Indigenous
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Chief and Council
Governs Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- SS Sheldon Sunshine Chief · since March 2025
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6 councillors
Elected
- CG Carol Garbitt Councillor · since June 2025
- CG Clyde Goodswimmer Councillor · since March 2025
- RG Rosalyn (Lynn) Goodswimmer Councillor · since March 2025
- SG Seth Goodswimmer Councillor · since March 2025
- SC Shannon Chowace Councillor · since March 2025
- TM Tracey McLean Councillor · since March 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sheldon Sunshine as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Carol Garbitt as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Clyde Goodswimmer as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Rosalyn (Lynn) Goodswimmer as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Seth Goodswimmer as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Shannon Chowace as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tracey McLean as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 757
VALLEYVIEW, AB T0H 3N0- Phone (780) 524-3307
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: Sturgeon 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)
- 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: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-03-28, expiry date 2028-03-23. For: Sheldon Sunshine as Chief, Clyde Goodswimmer as Councillor, Rosalyn (Lynn) Goodswimmer as Councillor, Seth Goodswimmer as Councillor, Shannon Chowace as Councillor, Tracey McLean as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-06-16, expiry date 2028-03-23. For: Carol Garbitt as Councillor
- 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, March 23, 2028