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Anishnawbe Nation of the Rocky Mountains
Anishnawbe Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 6715 Hinton, AB T7V 2G2
Contact: Jonas Whitehorse
780-865-0801
jnas@anrm.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Services; Environmental Consultation or Remediation; Fire Management; Forestry (specialized); Industry General Labour; Infrastructure Repair; Landscaping; Safety Services; Snow Clearing; Transportation
Equipment:
3 excavators; 6 trucks with side dumps; misc surface equipment, 3 bulldozers; 10 chainsaws; 5 pickups; 5 vac trucks; 2 low beds
Staff/Crew Size: 4
Aseniwuche Development Corporation
Aseniwuche Winewak Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 1409, 9600 104th Ave Grande Cache, AB T0E 0Y0
Contact: Larissa Delorme, Receptionist
780-827-9670
reception@adcalberta.com
www.aseniwuche.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Automotive; General Labourers; Heavy Equipment Operation; Hot-shot Service; Janitorial; Powerline Maintenance; Security; Site & Right-of-Way Clearing; Slashing; Traffic Control; Timber Crushing & Harvesting; Welding & Fabrication (SMAW & GMAW; Containment yanks; Platforms; Piles and caps; Barrel docks; Custom fire pits, signs & Décor); Wood Chipping & Mulching
Equipment:
Laser cutter, 500-tonne press brake, 10-tonne overhead crane, steel cutting band saw, paint and spray booth, B pressure and CWB-certified welders, fully licensed mechanic shop with a Service Writer, Journeyman and Apprentice Mechanic; Lamtrac mulcher, Graders, Excavators, Dozers, Back hoes, Skid Steer, Chipper
Staff/Crew Size: 40+
Aseniwiche Environmental Corporation
Aseniwuche Winewak Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 297, 9600 104th Ave Grande Cache, AB T0E 0Y0
Contact: Brenda Moberly
780-827-4014
reception@aecalberta.com
www.aseniwuche.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Technical Services (environmental monitoring, Phase I&II site assessments, line locating, reclamation certificate procedures); Land Use Consultative Services (TLU Studies, training & workshops, site identification/protection/restoration); Vegetation & Soil Management (vegetation & erosion control, stream bank remediation, seed & planting disturbed sites, plant ID & cultivation)
Equipment:
Certified Pesticide Applicators, backcountry spray-ready 4x4 equipment, 1-tonne spray deck, manual backpack equipment
Staff/Crew Size: 15+
Backwoods Energy Services
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Ste #200, 1603 91 St. SW Edmonton, AB* T6X 0W8
*See website for other locations
Contact:
855-299-2824
info@backwoodsenergy.ca
www.backwoodsenergy.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Deep Underground Utilities; Disaster/Emergency Response; Earthworks/Excavation; Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I & II); Facility Installation; Integrity and Repair Solutions; Lease Abandonments; Logistics; Pipeline Maintenance; Pond Construction; Remediation; Spill Recovery; Traditional Land Use; Vegetation Management; Wellsite & Facility Reclamation; Wellsite, Pipeline and Facility Abandonments & Decommissioning
Equipment
Please contact
Staff/Crew Size: Please contact
Backwoods Matting Services
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Ste #200, 1603 91 St. SW Edmonton, AB* T6X 0W8
*See website for other locations
Contact:
855-299-2824
bwsecurity@backwoodsenergy.ca
www.backwoodsenergy.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Access and Matting Solutions; Civil and Forestry Services; Logistics for Mat Needs; Mat Tracking; Mat Washing; Mobilization and Demobilization (delivery, installation, and removal of access matting) Pipeline Maintenance; Pre-job Site Assessments for Mat Needs; Security Services
Equipment (rent or buy):
Access mats (8’ x 14’), rig mats (3 & 4 beam, 20’/30’/40’ options and custom builds), crane mats (8’x8’, 10’x10’ or 12’x12’ with 1” or 1 ¼” rods)
Staff/Crew Size: Please contact
Backwoods Security Services
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Ste #200, 1603 91 St. SW Edmonton, AB* T6X 0W8
*See website for other locations
Contact:
855-299-2824
bwsecurity@backwoodsenergy.ca
backwoodssecurity.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
CCTV Monitoring; CCTV Rental; Medic Services; Mobile Patrols & Alarm Response; Stationary Uniformed Guards
Equipment
Please contact
Staff/Crew Size: Please contact
Bearhills Industries
Samson Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Maskwacis, AB T0C 1N0
Contact: Corey Potts
780-545-2002
corey@bearhillsindltd.com
www.aseniwuche.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Services; Environmental Consulting or Remediation; Gravel Truck Hauling; Industry General Labour; Snow Clearing
Equipment:
Excavators, dozers only up to d-7 size, 3 end dumps, 2 body jobs with pups
Staff/Crew Size: 15+
Calliou Earth Environmental Management
Kelly Lake Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
2404 Fairways Dr. Sun Peaks, BC V0E 1Z1
Contact: Linette Hodges
778-220-9895(preferred)
lhodges@kellylakecreenation.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Archaeology and Anthropology; Community Planning; Education and Training; Environmental Consulting or Remediation; Environmental Assessment Reviews; Fire Management; Forestry (general); Forestry (specialized); Health and Wellness; Incorporation of Traditional Land Use Studies; Indigenous Training Programs; Industry General Labour; Regulatory Planning and Advice; Snow Clearing; Workshop Facilitation
Equipment
Small backhoes snow roval, power saws, quads, GPS equipment, laptops, iPads, snowmobile, safety equipment and apparatus, fire suppression equipment and gear
Staff/Crew Size: 10*
*Staff with post-burn certifications or training
Ermineskin Resource Development
Ermineskin Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 219 Maskwacis, AB T0C 1N0
Contact:
780-585-3779 Ext. 287
ERDinfo@ermineskin.ca
ermineskin.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Please contact
Equipment:
Please contact
Staff/Crew Size: Please contact
Eugene Alexis
Alexis Nakoda Sioux Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 1409, 9600 104th Ave Grande Cache, AB T0E 0Y0
Contact: Eugene Alexis
780-905-5907 (preferred)
eugene@sgwe.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Education and Training (Nakoda History, Language, and Culture); Entertainment (Traditional Drumming and Singing); Health & Wellness (Healing Wellness, Art Therapy); Performing Arts (Artist, Painter, Seasoned Artist); Tourism (Guiding, Interpretation, etc.); Workshop Facilitation
Equipment:
N/A
Staff/Crew Size: 6
Horsefall Construction Group Ltd.
Samson Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Maskwacis, AB T0C 1N0
Contact: Bradley Baptiste
780-394-7854
brad.baptiste@icloud.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Services; Drones; Environmental Consulting or Remediation; Fire Management; Fire Suppression; Forestry (general); Forestry (specialized); Industry General Labour; Infrastructure Repair; Mapping; Restoration Services; Safety Services; Snow Clearing; Thermal Imaging
Equipment:
Chainsaws, heavy machinery, trucks, hand tools, others available upon request
Staff/Crew Size: 50* *Staff with post-burn certifications or training
Kelly Lake Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Kelly Lake, BC V0C 2L0
Contact: Shelley Calliou
780-933-1082
shelley_calliou@live.ca; scalliou@kellylakecreenation.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Site Monitoring
Equipment:
Chainsaws, heavy machinery, trucks, hand tools, others available upon request
Staff/Crew Size: 1+
Horse Lake First Nation IRC
Horse Lake First Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Maskwacis, AB T0C 1N0
Contact: Erin Peters
780-814-013
erin.peters@hlfnirc.ca; consultation@hlfnirc.ca
horselakefn.org
Area(s) of Expertise:
Forestry (general); Environmental Consultation or Remediation
Equipment:
Chainsaws, heavy machinery, trucks, hand tools, others available upon request Staff/Crew Size: 10+
Lisa Shepherd, Métis Artist
Métis Nation British Columbia
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Maskwacis, AB T0C 1N0
Contact: Lisa Shepherd
lisa@lisashepherd.ca
www.lisashepherd.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Arts; Health & Wellness; Workshop Facilitation
Equipment:
N/A
Staff/Crew Size: 1
Louis Bull First Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Memorial Drive, Louis Bull 138B, AB T0C 1N0
Contact: Shaleigh Raine
780-335-7325
shaleigh@louisbulltribe.ca
louisbulltribe.ca
Area(s) of Expertise*:
Accommodation; Arts; Construction Services; Cleaning & Janitorial; Education & Training; Environmental Consulting & Remediation; Fire Management; Information Technology and Telecommunications; Infrastructure Repair; Janitorial Services; Landscaping; On-site Sanitation Services; Restoration Services; Retail; Safety Services; Tourism (e.g., Guiding & Interpretation); Workshop Facilitation *Please contact if there are other opportunities
Equipment:
N/A
Staff/Crew Size: 1+
Mountain Métis Community Association
Mountain Métis
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 1468, 9711-99 Ave Grande Cache, AB T0E 0Y0
Contact: President Alvin Findlay
780-827-2002
mna1994@telus.net
mountainmetis.com
Area(s) of Expertise*:
Education and Training; Environmental Consulting or Remediation; Health and Wellness; Industry General Labour; Translation Services
*Please contact if there are other opportunities
Equipment:
N/A
Staff/Crew Size: 7
PFN Construction Limited Partnership
Paul First Nation
51% Indigenous Owned & Operated, in partnership with Dechant Construction Ltd.
Suite 500, 10526 Jasper Ave Edmonton, AB T5J 1Z7
Contact: Danielle (Business Development Liaison)
780-926-4411 / 587-385-8690
danielle@pfnconstruction.ab.ca
www.pfnconstruction.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Services; Forestry (general); Underground Reclamation (water & sewer)
Equipment:
Excavators (various sizes), Graders (various sizes), Dozers (various sizes), Skidsteers, Rock Trucks (30 ton), Scrapers, Mulchers (250 hurricane), Compactors (padfoot and smooth drum), Water trucks, chainsaws
Staff/Crew Size: 10-50+
Ruth Dautel
Kelly Lake Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 1518 Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0
Contact: Ruth Dautel
780-296-6821
ruthdautel70@gmail.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Catering
Equipment:
N/A
Staff/Crew Size: 1+
Simpcw Resources LLP
Simpcw First Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 1287 6580 Dunn Lake Rd. Barriere, BC V0E 1E0
Contact: Paul Donald, CEO
250-574-1011
pdonald@simpcwresourcesgroup.com
simpcwresourcesgroup.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Services; Environmental Consulting or Remediation; Fire Management; Forestry (General & Specialized); Industrial First Aid (OFA3 & MTC); Industry General Labour; Infrastructure Repair; Occupational Health & Safety; Pipe Maintenance & Construction; Safety Services; Site Security; Snow Clearing; Traffic Control/Management
Equipment:
Crew trucks, Sandblast truck (blaster & compressor), Operator truck, Pickup truck (3/4 or 1 ton 4x4 crew cab), Mobile treatment center, Watchperson truck (1/2 ton), Tool trailer, Tandem highway truck (C/W 7/8/9 axle lowbed trailer), Tandem axle dump truck, Tandem axle C/W pup, Tri-axle dump truck, On-site office trailer, Fire protection unit, Single axle utility trailer, 0-5 ton excavator (class 1, 2, or 3 – mini), 5-15 ton excavator (class 5 & 6 mini), 15-20 ton excavator (class 2 or 3 – heavy hydraulic), 20-20 ton excavator (class 3, 4, or 5 – heavy hydraulic), 30-40 ton excavator (class 6 or 7 – heavy hydraulic), 320 cat excavator Hytracker compatible, Hytracker cart, Hytracker ditching trailer, Loader (class 10), D6 dozer (class 5), Tracked skid steer, Tandem axle utility/dump trailer, Tandem axle flatdeck trailer, 30’ Tandem axle gooseneck trailer, 350 CFM compressor, 175 CFM compressor, Tow-behind 10 KW generator, 3” & 4” submersible pumps, 2”, 3” & 4” trash pumps (with hose), Jackhammer, Portable gas generators (2000-4000 watt), Drum roller (walk-behind 3000 lbs) 20 KW generator, 10 KW light tower, Line locator, 40’ tarp stand, Ditch heater, Chipper, Chainsaw, Brush saw, ATV, UTV
Staff/Crew Size: 150+*
*Staff with post-burn certifications or training
Steeprock Resources Ltd.
Kelly Lake Cree Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Kelly Lake, BC V0C 2L0
Contact: Chief Cliff Calliou
780-518-3439
chief@kellylakecreenation.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Environmental Consulting or Remediation; First Aid Services; Site Monitoring
Equipment:
N/A
Staff/Crew Size: 30*
*Staff with post-burn certifications or training
Swan River First Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 270 Kinuso, AB T0G 1K0
Contact: Chief Lee Twinn
780-775-3536
srfnlee@gmail.com
srfn.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Arts; Construction Services; Forestry (general)
Equipment:
2024 75-3 Kubota track Skid steer, 311 cat track hoe, 2020 Cat 279D3 tracked skid steer, Access to 4-5 additional body job gravel trucks, 65 Komatsu cat dozer
Staff/Crew Size: 70*
*Staff with post-burn certifications or training
Wapsewsepi Enterprises Ltd.
Swan River First Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
P.O. Box 270 Kinuso, AB T0G 1K0
Contact:
480-775-3536
patrickchal@msn.com
Area(s) of Expertise:
Construction Services; Landscaping; Snow Clearing
Equipment:
290 excavator, D6 dozer, D5 dozer, Gravel trucks, skid steers, Mulchers (gyro-trac and two skid steer units), Saw crew (UTT & UTW certified), Bucket trim truck and chipper
Staff/Crew Size: 15-20
Whitestone Industry Services Ltd.
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
100% Indigenous Owned & Operated
Contact: Duane Kootenay, Accounts Executive
587-784-1355
duanekootenay@wsisltd.ca
Area(s) of Expertise:
Climate, Water Quality, and Soil Monitoring; Community Engagement and Consultation; Consultation and Capacity Building, including integration of Indigenous Knowledge; Data Management and Reporting; Ecosystem-scale Carbon and Water Balance Monitoring and Analytical Services; Environmental and Consultation Services; Project Management; Wildland Fire Detection and Monitoring
Equipment:
Wildland Fire Detection and Monitoring Technology (through partnership with OroraTech GmbH and the OroraTech Wildfire Solution, based in Germany)
Staff/Crew Size: Please contact