The Whitefeather Forest Research Cooperative was established with the purpose of working with Pikangikum Elders to carry out community-based research and documentation in support of the Whitefeather Forest Initiative.

Pikangikum First Nation entered into a letter of agreement with the University of Manitoba, Lakehead University and the University of Winnipeg in the fall of 2004. Since that time, Pikangikum First Nation, the Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba and Ontario Parks, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources have been working on building cross-cultural understanding of the Pikangikum Landscape.

The exhibit "Building Cross-Cultural Understanding of the Pikangikum Cultural Landscape: An Exhibit of Art and Research” opened on September 22nd at the Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre. The exhibit was developed by the three partners to bring together art and research in communicating elements of the Pikangikum cultural landscape.