Indigenous
Muskowekwan Chief and Council
Governs Muskowekwan
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- CR Cynthia Raphael Chief · since April 2025
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8 councillors
Elected
- CB Charlene Bruce Councillor · since April 2025
- DW Derek Wolfe Councillor · since April 2025
- FO Frederick O'Soup Councillor · since April 2025
- JS Joseph Sayer Councillor · since April 2025
- KD Karen Desjarlais Councillor · since April 2025
- LJ Leon Wolfe Jr. Councillor · since April 2025
- LN Lucy Norton Councillor · since April 2025
- WJ William Pinacie Jr. Councillor · since April 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Cynthia Raphael as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Charlene Bruce as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Derek Wolfe as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Frederick O'Soup as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Joseph Sayer as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Karen Desjarlais as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Leon Wolfe Jr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Lucy Norton as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- William Pinacie Jr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 249
LESTOCK, SK S0A 2G0- Phone (306) 274-2061
- Web muskowekwan.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 "Custom Electoral System". For: Muskowekwan 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 "Custom Electoral System". For: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-04-07, expiry date 2029-04-06. For: Charlene Bruce as Councillor, Derek Wolfe as Councillor, Frederick O'Soup as Councillor, Joseph Sayer as Councillor, Karen Desjarlais as Councillor and 4 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, April 6, 2029