Chief Dale Steinhauer

03/30/2026

With sincere condolences.

03/21/2026

📞 Saddle Lake Prevention Program – Here for Community Safety & Wellness

The Saddle Lake Prevention Program plays an important role in supporting a safe, healthy, and strong community. Their work focuses on preventing health risks and injuries, responding to concerns, and promoting positive, healthy lifestyles for individuals and families.

The Prevention team is here to help.

📱 New Security Number: 780-290-0642

03/21/2026

Saddle Lake Cree Nation is hosting a special presentation by Hawaiian scholar Kaʻimi Hanohano, exploring Indigenous land-based education and the connection between language, culture, and ancestral lands. The gathering offers an opportunity to reflect on how youth, community, and land-based practices support cultural revitalization and resilience.

03/10/2026

Register: https://forms.gle/dwjsS51J65A7rkW89 Share. ❤️

03/10/2026

Saddle Lake Members, Your Voices Matter.

Saddle Lake Cree Nation and Whitefish Lake First Nation are beginning an important process to help shape our Community Plan, and we want to hear directly from you.

This plan will guide priorities for our future — including language, culture, wellness, heritage, and community development. The strongest plans begin with the voices of the people they serve.

Whether you live in the community or away from home, your experiences, ideas, and hopes for the future are important to this process.

Join us for a Community Engagement Session where members can share strategies, perspectives, and visions for the path forward.

📅 Tuesday, March 17, 2026
📍 Blue Quills University – Gym
🍽 Dinner at 5:15 PM
🗣 Session begins 6:00 PM

💻 A virtual session will also be available at 6:00 PM for members who cannot attend in person.
(Link will be provided after registration)

Please share this post with family and community members so everyone has the opportunity to participate.

https://forms.gle/KzEbxNFHD9udGFXM6

03/09/2026

When we experience the loss of a life, it is probably the most challenging time for anyone. Shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are feelings we experience. These feelings don’t emerge in a nice order, they happen.

To ensure there is a space for you, a group of like-minded individuals put this together for those who choose to utilize the space and place.

No need to feel alone. We are never alone. Please reach out.

03/08/2026

Happy International Women's Day!

03/04/2026

03/03/2026

Recent public debates and decisions around land acknowledgments have raised important questions across Canada.

As Chief of Saddle Lake Cree Nation, I believe these conversations must be grounded in legal reality, Treaty relationships, and shared meaning — not assumption.

For those who wish to read further, the following decisions and commentary provide important context:

• Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia (2014), Supreme Court of Canada
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14246/index.do

• The Globe and Mail: “Land acknowledgments aren’t political — they uphold the rule of law in Canada”
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-land-acknowledgments-arent-political-they-uphold-the-rule-of-law-in/

• Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs – Public statements on recent legal challenges
https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/

Treaty is not symbolic. It is foundational.
Acknowledgment is not performance. It is responsibility.

Chief Dale E. Steinhauer

03/03/2026

Recent public debates and decisions around land acknowledgments have raised important questions across Canada.

As Chief of Saddle Lake Cree Nation, I believe these conversations must be grounded in legal reality, Treaty relationships, and informed understanding — not assumption.

For those who wish to read further, the following decisions and commentary provide important context:

• Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia (2014), Supreme Court of Canada
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/14246/index.do

• The Globe and Mail: “Land acknowledgments aren’t political — they uphold the rule of law in Canada”
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-land-acknowledgments-arent-political-they-uphold-the-rule-of-law-in/

• Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs – Public statements on recent legal challenges
https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/

Treaty is not symbolic. It is foundational.
Acknowledgment is not performance. It is responsibility.

Chief Dale E. Steinhauer