It is a party to Treaty 8, and is a member of the Western Cree Tribal Council.

[2] Despite being a member of the Western Cree regional council, the Horse Lake First Nation is linguistically and culturally a part of the Danezaa or "Beavers".

The band has two reserves, Horse Lakes 152B and Clear Hills 152C with a total land base of 3,099.1 hectares (31 km2).

[3] Since 2002, students who are members of the Horse Lake band have been educated in the Alberta provincial education system, specifically the Peace Wapiti School Division (PWSD), rather than separate reserve schools, with the cost being borne by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.

However, in 2012, this arrangement was put in doubt when the budget for non-Aboriginal "at risk" students received was more than doubled by the provincial government from $2.2 million to $5.1 million per year.