In 1970, the Province of Alberta and the Aseniwuche Winewak started formal discussions about the land. In 1974, Land Settlement Agreements were created under the Cooperative Association Act, allocating seven parcels of land totalling 4150 acres. Based on traditional family groupings, seven landholdings were established: Victor Lake, Grande Cache Lake (Kamisak), Susa Creek, Muskeg See Pee, Joachim, Wanyandie Flats West and Wanyandie Flats East. The path to establishing the Co-operatives and Enterprises was not easy. In addition to the forcible exit from Jasper, there were two more attempts to remove the Aseniwuche Winewak community from the Grande Cache area in 1912 and 1939.

Following the 1974 Land Settlement Agreements, Alberta subsequently filed caveats on the titles to stop the Aseniwuche Winewak from selling or developing the land without government approval. This created landholdings that are unlike any other in Canada. The Co-operatives and Enterprises are neither Reserve, Metis Settlement, nor considered part of the Hamlet of Grande Cache. The lands must be held communally and cannot be owned or mortgaged by individuals. There was no cash compensation for land now used as provincial parks, the townsite or the coal mine. Each Co-operative and Enterprise is governed by its own President and Board or Manager, respectively.