Indigenous
White Bear Chief and Council
Governs White Bear
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- JP Jonathan Pasap Chief · since June 2025
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6 councillors
Elected
- BS Brett Standingready Councillor · since June 2025
- SS Savannah Standingready Councillor · since June 2025
- SM Sheri McArthur Councillor · since June 2025
- TL Tanya Littlechief Councillor · since June 2025
- TW Tanya Whitebear Councillor · since June 2025
- TT Tyson Thomson Councillor · since June 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jonathan Pasap as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brett Standingready as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Savannah Standingready as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sheri McArthur as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tanya Littlechief as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tanya Whitebear as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tyson Thomson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 700
CARLYLE, SK S0C 0R0- Phone (306) 577-2461
- Web whitebearfirstnation.com
What it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
With the Minister's approval, taxes land and interests in land on the reserve for local purposes, licenses businesses, and spends band money. Many First Nations tax property under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act instead.
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
With the consent of a majority of electors voting at a special band meeting, may prohibit the sale, supply, manufacture or possession of intoxicants on the reserve.
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Sources for what it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "Indian Act". For: White Bear Chief and Council
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Band office address, phone and fax from ISC First Nation Profiles. For: Band office
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83). For: Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1). For: Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "Indian Act". For: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-06-27, expiry date 2027-06-26. For: Jonathan Pasap as Chief, Brett Standingready as Councillor, Savannah Standingready as Councillor, Sheri McArthur as Councillor, Tanya Littlechief as Councillor and 2 more
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Date estimated from the term expiry date in ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance); not an announced election date. For: General election, June 26, 2027