pē-kă-nē | Piikani Nation
Community Profile
- The Piikani Nation is an Indigenous First Nations band located in southwestern Alberta, Canada, with a rich history of traditional Blackfoot culture and governance.
- Last Updated 2025-04-24 22:22:46 UTC
- Name: Piikani Nation (ISC Code: 436)
- Former Names: Peigan Nation, Piegan Band
- Band Style: Treaty 7 First Nation
- Cultural Area: Great Plains
- Indigenous Language: Blackfoot
- Number of Registered Members: 3914
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: 01/09/2027
- CHIEF: TROY KNOWLTON
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:9
- TROY KNOWLTON
- NEIL JR SHARP ADZE
- DIMPLES STUMP
- WESLEY CROW SHOE
- ALBERTINE CROW SHOE
- JORDAN NO CHIEF
- HELEN FLAMAND
- MARTIN IRON SHIRT
- CYNTHIA PROVOST
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: http://www.treaty7.org/PiikaniNation.aspx
- PHONE NUMBER: (403) 965-3940
- FAX NUMBER: (403) 965-2030
- ADDRESS: PO BOX 70, BROCKET, AB
- EMAILS:
- Chief TROY KNOWLTON:
- Councillor NEIL JR SHARP ADZE:
- Councillor DIMPLES STUMP:
- Councillor WESLEY CROW SHOE:
- Councillor ALBERTINE CROW SHOE:
- Councillor JORDAN NO CHIEF:
- Councillor HELEN FLAMAND:
- Councillor MARTIN IRON SHIRT:
- Councillor CYNTHIA PROVOST:
- 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
- 2012 - Piikani Nation20122013.pdf
- 2011 - Piikani Nation20112012.pdf
- 2010 - Piikani Nation20102011.pdf
- 2009 - Piikani Nation20092010.pdf
- 2008 - Piikani Nation20082009.pdf
- 2007 - Piikani Nation20072008.pdf
- 2004 - Piikani Nation20042005.pdf
- 2003 - Piikani Nation20032004.pdf
- 2002 - Piikani Nation20022003.pdf
- 2001 - Piikani 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: 6647
PIIKANI RESERVE
42699.2 Hectares
13 KM SW/SO OF/DE FORT MCLEOD
[49.7223893, -113.4030896] -
ISC Code: 6648
PEIGAN TIMBER LIMIT "B"
2978.6 Hectares
SECS 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,22,23, AND FRT SECS 4,9,16 & 21, IN TWP 9, RGE 30 W4M
[49.7212064, -113.9536033]
- Encompasses portions of southern Alberta
- Includes lands around the Oldman River and Pincher Creek
- Traditional hunting and gathering territories spanning the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
- Key geographical areas: Brocket, Blood Reserve, and surrounding grasslands
Consultations and Referrals
Band Submissions
Consultation Reports
Band Business Interests
Band Owned Corporations
Court Records
Downloadable Court Decisions
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Piikani Investment Corporation v. Piikani First Nation
- Kostic v Piikani Nation
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Chief Gayle Strikes With a Gun v. Piikani First Nation
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Kostic v Piikani Nation
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Jackson v. Piikani Nation Election Appeals Board
- Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd
- Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd
- Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd.
- Ho Lem v Piikani Nation
- Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd.
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
- Piikani Nation v Kostic
- Piikani Nation v McMullen
Active Court Cases
Media Reports
Media Reports
- UNA marks National Aboriginal Day
- Piikani Nation reports 1st case of COVID-19
- Can sweetgrass sequester carbon? Piikani Nation plans to find out
- New school funding to provide successful career pathways for Piikani Nation youth
- Piikani Nation hunts first bison in Banff in 150 years
- Funding announced for new school on Piikani Nation
- Piikani Nation project earns sustainability award for resilience against climate change
- ‘Game-changer’: funding for new K-12 school on Piikani Nation announced
- Indigenous geographies, law, and the Piikani Water rights case
- Lisa's story: One of so many lost as opioids claim Indigenous lives at alarming rate
- Piikani Nation Launches Digital Communications App to Connect with Remote Band Members
- Piikani Nation declares state of emergency over fatal opioid poisonings
- Piikani Nation group opposes proposed Grassy Mountain coal mine
- UNA celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
- The City of Lethbridge is partnering with the Kainai, Piikani and Siksika Nations and the Lethbridge and Area Métis to develop a Heritage Site Management Plan
- Air Canada apologizes to national chief after flight crew tried to take her headdress away
- Piikani Nation RCMP focusing on reconciliation and community engagement
- Piikani Nation project earns sustainability award for resilience against climate change
- Alberta First Nations Court Challenge Provides a Lifeline for Grassy Mountain Project
- Native Americans Propose Change To Yellowstone Landmark Names
- Piikani Nation declares state of emergency following four overdose deaths in one week
- Montem & Piikani Nation enter agreement on renewable energy project
- My name is Piitawotaan: How a white man was adopted into the Piikani First Nation in Southern Alberta
- The Piikani Cultural and Digital Literacy Camp Program
- First Nations 'triaging grief' as opioids claim lives at more than 8 times the rate of the rest of Alberta
- Piikani Nation RCMP focus on reconciliation and community engagement
- Former Piikani Nation Chief Stanley Grier passes away at 63
- Loved ones hold memorial on Piikani First Nation for lives lost to Canada's other pandemic — opioids
- Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council welcomes First Nation to group
- Piikani chief wants answers about what comes next after Cowboys and Indians party
- Piikani Nation member recruiting help to build teepees in Calgary
- Montem Resources Enters Into Agreement With Piikani Nation
- First Nations doctor wants more action following summit on anti-Indigenous racism in health care
- New report focuses on improving mental wellness for Indigenous youth
- New tool developed to help preserve the language of Blackfoot
- 'It's not going to be an easy task': Former residential school sites at Piikani Nation being investigated
- Free sexual health Medicine Bundles offered to Two-Spirit, queer, trans Indigenous people
- Siksika Nation, Blackfoot Confederacy files lawsuit against Federal Government
- Why a Southern Alberta First Nation turned off the tap to hundreds of area farmers
- Researchers revive endangered Blackfoot language using digital technology - SFU News
- Elders Reg and Rose Crowshoe honoured by Governor General for their commitment to preservation of Blackfoot culture and reconciliation
- Piikani First Nation woman helping build bridges between business and Indigenous communities
- Piikani Nation holds referendum on leasing land for commercial development
- 'Man of Vision' watercolour celebrates the life of former Piikani Nation chief
- Blackfoot Confederacy files human rights complaint against Indigenous Services Canada
- Pros and cons of Grassy Mountain coal mine in Alberta being weighed
- Piikani Nation Archives
- Walk of reconciliation takes place in Calgary on National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Piikani Nation declares a state of emergency over opioid crisis
- Treaty 7 warriors 'will give you goosebumps'
- Piikani Nation and ATCO Sustainable Communities expand their partnership
- Piikani Travel Centre Archives
- RCMP officer making a difference on the Piikani Nation with youth rodeo program
- You can’t just take a name’
- Alberta and Blackfoot Confederacy sign historic agreement
- Piikani Nation in Alberta to search for unmarked graves on their land
- Two Alberta First Nations want to appeal decision against Grassy Mountain coal mine
- UNA marks National Indigenous People’s Day
- Blessing ceremony opens new Indigenous Hub at UCalgary's Foothills campus
- UNA celebrates National Indigenous History Month
- Alberta woman who lost 2 daughters turns sorrow to hope in 200-km trek to Calgary for MMIW vigil
- Stoney Nakoda call to rename Calgary prompts rebuttal from Piikani 'time immemorial' inhabitants
- Class of 2023: Embracing her cultural past leads Piikani artist to an inspiring future
- Town recognizes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- 'We're a statistic,' says Indigenous mother who lost 2 daughters in 1 year
- Relief comes to young indigenous family losing hope in homeless shelter
- Sixties Scoop Survivor Adam North Peigan reclaims identity through powwow dancing
- Blackfoot elder remembered as 'truly a cowboy,' Indigenous advocate
- Indigenous women at the forefront: Six Calgary changemakers define truth and reconciliation in their work
- First Nations in Alberta taking government’s decision to shut down Grassy Mountain coal project to court
- Living in uncertain times highlights need for more Indigenous youth programming
- Truth and Reconciliation Archives
- Seven Sacred Teachings Blackfoot Archives
- Pincher Creek observes first National Truth and Reconciliation Day
- UNA honours Canada’s Indigenous people
- UNA marks National Aboriginal Day 2017
- Every Child Matters billboard unveiled by Piikani Child and Family Services
- UNA marks National Indigenous Peoples Day
- All-inclusive teepee camps could turn Canadian reserves into tourist destinations, says entrepreneur
- Treaty 7 Day at UCalgary honours lived experiences of First Nations peoples
- Indigenous-led non-profit organization launches in Lethbridge
- Piikani Nation to search residential school locations for unmarked burial sites
- World premiere of VR experience from First Nations filmmaker at prestigious Sundance festival
- 'On a path to truth and reconciliation': Piikani Nation gifts sacred eagle feather to Calgary police
- Historic treaty signed among 10 First Nations and tribes in Banff
- Piikani Nation hunters harvest first bison in Banff in over 145 years
- Government of Canada - New school funding to provide successful career pathways for Piikani Nation youth
- ‘Game-changer’: funding for new K-12 school on Piikani Nation announced
- With moratorium on open pit mining in Alberta lifted, Piikani First Nation environmental group plans to keep fighting
- Breaking the isolation: Technology as a shield for First Nations women
- Calls for Justice for Indigenous People ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Piikani Nation of Canada to join The Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
- Reforestation on Náápi Otsíthaatan watershed
- New Indigenous Guardians project aims to preserve sacred southern Alberta land
- Beyond Local: Three bison killed in Indigenous ceremonial hunt in Banff National Park
- Walking in 2 worlds: Indigenous Ottawans reflect on leaving home
- Montem signs agreement with Piikani Nation for renewable energy complex in Alberta
- Piikani chief wants answers about what comes next after Cowboys and Indians party
- Play is a ‘love letter’ to restoring the familial bond
- Calgary police create job to focus solely on missing Indigenous persons
- Brocket Archives
- Piikani reclaims horse racing spirit at The Calgary Stampede
- 'Man of Vision' watercolour celebrates the life of former Piikani Nation chief
- Southern Alberta Indigenous communities receive share of $11.8 million in COVID-19 funding
- Okotoks honours Piistoo Park on Indigenous Peoples Day
- Unresolved: Joey Tiiah Patricia English
- Three bison killed in Indigenous ceremonial hunt in Banff National Park
- Hearing witnesses say First Nations in favour of Grassy Mountain mine over ranchers
- Indigenous sovereignty the focus of a new report featuring the voices and experiences of Indigenous youth
- Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet) Planning
- Blackfoot Confederacy flag raised in Lethbridge to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Digital 3D models of Indigenous artifacts in British museums will share their stories with descendants
- 'On a path to truth and reconciliation': Piikani Nation gifts sacred eagle feather to Calgary police
- Opioid crisis remains a large issue in southern Alberta Indigenous communities
- 1910: Magnificent portraits of First Nations people of Alberta
- Triumph of Spirit
- 'Emotional day' for '60s Scoop survivors as Alberta offers apology
- Piikani Nation to search four sites of four residential schools
- Lethbridge aims to preserve First Nations history and sacred sites as it grows
- Probe corruption on Alberta native reserve, activist urges
- Rocks of ages: New book explores ancient Indigenous pictographs in Alberta and B.C.
- New agreement signed to respect Indigenous rights in Castle parks
- Alberta chiefs seek clarity on Canada's view of water rights following class action defence
- Students build tiny homes to tackle Alberta First Nation's housing crisis
- New book interprets Piikani and Secwepemc rock paintings
- Some members of the Piikani Nation protest against proposed thermal coal mine
- Piikani Nation opioid support group first of its kind in southern Alberta
- Piikani Nation member hopes new education helps her end housing crisis
- Piikani Nation facing overdose crisis during pandemic
- High school students build tiny homes to help alleviate the housing crunch on Piikani First Nation
- Alberta's first female First Nations provincial court judge taught 'resilience, forgiveness' by parents
- Native Americans Propose Change To Yellowstone Landmark Names
- First Nation balances Western science with traditional knowledge in an effort to combat climate change
- Southern Alberta Indigenous group ends addictions awareness week with powerful message
- Invest in economic reconciliation: partnering with TELUS and Piikani Nation
- Calgary Flames fan, Piikani Nation member ‘disheartened’ by teams lack of land acknowledgement
- Still time to visit the Calgary library to see Indigenous artist at work
- Archaeology conference aims to centre Indigenous perspectives in work on ancestral sites
- Sixties Scoop survivor says apology would be first step to healing
- Piikani Nation's 57th annual celebration a cultural spectacle
- ‘It’s a really big tool’: Piikani Nation Radio reaching Blackfoot residents with COVID-19 information
- Voices From Here: Adam North Peigan
- New school funding to provide successful career pathways for Piikani Nation youth
- Land Acknowledgement
- Piikani hunters harvest bison from lands now known as Banff National Park
- Loved ones make annual 200-km trek to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women
- Still time to visit the Calgary library to see Indigenous artist at work
- New member brings Indigenous perspective to Calgary police commission
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Collective bio-cultural heritage: meaningful Indigenous participation and consultation in land and land use
- Shattered glass and broken bones: Piikani domestic space 1880-1960
- Just methods, no madness: Historical archaeology on the Piikani first nation
- Piikanaikiiks: A literary analysis of Blackfoot oral stories and the traditional roles of women in leadership
- Iinaaka Siinakupii Tsiniikii (Little video storyteller): co-designing digital literacy with Piikani First Nation
- Niitooii—" the same that is real": Parallel practice, museums, and the repatriation of Piikani customary authority
- Articulating indigenous law as “environmental protection”? The Piikani nation and the oldman river dam environmental assessment review process
- The Piikani Well-being Project: Indigenous-led metrics and mapping to improve human and agricultural system health within the Amskapi Piikani Blackfeet Nation
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Shattered glass and broken bones: Piikani domestic space 1880-1960
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Piikani school leadership
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as “Environmental
- Articulating Indigenous Law as" Environmental
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