Band Council

• GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
• TERM EXPIRES: 02/26/2029
• CHIEF: DEREK SUNSHINE
• NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:15
• DEREK SUNSHINE
• DARCY WAYNE DESJARLAIS
• STEVE SUNSHINE
• TRACEY BRANIA
• DARRYL SLIPPERY
• COLIN LABANOWICH
• DARCY DESJARLAIS
• FREDERICK BRANIA
• TRAVIS DESJARLAIS
• CORBETT SABIT
• VANESSA SEVERIGHT
• BRENDAN DESJARLAIS
• FENTON PAQUACHAN
• LARRY KAYSEAS
• ENOLA KAYSEASS

Contact Information

• BAND WEBSITE: http://www.fishinglakefirstnation.com/
• PHONE NUMBER: (306) 338-3838
• FAX NUMBER: (306) 338-3635
• ADDRESS: PO BOX 508, WADENA, SK
• EMAILS:
• Chief DEREK SUNSHINE:
• Chief DARCY WAYNE DESJARLAIS:
• Councillor STEVE SUNSHINE:
• Councillor TRACEY BRANIA:
• Councillor DARRYL SLIPPERY:
• Councillor COLIN LABANOWICH:
• Councillor DARCY DESJARLAIS:
• Councillor FREDERICK BRANIA:
• Councillor TRAVIS DESJARLAIS:
• Councillor CORBETT SABIT:
• Councillor VANESSA SEVERIGHT:
• Councillor BRENDAN DESJARLAIS:
• Councillor FENTON PAQUACHAN:
• Councillor LARRY KAYSEAS:
• Councillor ENOLA KAYSEASS:
• 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 - Fishing Lake First Nation20072008.pdf
• 2006 - Fishing Lake First Nation20062007.pdf
• 2005 - Fishing Lake First Nation20052006.pdf
• 2004 - Fishing Lake First Nation20042005.pdf
• 2003 - Fishing Lake First Nation20032004.pdf
• 2002 - Fishing Lake First Nation20022003.pdf
• 2001 - Fishing Lake First Nation20012002.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

Band Submissions

Consultation Reports

Band Owned Corporations

Downloadable Court Decisions

• Fishing Lake First Nation v. Paley
• Fishing Lake First Nation v. Paley

Active Court Cases

Media Reports

• Enbridge sale of interest in Athabasca pipeline assets
• Fishing Lake First Nation death marks 3rd fatal encounter between Sask. RCMP, Indigenous communities inside a month
• Family of man who died in RCMP chase say he's not 'just another dead Indian at the hands of the police'
• Model Heather Diamond Strongarm Shares Her Perfect Go-See Outfit
• Sask. police watchdog says RCMP discharged guns in fatal Fishing Lake First Nation incident
• Beardy’s & Fishing Lake sign deals for services at new Jansen mine
• Great Lakes Fishery: The start of the industry and the fall of fish populations
• Man from Fishing Lake First Nation shot and killed by RCMP after car chase
• Fishing Lake First Nation woman is living her dream of walking the runways
• Breaking up: Ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior
• Fishing Lake First Nation woman is making her mark on the fashion world
• Fishing Lake First Nation to break ground for new, much-needed school in 2018
• BHP signs agreements with area First Nation communities as production approaches
• Saskatchewan's police watchdog investigating fatal officer-involved shooting on Fishing Lake First Nation
• This Rising Indigenous Model Had a Breakout Fashion Month
• Great Lakes pollution threatens Ojibwe treaty rights to fish
• Sask. towns, First Nations join forces to maximize benefits, avoid pitfalls of $14B mine project
• Authority of governments over Indigenous hunting and fishing questioned at North Bay trial
• 'We both want a healthy lake,' tensions ease over Lake Nipissing fishing
• No action taken as deadline passes for eviction of non-band members on Fishing Lake First Nation
• Native anglers spear walleye near Oneida Lake spawn site, launching fight over indigenous fishing rights
• Revisiting the Williams Treaties of 1923: Anishinaabeg perspectives after a century
• National Indigenous History Month: How the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement is Empowering Indigenous youth in partnership with Right To Play & Rogers
• North of 60: Hunting and Fishing Great Slave Lake with the First Nations
• Building strong partnerships at Jansen
• Potential court case looms as First Nations dispute territorial history of key Chilcotin fishing site
• Family of man shot by police in Fishing Lake First Nation speaks
• Saulteaux model stays grounded with trips home to Saskatchewan
• Jacqueline Ottmann installed as new president of First Nations University of Canada
• Chief Sabitawasis School Brings New Opportunities To Fishing Lake First Nation
• BHP Partners With 2Nations Bird For Development Works And Site Services At BHP's Jansen Potash Project
• Indigenous fishing rights at the heart of Lake Nipissing conflict
• Jacqueline Ottmann of USask believes acknowledging the past is important to lead for the future
• Man dies following Sask. RCMP chase that ended with shots fired in a field
• 'We need to break those barriers': Sask. model becomes first Indigenous person to open for Dior fashion show
• Indigenous sustainability protects Lake Nipissing
• Treaty Land Sharing Network links Indigenous land users with settler farmers
• New school building replaces decades of portable trailers on Sask. first nation
• Sask. First Nation serves eviction notices to non-band members
• 5 things you might not know about Indigenous hunting and fishing rights
• Indigenous woman, Egyptian Muslim man's love story based on embracing one another's cultures
• Łutsël K'é First Nation buys Frontier fishing lodge
• Network of Sask. farmers, ranchers open land to Indigenous people to practise treaty rights
• First Nations limited sustenance fishery on Chilcotin River extended until Sept. 8
• 'Indigenizing settlement': Building bridges between newcomers and Indigenous people in Sask.
• Spotlight: Deer Lake First Nation coming to the rescue of walleye population
• Universities across Canada addressing Indigenous identity fraud in wake of Carrie Bourassa investigation
• Peepaw Plains: Where elders host a camp for youth
• Indigenous scholars gather in Vancouver
• From ice fishing to stargazing: U of T students talk science with Sandy Lake First Nation
• Sask. Crown prosecutors to review fatal RCMP shooting of Lucien Silverquill
• Majority of indigenous Canadians remain Christians despite residential schools
• The many perspectives of the Lake Nipissing pickerel dispute
• Saugeen Ojibway Nation confronts effects of climate change on whitefish fishery
• How a northern town and a First Nation are fishing friends — 'I don't hear a lot of blame'
• First Nation Community Profiles
• For Cat Lake students, graduation is a small miracle
• Aboriginal rights vs conservation: Lake Nipissing
• Farmers and Indigenous land users form new Treaty Land Sharing Network in Saskatchewan
• Treaty Land Sharing Network Launches In Alberta
• Saskatchewan First Nations get piece in BHP Jansen mine contracts
• Local leaders work together to plan for growth due to BHP Jansen potash mine
• U of S hosts Indigenous Spend-a-Day for prospective students
• Brenda Reynolds
• Fishing Lake First Nation moves to evict non-members from housing units
• First Nations-owned cannabis stores no longer need SLGA permit: province
• Ontario Partnering with Indigenous Leaders to Protect the Great Lakes
• Regional development falls under a new banner - S 4-6
• University of Saskatchewan names vice-provost of Indigenous engagement
• Accountability not national inquiry needed into First Nations deaths, says Anandasangaree
• Plan to replenish fish stocks will devastate communities: Manitoba Metis Federation
• Northern Ontario fishing dispute could lead to big changes for Indigenous rights
• New Indigenous Wellness Consultant earns national award
• 'This is not gouging but simply parity': Crooked Lake lease increases a fair move by Sakimay First Nation
• Treaty 4 group sees hope for better on-reserve education in new agreement with Indigenous Services
• UPDATED: Lake Nipigon-area First Nations demand say on resource management (2 photos)
• Man dies following Sask. RCMP chase that ended with shots fired in a field
• Canadian walleye, northern pike fisheries gain MSC certification
• ReconciliACTION Indigenous art exhibit opens at Red Deer museum
• How a warming Lake Superior is affecting one Anishinaabe fisherman
• First Nations University of Canada appoints Jacqueline Ottmann as 10th president
• Despite challenges, fishing on Lake Winnipeg 'just a way of life' for many in this northern First Nation
• 100 years of the Williams Treaties in Ontario: Anishinaabeg perspectives
• 'No reason to put up fences:' Indigenous land-users, farmers roll out land sharing network
• Reserves in Manitoba
• Fishing lodge guide dead on northern Manitoba First Nation
• ‘It’s more than a party zone’: Kwanlin Dün accelerates land use planning as Yukoners flock to Fish Lake
• Manitoba Hydro's impacts on Indigenous lives in the north
• University of Saskatchewan names vice-provost of Indigenous engagement
• First Nation chiefs join together to speak out against Saskatchewan First Act
• Indigenous Communities and Enbridge Announce Landmark Equity Partnership
• Indigenous fisherman found guilty of illegally selling $90 of fish after year-long sting
• Inclusive Entrepreneurship Webinar Series, Spotlight on Diversity: Indigenous Entrepreneurship
• Fishing Lake First Nation death marks 3rd fatal encounter between Sask. RCMP, Indigenous communities inside a month
• Sask. police watchdog says RCMP discharged guns in fatal Fishing Lake First Nation incident
• BHP signs agreements with area First Nation communities as production approaches
• Fishing Lake First Nation closes school temporarily over COVID-19 concerns in near-by communities
• Chief Sabitawasis School Brings New Opportunities To Fishing Lake First Nation
• Farmers and Indigenous land users form new Treaty Land Sharing Network in Saskatchewan
• Indigenous Peoples celebrated with first flag raising
• Historical charges on hold against former chief in Saskatchewan
• How a new Saskatchewan land group is honouring treaties
• 'We need to break those barriers': Sask. model becomes first Indigenous person to open for Dior fashion show
• ‘This is not Canada’: inside the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s battle against Taseko Mines
• Mom suspects foul play in daughter's overdose death
• Sask. First Nations and Métis students get $3M
• Ceremony at Horizon’s Humboldt office celebrates Indigenous Peoples
• Holocaust survivor to share his experience
• First Nations University names new president
• Opinion: Metis deserve right to forge own path of reconciliation and self-determination
• Cote First Nation archer wins bronze at North American Indigenous Games
• Cote First Nation archer wins bronze at North American Indigenous Games
• Land-sharing network building bridges between Saskatchewan farmers, Indigenous community
• Building Reconciliation Internal Forum another step forward
• Building Reconciliation Internal Forum another step forward
• 'I think I've found something that I really enjoy': Montreal Lake students learn on the job site
• 'I think I've found something that I really enjoy': Montreal Lake students learn on the job site
• 'This has been happening for hundreds of years'
• Our long, hard journey: Treaty 4 and 150 years of unfulfilled promises
• Onion Lake Chief Henry concerned over Sask government consultation process
• Parkland Victims Services hires Indigenous resource officer
• First Nations point fingers after finding two deformed fish in Lake Athabasca
• Who is an expert in Indigenous history up for debate in Nipissing hunting and fishing trial
• BHP inks new contracts with First Nations communities at Jansen potash project
• Ottmann optimistic about Indigenization
• First Nations commercial fishermen consider starting season as they await federal relief
• First Nations around Ontario’s Lake Nipigon come together to protect their waters
• The 2023 TD Scholarship for Indigenous Peoples awards first cohort of 25 recipients
• Building strong partnerships at Jansen
• BHP Billiton and First Nations Sign Jansen Project Opportunities Agreement
• First Nations leaders hope new report on effects of Interlake flood channel leads to review of project
• Indigenous fishers charged during closure to argue in court
• BHP inks $188m contracts with First Nations at Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan
• Man shot and killed by RCMP on Fishing Lake First Nation
• First Nations restoring Columbia River fish access to Okanagan Lake after a century
• Toronto-area communities mourn after remains of 215 children found at former B.C. residential school
• Saskatchewan Provides $250,000 in Funding for Sylvite Four-Six Working Group to Support Regional Economic Development | News and Media
• Indigenous woman, Egyptian Muslim man's love story based on embracing one another's cultures
• Sask. woman working to reclaim Saulteaux language and pass it along to others

Academic Research

• Mining versus Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Traditional Land Uses of the Anisininew in the Red Sucker Lake First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
• Sea lamprey control in the Great Lakes: A Tribal/First Nations representative's perspective
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• Co-operative resource management as an adaptive strategy for aboriginal communities: the Whitefish Lake First Nation case study.
• EXPLORING A SHARED HISTORY: Indian-White Relations Between Fishing Lake First Nation and Wadena, 1882-2002
• Aboriginal freshwater fisheries as resilient social–ecological systems
• Indigenous-led analysis of important subsistence species response to resource extraction
• Pulling in the indigenous fishery cooperative net: Fishing for sustainable livelihoods and food security in Garden Hill First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
• Indigenous self-determination and food sovereignty through fisheries governance in the Great Lakes Region
• Refracting the state through human-fish relations: Fishing, indigenous legal orders and colonialism in north/western Canada
• Wise practices: Indigenous-settler relations in Laurentian Great Lakes fishery governance and water protection
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• The persistence of Aboriginal land use: Fish and wildlife harvest areas in the Hudson and James Bay Lowland, Ontario
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• Balancing risks in the management of contaminated first nations fisheries
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• Seeking Education on Their Terms: The Atikameksheng Anishnawbek 1880–1930
• Returning to selective fishing through Indigenous fisheries knowledge: The example of K'moda, Gitxaała Territory
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• Race, Indigenous knowledge, and a relational alternative in fisheries policy research
• Importance of fish for food and nutrition security among First Nations in Canada
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
• First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem