lu-ee bul trayb | Louis Bull Tribe First Nations

The Louis Bull Tribe is a First Nations band located in central Alberta, part of the Maskwacis Cree communities

POPULATION

2,501

Rank #131 nationally

GEOGRAPHY

55.7 KM²

Rank #199 nationally

BAND COUNCIL TERM

03/31/2026

Term Expiration

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Community Profile

Overview

Last Updated 2025-07-31 23:26:24 UTC

Name

Louis Bull Tribe (ISC Code: 439)

Former Names

Bull Band, Louis Bull First Nation

Band Style

First Nations

Cultural Area

Plains Cree Territory

Indigenous Language

Cree (nêhiyawêwin)

Number of Registered Members

2501

Band Website

https://louisbulltribe.ca/

Phone Number

(780) 585-3978

Fax Number

(780) 585-3799

Address

PO BOX 130, MASKWACIS, AB

General Email

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Band Council

Governance Type

Not Applicable

Chief

DESMOND BULL

Term Expires

03/31/2026

Number of Council Members

DESMOND BULL

Chief

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PATRICK CLYDE ROASTING

Councillor

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LEROY BULL

Councillor

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JACLYN BULL

Councillor

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JEFFREY RAINE

Councillor

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THEODORE (TODD) BULL

Councillor

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TAMMY MOONIAS

Councillor

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Administrative Contacts

Financial Overview

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Band Financial Statements

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Band Council Remuneration

2024 - Report Not Available

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

Band Owned Corporations

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Laws, Bylaws, and Codes

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Intergovernmental Agreements

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Active Court Cases

No active court cases at this time.

Downloadable Court Records

Taylor & Associates Ltd. v. Louis Bull Tribe No. 439

Joyes v. Louis Bull Tribe #439

Carlson Larocque v. Louis Bull Tribe

Joyes v. Louis Bull Tribe #439

Taylor & Associates Ltd. v. Louis Bull Tribe No. 439

Sison v. Louis Bull Tribe No. 439

Cardinal v. Louis Bull Indian Tribe No. 439

Louis Bull Tribe v. Larocque

Louis Bull Tribe v. Council of The Louis Bull Tribe

Montana Band of Indians v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs)

Location Map

Reserves

ISC Code: 6651
LOUIS BULL NO. 138B
3645.5 Hectares
16 KM SW/SO OF/DE WETASKIWIN
[52.9687964, -113.3659284]
ISC Code: 6660
PIGEON LAKE NO. 138A
1921.1 Hectares
39 KM W/O OF/DE WETASKIWIN
[52.9986009, -113.9361243]

News Coverage Summary

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Media Reports

This Land Is Whose Land?

Bear Hills Casino and Travel Resort to open spring 2024

Province announces $2.5 million in green energy programs for Alberta indigenous communities

Liberals pledge $2 billion to aid just transition

World Indigenous Nations Games promotes peace, sport and culture

‘A historical day’: Alberta First Nation inks deal with Ottawa, takes jurisdiction of child welfare

Maskwacis activates 'medicine chest' treaty clause, declaring state of emergency

Bear Hills Casino and Travel Resort's phase one is open for business

Project creates STEM learning experiences for Indigenous students

Louis Bull, feds sign historic child welfare agreement

Tipi Village returns to Ponoka

Capital Power signs agreement with Central Alberta First Nations

Pope’s ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada marks rethink of Catholic Church’s legacy on First Nations people

Treaty 6 chiefs, residential school survivors call for mental health resources following papal visit

First nation Funding coming from Provincial Government

Documentary series explores couple’s journey to decolonize wellness

Louis Bull Nation signs agreement to have autonomy over own child, family services

New Indigenous-led women's shelter aims to provide 'an auntie's love'

Feb 2023: Alberta First Nation signs child welfare agreement with feds, without the province

Indigenous Communities Embrace Microgrids to Lead Energy Transition

Helen Hazel House: Edmonton’s First Indigenous-Led Women’s Shelter

Confederacy of Treaty 6 responds to Deschamps ruling

Chiefs of Canada’s First Nations call on feds on National Indigenous Peoples Day

First nation Funding coming from Provincial Government

Historic ceremony celebrates the creation of the Maskwacîs Cree school system

Alberta’s 2025 budget proposes $10 million for Aboriginal Business Investment Fund

Louis Bull Chief Desmond Bull named Treaty 6 grand chief

Returning moccasins, pope apologizes for church role in residential schools

Heavy police presence in Louis Bull First Nation

First Nations mother wins right to daughter's remains over foster parent

Louis Bull celebrates its own law to bring the children home

‘I am sorry’: Canadian Indigenous react to papal apology

Alberta government highlights Indigenous Community Business grants in 2025 budget

Capital Power signs agreement with Central Alberta First Nations

Harm from residential schools still runs deep through families as thoughts turn to visit from Pope Francis

Alberta’s 2025 budget proposes $10 million for Aboriginal Business Investment Fund

Louis Bull Chief Desmond Bull named Treaty 6 grand chief

With constitutional challenge pending, First Nations sign child welfare agreements under Bill C-92

Alberta First Nation signs child welfare agreement with feds

Louis Bull Chief Desmond Bull named Treaty 6 grand chief

Treaty 6 flag flies proudly at Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre

Indigenous group strikes deal for equity stake in Keystone XL pipeline

Summit Ventures keeps culture at the centre of their work

Indigenous-owned banking services expand in hopes of filling access gaps

Reasserting Sovereignty: Defending Treaty Nations and challenging the governments of Canada and Alberta

Alberta’s 2025 budget proposes $10 million for Aboriginal Business Investment Fund

Louis Bull celebrates its own law to bring the children home

Reasserting Sovereignty: Defending Treaty Nations and challenging the governments of Canada and Alberta

Maskwacîs Cree Chiefs acknowledge Alberta’s reconciliation efforts via education agreement

LISTEN: Maskwacis celebrates signing of landmark education agreement

Treaty 6 chiefs, residential school survivors call for mental health resources following papal visit

‘Gang culture is not Cree culture’: Maskwacis ads urge First Nations youth to resist life of crime

Bear Hills Casino and Travel Resort's phase one is open for business

Louis Bull Nation signs agreement to have autonomy over own child, family services

Annual Tipi Village will return during the Ponoka Stampede

Treaty Land Sharing Network Launches In Alberta

New QEII casino south of Edmonton will promote 'living together in harmony,' Chief says

Little Red River Cree Nation goes green

Maskwacis Four Nations facing potential food, medicine, disinfectant shortages - Wetaskiwin News

Minister says government needs to take responsibility for poor showing of child intervention system

A gift from the sun: Métis Nation of Alberta solar farm could power 1,200 homes

Chiefs of Canada’s First Nations call on feds on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Louis Bull Nation signs agreement to have autonomy over own child, family services

Capital Power signs agreement with Central Alberta First Nations

Treaty Six First Nations sign agreement with Alberta government

Beaver Lake Cree Nation goes solar

WATCH: Four Maskwacis Cree First Nations get local control of education

16th Annual Conference on Western Indigenous Consultation & Engagement

Founding First Nations sign agreement with Canada, Alberta to run own child and family services

Maskwacis First Nations fear UCP win will jeopardize solar energy investment

Leaders of Maskwacis look forward to welcoming Pope Francis to their lands

First Nation south of Edmonton reintroduces plains bison to homelands at Maskwacis

Empowering Indigenous communities: latest coordination agreements under Bill C-92

Louis Bull First Nation in Alberta goes solar

Alberta First Nation signs child welfare agreement with feds, without the province

Louis Bull Chief will be Grand Chief of Confederacy No. 6

Year in review: Time of accomplishment, growth and reconciliation for the Four Nations of Maskwacis

Louis Bull Chief Desmond Bull named Treaty 6 grand chief

Nekaneet First Nation signs on to buy stake on Keystone XL

Boy, 15, fatally shot by 2 RCMP officers during 'confrontation' south of Edmonton, police say

Panel member urges Indigenous leadership in green energy development

Skepticism, wariness and hope as Pope Francis prepares to arrive in Canada

Alberta First Nation-led company bringing new internet infrastructure to 24 communities

‘A wicked web of lies’: Alberta town under fire for rejecting wellness centre for Indigenous families

First Nation south of Edmonton reintroduces plains bison to homelands at Maskwacis

First Nation says Alberta is preventing it from taking control of child welfare

Indigenous and Métis businesses benefit from provincial investment fund

2017 WIN Games a success, despite adversity

Maskwacis First Nations declare state of emergency

Central Alberta First Nations included in historic agreement with Alberta government

Cree official language in Maskwacis territory

Wetaskiwin opens Indigenous Healing Room

Montana First Nation ready to share expertise in solar energy

Maskwacis Nations host 9th Annual Candy Cane Lane Charity Checkstop

Louis Bull Tribe puts shovels in the ground on casino project

Summit Ventures keeps culture at the centre of their work

Cree author Shayla Raine credits her community and family for her success

Chiefs say Pope's visit important to understand impacts of residential schools

First Nation south of Edmonton reintroduces plains bison to homelands at Maskwacis

Meaghan Conroy co-chairs Western Indigenous Consultation & Engagement Conference

Hurts and healing: Papal visit stirs emotions of First Nation members in Alberta

Indigenous people from Canada, U.S., meet in Saskatoon to sign treaty aiming to restore bison

Louis Bull Tribe goes green

Documentary series explores couple’s journey to decolonize wellness

Two more First Nations sign historic coordination agreements under Bill C-92 framework

First Nations members in Maskwacis, Alta., reflect on papal visit 1 month later

Louis Bull Chief appointed Treaty 6 Grand Chief

Louis Bull Chief Desmond Bull named Treaty 6 grand chief

Louis Bull Nation signs agreement to have autonomy over own child, family services

Jays expand Indigenous Rookie League to Maskwacis

Chief Desmond Bull urges leaders to prepare for Climate Change

Maskwacis Four Nations sign on to partnership with Capital Power

Louis Bull First Nation taking over child welfare system

First Nation says Alberta is preventing it from taking control of child welfare

Louis Bull First Nation signs historic child welfare agreement with feds

Bear Hills Casino and Travel Resort to open spring 2024

Louis Bull Tribe signs deal with Ottawa allowing it to run its own child welfare system

Alberta First Nation signs two-year agreement with Ottawa to administer its own child welfare

Louis Bull Tribe signs child welfare agreement with the feds

Indigenous Rookie League wraps up inaugural season in Maskwacis

Indigenous North Americans Speak Out on Papal Apology

Capital Power signs agreement with Indigenous groups

New campaign focuses on connecting Indigenous youth with culture to protect from gang violence

Louis Bull Tribe celebrates opening of casino, resort

Louis Bull Tribe's Bear Hills Casino and Travel Resort opens to public

Capital Power signs agreement with Central Alberta First Nations

Louis Bull Tribe hoop dancer Ayla Bull honours her family’s legacy

Academic Research

The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas

Louis Bull Tribe Grassy Mountain EIA Scientific Review

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

Louis Bull Tribe to celebrate green energy accomplishments.

Cangleska Wakan: The ecology of the sacred circle and the role of tribal colleges and universities

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

The Divergent Wests of Isaac Stevens and Lame Bull: Finding Motive in the 1855 Blackfoot Treaty

My heroes have always been Indians: A century of great Indigenous Albertans

Can you hear us now? Voices from the margin: Using indigenous methodologies in geographic research

Exploring traditional Indigenous leadership concepts: A spiritual foundation for Blackfeet leadership

The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

My heroes have always been Indians: A century of great Indigenous Albertans

The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

My heroes have always been Indians: A century of great Indigenous Albertans

The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

My heroes have always been Indians: A century of great Indigenous Albertans

The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

My heroes have always been Indians: A century of great Indigenous Albertans

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

The call of the buffalo: exploring kinship with the buffalo in Indigenous creative expression

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Restor (y) ing Land Use Governance and Bull Trout Wellbeing in Alberta, Canada

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

The call of the buffalo: exploring kinship with the buffalo in Indigenous creative expression

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Plains Indian ways to inter-tribal cultural healing in Vancouver

James Bull interview 2

The seven visions of Bull Lodge

The last sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the resistance of the free Lakotas

Elder brother and the law of the people: Contemporary kinship and Cowessess First Nation

Band Publications

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Third Party Reports

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