First Nations need to stop leasing … councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. … amounts of arable land. Collectively, First Nations are the biggest owners of … a stream of capital that First Nations farms could employ to …First Nations need to stop leasing … councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. … amounts of arable land. Collectively, First Nations are the biggest owners of … a stream of capital that First Nations farms could employ to …