Parks Canada and Manitoba are proposing to establish a national park within Misipawistik's traditional lands to protect and represent the Lake Winnipeg Lowlands.

The Misipawistik Cree's knowledge of parks establishment is drawn from the 1920s and 30s when Riding Mountain National Park was established. (First Nation people were forcibly evicted.)

Parks Canada officials indicated national parks are no longer established against the will of First Nations, and sponsored the fact-finding trip. The trip allowed Elders and Council members to evaluate Parks Canada methods. Emphasis on exercise of traditional rights in national parks continued through the tour.

The fact-finding trips included visits to Nahanni National Park Reserve and Wood Buffalo National Park, as well as Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Torngat Mountains National Park in Labrador, and Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in B.C.