Poundmaker Cree Nation woman looks to be newest Miss Indian World
- Poundmaker Cree Nation artist Floyd Favel wins the 2020 Saskatchewan Multicultural Leadership Award
- 'Lost its vision': Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with FSIN
- Honouring Indigenous culture
- Without government support, Indigenous healing lodge forced to turn some women away
- Poundmaker Cree Nation says other nations interested in their exit from FSIN
- Federal government moves to exonerate First Nations chief convicted of treason in 1885
- 'This is what our people need': Sask. First Nation hosting festival for Chief Poundmaker exoneration
- Poundmaker Cree Nation taking next steps to set up independent police force
- New funding announced for Indigenous addictions treatment facility near Edmonton
- Chief Poundmaker the peacemaker: Inside the quest to pardon a lesser-known figure of Canadian history
- The bison are back in town: For this Cree nation, cultural renewal comes thundering home
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exonerates Chief Poundmaker, apologizes for conviction
- Farm family identifies Indigenous historical cultural sites on property
- Poundmaker planning to establish new cultural museum
- Chief Poundmaker's pipe, saddle bag returning from Royal Ontario Museum to family
- Trudeau to apologize and exonerate an historical Indigenous leader
- Unmarked graves identified under Nechi Institute site
- Poundmaker’s annual sober walk stresses health and sobriety
- Book honours Henry Beaudry Sr., among prominent Indigenous veterans who helped liberate Italy in WWII
- Two Sask. First Nations host forum to put issues of gangs, drugs out in the open
- Poundmaker’s 2015 Powwow was an overwhelming success
- Poundmaker’s powwow draws large crowds
- Exploration of unmarked graves at former residential school site near Edmonton stymied by dispute
- Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary introducing Indigenous language classes thanks to government funding
- Chief Poundmaker’s name cleared after 130 years
- Tired of quoting historic Indo-European heroes? Try these historic Indigenous heroes for inspiration!
- Edmonton's first recovery house for Indigenous men opens
- Little Pine and Poundmaker First Nations host two-day drugs and gangs forum
- Mylan Tootoosis
- Ballots burned during Poundmaker Cree Nation by-election
- Sask. First Nations open $3B lawsuit against federal government
- Poundmaker First Nation celebrates homecoming of artifacts
- Nehiyaw wicihitwin project takes community-based approach to supporting Cree youth
- Nechi Institute lease terminated to make room for more addiction treatment
- Royal Ontario Museum returns Chief Poundmaker's pipe, saddle bag to family
- Poundmaker’s Lodge expanding addiction treatment service into Saskatchewan
- Feature: Developing an Indigenous police service
- Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival returns
- First Nations Want Tribal Policing after Stabbings
- Repatriation of a Staff Belonging to Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Chief Poundmaker) to His Descendants
- Alberta Throne Speech promises to name building after Poundmaker, build memorial to residential school victims
- Exonerating Chief Poundmaker would recognize him as a ‘peacemaker’, activists say
- Chief Poundmaker’s pipe bag returns home after 138 years
- Poundmaker museum wins tourism award
- Province to create new addiction treatment beds for Indigenous people
- Bison returns back to land on Poundmaker and Onion Lake Cree Nations
- COVID-19 immunization centre for Indigenous seniors opening Monday in Calgary
- Prime Minister exonerates Chief Poundmaker
- Trudeau officially exonerates Chief Poundmaker in public ceremony on First Nation
- Indigenous group unhappy with video game
- AFN Chief Cindy Woodhouse visits Poundmaker First Nation
- 'Lost its vision': Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with FSIN
- Cree Nation making progress reclaiming Poundmaker’s legacy
- 'Lost its vision': Poundmaker Cree Nation cuts ties with FSIN
- Little Pine, Poundmaker seek to establish Aboriginal police force
- FSIN Chief 'respects' Poundmaker Cree Nation's decision to leave FSIN
- Metis Civilization Or Canada Syndrome? – OpEd
- Sask. man who endured school abuse says compensation denied over technicality
- Poundmaker's Treatment Centre marks 51 Years of Community Healing and Cultural Reconnection
- Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
- Cree leader Poundmaker is getting an apology from Trudeau. But what really happened in 1885?
- Poundmaker’s Lodge expanding addiction treatment service into Saskatchewan
- A case for commemorating Chief Big Bear: an early advocate for Indigenous rights
- Poundmaker Cree Nation says it is pulling out of FSIN to go independent
- Cree leader Poundmaker is getting an apology from Trudeau. But what really happened in 1885?
- Poundmaker’s Lodge expanding addiction treatment service into Saskatchewan
- A case for commemorating Chief Big Bear: an early advocate for Indigenous rights
- Poundmaker Cree Nation says it is pulling out of FSIN to go independent
- Popular TV show filmed episode on Poundmaker Cree Nation
- New exhibit in North Battleford, Sask., highlights emerging Cree artists
- Little Pine, Poundmaker First Nations team up to train special constables
- Poundmaker’s calls for return of Riverlot 56
- Tyrone Tootoosis was ‘a walking library’ and a keeper of Cree culture
- Chasity "Chas" Renee Poundmaker
- Honorary degree for Poundmaker's Favel
- Opinion: Reintroducing bison to Indigenous land is a small act of reconciliation
- Pipe and saddle owned by Chief Poundmaker returned to descendants in Toronto ceremony
- Sask. tourists shocked to find Poundmaker's pipe in London museum
- Poundmaker’s annual sober walk draws large crowd – but many agencies were no-shows
- Poundmaker, Onion Lake Cree Nations file $3-billion lawsuit against Canadian government over oil, gas rights
- Settlements between Ottawa and 9 Sask. First Nations, for missed 1880s $5 treaty payments, total $38.5M
- Poundmaker author, educator Favel shares stories in Poland
- Setting the record straight: Fort Battleford adds Indigenous story
- Sacred artifact that belonged to Chief Poundmaker repatriated after years of efforts
- Photos: Battle River Treaty 6 group celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Poundmaker Cree Nation family grieves son killed in Saskatoon
- Opinion: The exoneration of Chief Poundmaker: A crooked road made straight
- Youth prepare for inaugural First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee
- N.W.T. terminates contract with Alberta addiction treatment centre
- Province backs treatment beds at Poundmaker’s
- Poundmaker Proud: Prime Minister exonerates peacemaker chief after 134 years
- Bison returns back to land on Poundmaker and Onion Lake Cree Nations
- Poundmaker Cree Nation says it is pulling out of FSIN to go independent
- 20 bison re-introduced to Poundmaker Cree Nation
- Band negligence behind Poundmaker school shutdown: Tootoosis
- Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Chief Poundmaker exoneration
- Indigenous Alumnus Helps Right a 133-Year-Old Wrong
- Without government support, Indigenous healing lodge forced to turn some women away
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Settler Education by Laurie D. Graham
- Memorializing Indigenous History: A Comparative Study of Canadian Settler Poet Laurie D. Graham and Oglala Lakota Poet Layli Long Soldier
- “To Convince the Red Man that the White Man Governs:” John A. Macdonald and Canadian Indian Policy in the North-West
- " Prisoner Never Gave Me Anything For What He Had Done:" Aboriginal Voices in the Criminal Court
- 6. EMBODIMENT AS DISCOURSE IN INDIGENOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
- Embodiment as Discourse in Indigenous Photography: Narrative as Multiplicitous Reality
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Legal ideology in the aftermath of rebellion: The convicted First Nations participants, 1885
- The honour of the Crown
- An investigation of neurofeedback training with alcoholics of Canadian aboriginal ancestry
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Reclaiming the Spirit for
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Performance training as healing: reflecting on workshops leading to the Indigenous theatre process Native Performance Culture (NPC)
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
- Native Chiefs and Famous Mé tis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
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