The chief of the Yellow Quill First Nation says he wants to change how his community spends money from gaming revenues and put a greater emphasis on services.

"We need to be more responsible for what we're doing," Larry Cachene told CBC News.

Cachene was recently elected to another term as chief of the community, which is located about 200 kilometres east of Saskatoon.

Last year Yellow Quill received $750,000 as its share of revenues from Saskatchewan's Indian-controlled casinos.

In Yellow Quill, about one-third of that money was spent on what is known as governance, which can include wages for elected officials and meetings of officials to develop policies.

Cachene said Yellow Quill council members have convened for such events.

"We have meetings away from the community so those expenses get up there," Cachene said. "We usually take the entire council."

How gaming revenues are spent has been identified as an issue by the provincial government just ahead of negotiations for a new gaming agreement with First Nations.

Six years ago, Saskatchewan First Nations spent three per cent of gaming revenue on governance activities.

That has risen to an average of 20 per cent, or more in the case of Yellow Quill.

Cachene said he wants to change that, noting that no gaming money was directed to education, or programs for seniors or young people.

The Yellow Quill First Nation has about 2,700 members with about 900 living on-reserve.

"We need to make sure that we're spending the money where we need to," Cachene said.

"We need to make the hard decisions," he added. "We're elected officials. We should be the ones sitting at those tables and trying to limit that governance piece."

With files from CBC's Geoff Leo