ᓱᐊᓪ ᓚᐠ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍ ᐁᐧᑎᓄᐦᒡ | Shoal Lake Cree Nation

The Shoal Lake Cree Nation is a First Nations community in Saskatchewan, with a traditional connection to the Plains Cree cultural group and the surrounding boreal forest regions.

POPULATION

1,291

Rank #270 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

14.8 KM²

Rank #370 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

03/10/2026

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-26 09:48:31 UTC

Name

Shoal Lake Cree Nation (ISC Code: 357)

Former Names

Pakwaw First Nation

Band Style

First Nations

Cultural Area

Plains Cree Territory

Indigenous Language

Cree (nêhiyawêwin)

Number of Registered Members

1291

Band Website

http://www.pagc.sk.ca/submenu/bands.asp?ID=10

Phone Number

(306) 768-3551

Fax Number

(306) 768-3486

Address

PO BOX 51, PAKWAW, SK

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

MARCEL HEAD

Term Expires

03/10/2026

Number of Council Members

MARCEL HEAD

Chief

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KEVIN BEAR

Councillor

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EDGAR COOK

Councillor

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ERMA MERASTY

Councillor

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REME WHITECAP

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Council Remuneration

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Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

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Downloadable Court Records

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Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6535
SHOAL LAKE INDIAN RESERVE NO. 28A
1479.0 Hectares
92 KM E/E OF/DE NIPAWIN
[53.3623525, -104.0130053]

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Media Reports

University study seeks Indigenous participants for emergency evacuation research

Feds announce $105 million high-speed internet investment in Sask.

Sask. First Nations leaders among those at summit with prime minister about Bill C-5

First Nations leaders comment following major projects summit – July 17, 2025

Shoal Lake Cree Nation hosts two-day Clean Energy Summit in Martensville

UPDATE: RCMP say child victim of homicide on Shoal Lake Cree Nation

Child death on Shoal Lake Cree Nation investigated as homicide

Northeast Sask. leaders look to be part of bigger business growth

Sask. First Nations leaders among those at summit with prime minister about Bill C-5

Power Out in Shoal Lake First Nation

'Our ancestral lands are at stake': Wildfires burning close to Sask. First Nations

Wildfires force evacuations at Red Earth and Shoal Lake

‘This is still a rescue mission’: Update provided on day 64 of search for Frank Young

Feds announce $105 million high-speed internet investment in Sask.

Child death on Shoal Lake Cree Nation investigated as homicide

FSIN, PAGC prepare for fall elections

PBCN celebrates Indigenous culture and wellness room at Foran Mining near Hanson Lake

Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations memorialize late five-year-old boy

Indigenous business leaders to gather in Saskatoon for inaugural summit

Manslaughter charge laid after death of child on Shoal Lake Cree Nation

Sask Rivers approves education partnership with East Central First Nation Education Authority

‘This is a new beginning’: Shoal Lake 40 First Nation gets funds for Freedom Road

First Nations leaders decry Sask. Party’s neglect of Duty to Consult framework

Widespread wildfire smoke prompts air quality alerts in Manitoba

Sask. RCMP investigating after dead body found on Big Island Lake Cree Nation

Child death on Shoal Lake Cree Nation investigated as homicide

Woman charged with manslaughter of child under 10 on Shoal Lake Cree Nation

Onion Lake, Sweetgrass and Red Pheasant look to capture gold at National Championship

Treaty 6 First Nations part of JUNO nominated Indigenous group

Fatal shooting of 15-year-old by RCMP leaves Samson Cree Nation reeling, chief says

New water plant for First Nation under boil water advisories for 22 years

Former foster parent says 6-year-old's death in Shamattawa First Nation was preventable

Update: Woman now charged with murder following death of child

Manslaughter charge upgraded to murder in death of Shoal Lake Cree Nation child

Second season of Stories of the North premieres on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Manslaughter charge upgraded to murder after child dies

Woman charged with manslaughter after death on Sask. Cree nation

Lands returned to Flying Dust First Nation

Sask. First Nations among many in Canada continuing to fight for safe drinking water

Tip of the iceberg: The true state of drinking water advisories in First Nations

Sask. woman, 23, charged with manslaughter in Shoal Lake Cree Nation child's death

Thunderchild receives compensation for Treaty 6 promises

Ottawa, Indigenous capital group sign first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement

Carbon dating puts Sask. Indigenous archaeological site at almost 11,000 years old

Onion Lake Cree Nation presses ahead with legal challenge to Alberta’s Sovereignty Act

Indigenous business leaders to gather in Saskatoon for inaugural summit

Shoal Lake 40 water crisis an ugly reminder of Canadian colonialism

Federal government falling short on funding to help First Nations operate water systems, PBO says

RRC Polytech’s Mobile Training Lab helping to build skillsets, structures and relationships in Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

Prince Albert Grand Council leaders in Ottawa demanding help for housing and health care crisis

‘This is still a rescue mission’: Update provided on day 64 of search for Frank Young

First Nations leaders call for more support as search for missing 5-year-old enters third week

Energy East pipeline opposed by Anishinaabe Water Walkers

Fire near evacuating First Nations preventable, Chief says

Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations memorialize late five-year-old boy

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation sues Winnipeg, feds over impacts of diverted drinking water

Cumberland House Cree Nation, Metis Nation-Sask. formalize relationship

University study seeks Indigenous participants for emergency evacuation research

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Says Its Road To The Rest Of The Country Is Finally Going To Get Built

Tip of the iceberg: The true state of drinking water advisories in First Nations

Wildfires force the evacuations of two First Nations

More Than $20 Million Investment Into Improving Highway 55 In Northeast Saskatchewan Complete

Compensation sought for freshwater diversion that isolated First Nation community on man-made island

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation launching lawsuit against Winnipeg, federal government for harms caused by aqueduct

Growing calls for Catholics to boycott Sunday mass in protest over heinous discoveries of Canadian n

After Trudeau visit, Shoal Lake First Nation hopes 100-year wait for ‘Freedom Road’ near end

Northern Ont. First Nation under boil water advisory gets water treatment plant

‘It brings us together’: Tony Cote Winter Games welcome athletes from all over province

Youth wellness summit brings together Indigenous youth from across Saskatchewan

Shoal Lake Cree Nation woman last seen at Nipawin pharmacy

A secret 'you didn't speak of': Ex-MLA recalls hearing Manitoba Hydro worker allegations

60 years after he ran away from residential school, survivor searches for woman who helped him

Shoal Lake 40 and Winnipeg's drinking water: What's at stake?

A First Nations man died day after leaving Ontario hospital with headache pills. Now his family wants answers

The Keystone Professional: University of Manitoba’s Design Build Collaboration with Shoal Lake 40

Shoal Lake 40 'Human Rights Violations Museum' highlights water problems

Indigenous corporation plans Kenora apartment project

Access to clean drinking water remains an issue in First Nations communities

Weekend fires in 2 First Nations leave people homeless

Nipawin's Oasis Centre celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day

The growing movement of Indigenous leaders across Northern Ontario opposing nuclear waste dump

Kelowna orchestra teams up with First Nation beatboxer for musical performance

Winnipeg's drinking water source of frustration for northern Ontario Indigenous community

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Shoal Lake 40 reserve, hauls water

Op-ed: The strike, Shoal Lake and Indigenous dispossession

Cleaning up water in First Nations communities: Advice to Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau

Next phase of Shoal Lake 40's 'Freedom Road' construction set to begin

‘Fought hard for this day’: Decades-old water advisory lifted for Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

Shoal Lake 40 shares optimistic vision of future during annual treaty day celebrations

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation celebrates the official opening of Freedom Road

Grandmother of missing 5-year-old Frank Young says family is still hopeful as search reaches Day 28

Memorial service held 1 year after Sask. boy found drowned

Shoal Lake 40 sues Winnipeg, Ottawa for compensation due to water diversion

Kenora's new Indigenous relations adviser aims to build bridges between municipality and First Nations

Want common ground on First Nations issues? Start by fixing the water supply

Shoal Lake 40 nears completion of Freedom Road

Canada’s indigenous thirsty for water rights

Shoal Lake evacuees hope they can return home soon

Delivering an award-winning $33-million water treatment plant with locally sourced labour

Indspire Celebrates Indigenous Excellence With Announcement of 2025 Indspire Awards Recipients

Opinion: Shoal Lake 39 is a classic David and Goliath story. It shouldn’t have to be

Sask. First Nations evacuate from wildfires for 2nd time this year

Road to isolated Shoal Lake First Nation a long-awaited step in tangled history

Liberal government lifts sanctions on First Nations funding

Impassable winter roads create 'dire' situation for Ontario First Nations: NAN

Canada violates human rights, northern Ontario First Nations tell UN

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation launching lawsuit against Winnipeg, federal government for harms caused by aqueduct

Justin Trudeau visits Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

Justin Trudeau promises road for Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

2 Indigenous communities under evacuation ask Sask. to do more to combat wildfires

Voting in a time of pandemic: Why Shoal Lake 39 felt pressed to hold an election

After 24 years of water advisories, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation can drink from the tap

Ontario Partnering with Indigenous Communities to Advance Economic Development

Colonization is far from over

Indspire Celebrates Indigenous Excellence With Announcement of 2025 Indspire Awards Recipients

Council of Canadians call on federal party leaders to 'end First Nations water crisis'

How some First Nations in Ontario's northwest are overcoming the effects of climate change

New federal water legislation aims to do better on Indigenous rights

Remote First Nations urgently need all-season road in face of climate change, chiefs say

Hundreds of Winnipeg walkers call for clean drinking water on First Nations

Helping build more homes, faster in Northern Indigenous Ontario

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation’s transformational fight for clean water

‘Sad situation’: Shoal Lake Cree Nation chief thanks those who helped search for Frank Young

‘They are in distress’: Family of Frank Young emotionally, physically exhausted says chief

First Nation chiefs join together to speak out against Saskatchewan First Act

City of Winnipeg to begin bridge construction at Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

First Nations workers in Saskatchewan sacrifice wages, vacation to run underfunded water systems

After years of hauling water, a Treaty 3 First Nation celebrates lifting of long-term boil water advisory

Shoal Lake No. 40 gets backing from IJC

Shoal Lake 40 to make clean water case before United Nations

This First Nation was on water advisories for 24 years. Now, its treatment plant has won an award

Impassable winter roads create 'dire' situation for Ontario First Nations: NAN

'Our hopes are fading': Search for missing 5-year-old Frank Young enters 3rd week

‘Sad situation’: Shoal Lake Cree Nation chief thanks those who helped search for Frank Young

Shoal Lake and Winnipeg's Drinking Water

10 First Nations with more than 10 years of bad water

First Nation community 2 hours from Toronto still doesn’t have clean, running water

Successful play from Curve Lake First Nation playwright adapted into documentary

Invasive zebra mussel larva found in lake that supplies Winnipeg drinking water

Ottawa pressed to make good on promise to end all long-term drinking-water advisories for First Nations

Human rights museum needs to act on First Nations right to water

Report: Lifespan of First Nations water infrastructure cut short by underfunding

Northern Manitoba First Nations, leaders raise alarm about lack of fire safety after apartment building burns

First Nation offended by Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Troubled waters: Disputes over lakes, waterfronts have roared between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians

Despite pledge to end drinking water advisories, these 2 Manitoba First Nations still live under them

Sask. First Nation, RCMP continue search for 5-year-old missing for 64 days

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation launching lawsuit against Winnipeg, federal government for harms caused by aqueduct

Sask. First Nations evacuate from wildfires for 2nd time this year

Sacred fire planned at human rights museum to highlight First Nations water issues

RCMP confirms death of missing 5-year-old Frank Young

'Why has it taken 134 years?': First Nations in Manitoba, Ontario move closer to flood compensation

‘An ongoing symbol of colonization’: How bad water affects First Nations’ health

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation's Freedom Road a path to reconciliation: Chief

Calls for more government support as search for missing boy continues

Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations remember Frank Young

First Nation urges human rights museum to acknowledge 'hypocrisy'

17 years into boil water advisory, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation taking its case to UN

Frank Young's family speaks out about 5-year-old's death, how he will be remembered

The price of Winnipeg’s water: Man-made misery for a native community

Tip of the iceberg: The true state of drinking water advisories in First Nations

Government officials knew $30M Shoal Lake road project could cost $52M when they announced it, documents show

Shoal Lake First Nation sues for long-promised compensation

Woman from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation speaks to UN about human rights

First Nations launch human rights violations museum on CMHR grounds

What Freedom Road can teach Ontario about partnering with Indigenous communities

Judge dismisses Ontario motion to be removed from Shoal Lake water taking lawsuit

Road to isolated Shoal Lake First Nation a long-awaited step in tangled history

Justin Trudeau visiting Shoal Lake 40 for documentary filming

A century of water: As Winnipeg aqueduct turns 100, Shoal Lake finds freedom

New road links isolated First Nation to mainland for 1st time in 100 years

This First Nation has a new highway and a water-treatment plant that's 'like our Stanley Cup'

Campaign to help Shoal Lake 40 First Nation intensifies

Ontario First Nation fights for compensation for Winnipeg taking water from Shoal Lake

Shoal Lake 40 First Nation sues Winnipeg, feds over impacts of diverted drinking water

After 24 years of water advisories, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation can drink from the tap

Dozens of Canada’s First Nations lack drinking water: ‘Unacceptable in a country so rich’

Shoal Lake First Nation gets clean water after 24-year wait

‘Spirits of our ancestor’: Shoal Lake 40 is rectifying a century of hardships

With Unfit Drinking Water, Indigenous Communities in Canada Bear Hardship (Published 2022)

Health, livelihoods at risk because of wildfires, say chiefs of two Indigenous communities

’We’ve been stranded on this man-made island for the past 100 years’

Shoal Lake First Nation lifts 24-year boil water advisory, but there’s more to do: experts

Make it Safe: Canada’s Obligation to End the First Nations Water Crisis

‘About damn time’: First Nation gets clean water after 24-year wait

First Nations to get $15M from Housing Accelerator Fund

Academic Research

The vulnerability of the James Smith and Shoal Lake First Nations to climate change and variability.

Assessing alternative land and natural resources management regimes at Shoal Lake First Nation No. 40

Nêhiyawak (cree) and climate change in saskatchewan: Insights from the james smith and shoal lake first nations

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Isi Wipan–Climate: Identifying the impacts of climate change and capacity for adaptation in two Saskatchewan First Nation communities

THE VULNERABILITIES OF FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES: THE CASES OF SHOAL LAKE AND JAMES SMITH

Indigenous lands management, cultural landscapes and Anishinaabe people of Shoal Lake, Northwestern Ontario, Canada

… design build course: a case study on engineering and architecture students' learning impact at a Canadian university in partnership with Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

Coping with Change-Family Camp at the Shoal Lake Cree Nation

Transdisciplinary design build studio course in collaboration with Shoal Lake 40 First Nation: Development and assessment

THE VULNERABILITIES OF FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES: THE CASES OF SHOAL LAKE AND JAMES SMITH

Presidential Address. Starting with Water: Canada, Colonialism, and History at 2019

THE VULNERABILITIES OF FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES: THE CASES OF SHOAL LAKE AND JAMES SMITH

In the Water: Race, Empire, and the Winnipeg General Strike.”

THE VULNERABILITIES OF FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES: THE CASES OF SHOAL LAKE AND JAMES SMITH

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Learning and unlearning: Settler engagements in long-term Indigenous–settler alliances in Canada

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

Nêhiyawak (cree) and climate change in saskatchewan: Insights from the james smith and shoal lake first nations

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Plains Cree identity: Borderlands, ambiguous genealogies and narrative irony

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

Plains Cree identity: Borderlands, ambiguous genealogies and narrative irony

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

Nahayow/Ininew Aski-Nipi Pimatisiwin: Kayask, Anoch, Nikaanote Pimacihowin (Cree Family Stories of Land-Water Life: Past, Present, and Future Livelihood)

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

The vulnerability of the James Smith and Shoal Lake First Nations to climate change and variability.

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

… Build Course: A Case Study on Engineering and Architecture Students' Learning Impact at a Canadian University in Partnership with Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

Indigenous peoples and water: Governing across borders

The vulnerability of the James Smith and Shoal Lake First Nations to climate change and variability.

The vulnerabilities of First Nations communities: the cases of Shoal Lake and James Smith

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