It operates as an Indian band under the Indian Act representing a community of Aboriginal Canadians, in this case from the Woods Cree ethnic group.

The band became a party to Treaty 8 with the Canadian Crown on July 1, 1899.

[2] The two remaining reserves are #151A, located 52 kilometres (32 mi) west of Peace River, Alberta and #151K, located in the McLennon/Reno area, southeast of Peace River.

The two reserves comprise a total area of 2,426.1 hectares (5,995 acres), and the majority of the population lives on #151A.

In 1998, however, the band withdrew from the Lesser Slave Lake council and formed the Western Cree Tribal Council along with Horse Lake First Nation and Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, and remains a member.