Nîhithaw | Big Island Lake Cree Nation
Community Profile
- The Big Island Lake Cree Nation is a First Nations band government located in Saskatchewan, Canada, with traditional lands in the boreal forest region.
- Last Updated 2025-04-29 17:44:45 UTC
- Name: Big Island Lake Cree Nation (ISC Code: 399)
- Former Names: Big Island Lake Band
- Band Style: First Nations
- Cultural Area: Boreal Forest
- Indigenous Language: Cree
- Number of Registered Members: 1310
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 03/17/2027
- CHIEF: DAVID SANDFLY
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:5
- DAVID SANDFLY
- RYAN SANDFLY
- ROLAND OCHUSCHAYO
- DONNA OSEEMEEMOW
- ANNABELLE SANDFLY
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/bands/bjosep.html
- PHONE NUMBER: (306) 839-2277
- FAX NUMBER: (306) 839-2323
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 309, PIERCELAND, SK
- EMAILS:
- Chief DAVID SANDFLY:
- Councillor RYAN SANDFLY:
- Councillor ROLAND OCHUSCHAYO:
- Councillor DONNA OSEEMEEMOW:
- Councillor ANNABELLE SANDFLY:
- 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 - Big Island Lake Cree Nation20072008.pdf
- 2006 - Big Island Lake Cree Nation20062007.pdf
- 2005 - Big Island Lake Cree Nation20052006.pdf
- 2004 - Big Island Lake Cree Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Big Island Lake Cree Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Big Island Lake Cree Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Big Island Lake Cree 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
Lands and Traditional Territory
Reserves
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ISC Code: 6593
BIG ISLAND LAKE CREE TERRITORY
4700.1 Hectares
39 KM E/E OF/DE COLD LAKE
[54.4257788, -109.6175566]
- Encompasses regions around Big Island Lake
- Traditional lands in boreal forest northwest Saskatchewan
- Historically used hunting, trapping, and fishing territories
- Includes parts of Meadow Lake Provincial Park region
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
- Man arrested in relation to women’s death on Big Island Lake Cree Nation
- New support hub at YWCA Regina was designed by youth for youth
- Gangs in Big Island Lake Cree Nation are posing a big problem for members
- Two First Nations Pledge to Save Lake Superior Caribou
- First Nations chief guilty of illegally shooting moose in game preserve
- Social Media Is Helping Bring Indigenous Languages Back from the Brink
- Sask. RCMP investigating after dead body found on Big Island Lake Cree Nation
- Sask. RCMP investigating after dead body found on Big Island Lake Cree Nation
- RCMP Major Crimes investigating woman's death on Big Island Cree Nation
- Man charged with murder in death of woman on northern Sask. First Nation
- Making starblankets helped this First Nations quilter break through her social anxiety
- New community centre in Big Island Lake Cree Nation a place for youth to feel 'sense of belonging'
- Update: Male arrested after assault and forcible confinement on Big Island Cree Nation
- Man, 35, dead after assault in Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation: Sask. RCMP
- Youth from Big Island Lake Cree Nation to perform in dance showcase in Toronto
- RCMP identify human remains found on Big Island Lake Cree Nation last week
- Big Island Lake Cree Nation Chief found guilty of unlawful hunting
- Northern Sask. residents waiting for answers after human remains found in landfill
- Twice the fun on one Saskatchewan First Nation
- Warrant issued after man fires gun on Big Island Lake Cree Territory
- Here are 3 places to watch the Land Back movement unfold in 2023
- Missing man from Big Island Lake Cree Nation killed in vehicle crash
- Standoff on Big Island Lake Cree Nation ends peacefully
- Outside Looking In empowers Indigenous teens through dance
- Subsidized food banks visit Island Lake region amid 'food security crisis'
- 1st-degree murder charge laid in Big Island Lake Cree Nation man’s death
- On the largest freshwater island in the world, Lake Huron’s Native Americans warn of the fragility of water
- 'I don't feel safe anymore': Most Sask. gang killings happen outside major cities
- Island Lake search and rescue team dives deep to bring closure to families after drownings
- Remembering the 10 people who lost their lives during mass stabbing in Saskatchewan
- Arrest made in connection with women’s death on Big Island Lake Cree Territory
- Sask. First Nation officials accused of misusing welfare money
- Backgrounder: Government of Canada to bring high-speed Internet access to Saskatchewan communities
- Sharing the stories of Island Lake: Communities in Focus
- Onion Lake powwow returns to huge crowd after pandemic measures lifted
- 30 years after an historic fight against clear cutting, Indigenous communities are still fighting for forests
- Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency after 2 recent deaths by suicide, numerous attempts
- University of Toronto implements tuition-free initiative for 9 First Nations
- Charges laid in Big Island Lake stabbing
- Muskeg Lake Cree Nation community food forest helps connections, knowledge grow
- Sask. mental health therapist seeks solutions as meth problem grows
- Clean running water still a luxury on many native reserves
- Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge report: Saskatchewan
- Laura Burnouf looking to revitalize Michif language during retirement
- 100 years of the Williams Treaties in Ontario: Anishinaabeg perspectives
- This First Nation has a new highway and a water-treatment plant that's 'like our Stanley Cup'
- Onion Lake Cree Nation welcomes bison herd
- Indigenous Leaders: Tracee Smith's on a mission to tackle the Indigenous housing crisis
- Manitoba Hydro's impacts on Indigenous lives in the north
- BC First Nation logs almost all of its treaty lands, leaving behind lots of stumps and questions
- Where were Manitoba's residential schools — and what stands there now?
- Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
- ‘Panic mode’: unpredictable winters sever a lifeline in Canada’s North
- Nov 2010: The worst of the bargain
- Oct 2010: High & dry
- Police watchdog called in over RCMP interaction with man later found dead
- RCMP stumble across body on Big Island Lake Cree Nation, call death suspicious
- Indigenous conservation area created off Vancouver Island's coast
- New social media challenge sees mermen surface from First Nations across Manitoba
- Light over Turtle Island: Indigenous tales about North America’s creation
- Curve Lake First Nation gets turtle crossing signs in local dialect
- Spotlight: Curve Lake First Nation aquaculture and hydroponic project on the horizon
- Big Island Lake Cree Nation woman wanted for aggravated assault
- Man arrested in death of woman on Big Island Cree Territory
- Two men charged after RCMP seizes drugs and weapons in Big Island Lake
- Remote Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency due to lack of winter road access
- Remote First Nations urgently need all-season road in face of climate change, chiefs say
- Busy year for Pow Wows
- How Georgina Island First Nation took back control of lands and resources
- Saskatchewan First Nation audited over spending claims
- How straw homes could help solve the First Nations housing crisis
- Big Island Lake Cree Nation woman wanted for aggravated assault
- Red Sucker Lake First Nation seeks funding for half-finished hockey arena
- Some of 11 charged under Public Health Act remain in custody on weapons, drug-related charges
- Five alleged Westside gang members appear in Lloydminster court
- Accused "lucky to be alive," judge says
- RCMP say death of man whose remains were found at landfill nearly decade after disappearance not suspicious
- Manslaughter charge laid in teen's death in northern Saskatchewan
- Standoff on Big Island Lake Cree Nation ends peacefully; man wanted for murder in custody
- Hockey hat trick: Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Friday, Nov. 17
- National Indigenous Youth Charity, Outside Looking In, Launches First Certificate Program in Professional Studies in Partnership with Sun Life
- 4 Island Lake First Nations pull out of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak
- Makwa Sahgaiehcan man charged with second-degree murder
- RCMP Major Crimes investigating woman's death in Saskatchewan east of Cold Lake
- Man charged with murder in death of unidentified woman on Sask. First Nation
- Human remains found in Big Island Lake Cree Territory belong to man reported missing in December: RCMP
- Low pay for First Nations water operators is threatening drinking water
- More than 20 Sask First Nations schools closed due to COVID-19 fears
- UPDATE: Big Island Lake Cree Nation RCMP incident ends peacefully
- Sask. RCMP say it was 'in contact' with man in days before disappearance
- Search underway for missing 13-year-old boy in Big Island Lake: RCMP
- Five alleged Westside gang members appear in Lloydminster court
- Neil Young tour: 5 facts about the First Nation he's singing for
- Drugs seized in Big Island Lake Cree Nation
- Drugs seized in Big Island Lake Cree Nation
- First Nations chief guilty of illegally shooting moose in game preserve
- First Nations chief guilty of illegally shooting moose in game preserve
- Long-term drinking water advisory lifted for Sask. First Nation after 4 years
- Long-term drinking water advisory lifted for Sask. First Nation after 4 years
- Big Island Lake Cree Nation murder case headed to preliminary hearing
- Big Island Lake Cree Nation murder case headed to preliminary hearing
- UPDATE: Big Island Lake Cree Nation incident ends peacefully
- UPDATE: Big Island Lake Cree Nation incident ends peacefully
- First Nation voting locations for provincial election
- First Nation voting locations for provincial election
- TOPIC: MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
- TOPIC: MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
- 3,700 people forced from homes in Island Lake area due to smoke, fire
- 3,700 people forced from homes in Island Lake area due to smoke, fire
- ‘Women and families live in constant fear’: Community of Rapid Lake has a policing problem
- ‘Women and families live in constant fear’: Community of Rapid Lake has a policing problem
- What a crystal meth crisis in an Indigenous community says about mental health and climate change
- What a crystal meth crisis in an Indigenous community says about mental health and climate change
- Driver arrested after 13-year-old fatally struck
- Driver arrested after 13-year-old fatally struck
- Father says dead daughter 'fell through the cracks'
- First Nation chief, council accused of spending band’s social assistance money on personal items, face audit
- Three alleged gang members appear in Lloydminster court
- TOPIC: MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
- Gang associates arrested, weapons seized following Lashburn car theft
- ‘Hockey Night in Cree’ scores big in Canada
- Figure 1. Historical Timeline of Wasagamack within the Island Lake...
- RCMP investing suspicious death after body found in Sask. home
- A century of water: As Winnipeg aqueduct turns 100, Shoal Lake finds freedom
- First Nation in Saskatchewan grieves as fire consumes school
- More supports needed for First Nations patients sent to Winnipeg for long-term medical treatment: report
- BC First Nation logs almost all of its treaty lands, leaving behind lots of stumps and questions
- Curve Lake First Nation Council planning highly confidential meetings with “no media permitted”
- Human remains found near home on Big Island Lake Cree Nation after remains found in landfill last month: RCMP
- RCMP working to identify remains found on Big Island Lake Cree Nation
- Makwa Sahgaiehcan man charged with second-degree murder
- Search underway for missing 13-year-old boy in Big Island Lake: RCMP
- Pierceland RCMP seek public assistance locating missing 13-year-old male
- Search underway for missing 13-year-old boy: RCMP
- Man dead after reported stabbing on Saddle Lake Cree Nation: RCMP
- Suicide crisis prompts Island Lake chiefs to call for equal access to health care
- Revisiting the Williams Treaties of 1923: Anishinaabeg perspectives after a century
- Reserves in Manitoba
- Indigenous coalition goes head-to-head against oil giants to build Alberta carbon capture complex
- Churchill River system flooding some First Nations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
- ‘Big step’: Williams Lake First Nation new owner of former residential school grounds
- Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation (MSIFN)
- Canada makes $1.72B cows-and-plows settlement with 14 Sask. First Nations
- Travelling the Buffalo road: Indigenous nations are rematriating bison to the prairies
- B.C. court acknowledges First Nation’s land claim off Vancouver Island
- Saskatchewan RCMP investigating two separate discoveries of human remains on First Nation
- Canada’s Tar Sands: Destruction So Vast and Deep It Challenges the Existence of Land and People
- Canada makes $1.72B cows-and-plows settlement with 14 Sask. First Nations
- Sturgeon Lake chief says community unhappy with proposed AI centre
- 4 innovative Indigenous-led clean energy projects
- Buffalo herd released on Witchekan Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan
- Largest Lakes in Canada
- First Nations, B.C. double old-growth protections in Clayoquot Sound
- Indigenous Peoples
- Rising food and gas prices a big concern for northern Manitoba First Nations already feeling the pinch
- Manitoba First Nations suing over Lake Winnipeg pollution
- First Nations in northern Manitoba send residents south due to wildfire smoke
- Sask. First Nation strikes $155M 'cows and plows' settlement
- Two First Nations say Ontario is ignoring their expertise on endangered Lake Superior caribou
- Saskatchewan man found guilty of killing Onion Lake Cree Nation woman, 25
- Community identifies Misipawistik Cree Nation boater found dead, 2 others still missing
- Human remains found in Cree Nation landfill in western Sask., RCMP say
- Perimeter Aviation's delays, high fees cause hardship for remote Manitoba First Nations: chiefs
- Indigenous economic strategy offers blueprint for reducing poverty and bolstering economy, agencies say
- Garden Hill First Nation says outside help is needed to fight COVID-19 outbreak
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Traditional Land-Use and Occupancy Study of Cahcakiwsakahikan (Pelican Lake) First Nation: A Woodland Cree Community in Northern Saskatchewan
- Analysis of Change
- Learning to Be A Nêhiyaw (Cree) Through Language
- Project Description-Summary
- The significance of creating First Nation traditional names maps
- A cultural framework for Cree self-government: Retracing our steps back
- Nêhiyawak (cree) and climate change in saskatchewan: Insights from the james smith and shoal lake first nations
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Teachings from Cree Elders: A Grounded Theory Study of Indigenous Leadership
- Nēhîthâwâk of Reindeer Lake, Canada: Worldview, epistemology and relationships with the natural world
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Frenchman's Island and the Naatuwaau bones: Archaeology and Cree tales of culture contact
- Frenchman's Island and the Naatuwaau bones: Archaeology and Cree tales of culture contact
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- Nêhiyawak (cree) and climate change in saskatchewan: Insights from the james smith and shoal lake first nations
- 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
- First Nations, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the State of the Great Lakes Ecosystem
- 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
- Indians and Other Misnomers of the Upper Great Lakes: The True Indigenous Origins of Geographic Place Names
- The land as an aspect of Cree history: Exploring Whapmagoostui Cree place names
- Cree admixture in the verbal morphology of Island Lake Ojibwa
- 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
- 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
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