Indigenous
Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief and Council
Governs Onion Lake Cree Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- DC Darwin Chief Chief · since November 2025
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8 councillors
Elected
- BH Bernadine Harper Councillor · since November 2025
- CW Christopher Wells Councillor · since November 2025
- DM Doreen Masson Councillor · since November 2025
- HP Hubert Pahtayken Councillor · since November 2025
- IH Ivan Harper Councillor · since November 2025
- KB Karla Bird Councillor · since November 2025
- LJ Laurie Ann Jimmy Councillor · since November 2025
- RL Roy Littlewolfe Councillor · since November 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Darwin Chief as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Bernadine Harper as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Christopher Wells as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Doreen Masson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Hubert Pahtayken as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Ivan Harper as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Karla Bird as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Laurie Ann Jimmy as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Roy Littlewolfe as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 100
ONION LAKE, SK S0M 2E0- Phone (780) 847-2200
- Web onionlake.ca
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.
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
Decides who belongs to the First Nation under its own membership rules, adopted by a majority of its electors.
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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
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10) 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: Onion Lake Cree Nation 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)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Membership code (Indian Act s. 10). For: Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
- 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 2025-11-14, expiry date 2029-11-05. For: Bernadine Harper as Councillor, Christopher Wells as Councillor, Doreen Masson as Councillor, Hubert Pahtayken as Councillor, Ivan Harper 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, November 5, 2029