They were a part of the Superior International Junior Hockey League.

The team was founded in 2001 with the Superior International Junior Hockey League as the K&A First Nations Featherman Hawks.

The next season they moved back to Thunder Bay and became the K&A First Nations Golden Hawks.

In 2006, the team was bought and renamed the Thunder Bay Bearcats.

In May 2009, the Bearcats did not attend the league's AGM and it soon came out that the team was disbanding.