Lac Seul First Nation
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Lac Seul First Nation is located on the southeastern shores of Lac Seul, 56 km northeast of the city of Dryden, Ontario. Though Lac Seul First Nation is a treaty signatory to Treaty 3, the First Nation is a member of the Independent First Nations Alliance, a regional tribal council and a member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.
The registered population of Lac Seul was 2,790 persons in September of 2007, of which the on-reserve population was 787. The First Nation have the 26,821.5 ha Lac Seul 28 Indian Reserve, known as Obizhigokaang in the Anishinaabe language, containing three settlements. Frenchmen's Head is accessible by road and is approximately 40 km from Sioux Lookout. Kejick Bay and Whitefish Bay are approximately 60 km northwest of Sioux Lookout and is accessible by water and air. Frenchmen's Head and Kejick Bay each have a population of about 350 each, while Whitefish Bay has a population of about 100.
In 1929 Ontario Hydro constructed a dam at Ear Falls and controls the lake level to produce Hydro electricity. The flooding from making the lake be a reservoir caused the area known as Kejick Bay to become an island, permanently separated from the mainland and splitting the community into two parts. The portion of the community located on the mainland is now called Whitefish Bay.
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[edit] Governance
The First Nation is governed by Chief Clifford Bull and eight Councillors: Jack Angeconeb, Grant Chisel, Stanley Littledeer, Karen Ningewance, Mervin Ningewance, Hilda Ross, Dorothy Trout and Roderick Wesley. Of the Councillors, four are from Frenchman's Head, three from Kejick Bay and one from Whitefish Bay.
[edit] Official address
Lac Seul First Nation
PO Box 100
Hudson, ON P0V 1X0
website
Frenchman's Head (main) office:
Phone: 1-807-582-3503
Fax: 1-807-582-3449
Whitefish Bay office:
Phone: 1-807-582-3228
Fax: 1-807-582-3839
Kejick Bay office:
Phone: 1-807-582-3211
Fax: 1-807-582-3493
[edit] Notable people
- Patricia Ningewance Nadeau
[edit] Settlements
[edit] External links
Nishnawbe Aski Nation | |
|---|---|
| Independent First Nations Alliance | Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug • Lac Seul • Muskrat Dam • Pikangikum • Whitesand |
| Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council | |
| Matawa First Nations | Aroland • Constance Lake • Eabametoong • Ginoogaming • Hornepayne • Long Lake 58 • Marten Falls • Neskantaga • Nibinamik • Webequie |
| Mushkegowuk Council | Attawapiskat • Chapleau Cree • Fort Albany • Kashechewan • Missanabie Cree • Moose Cree • Taykwa Tagamou • Weenusk |
| Shibogama First Nations Council | |
| Wabun Tribal Council | Beaverhouse • Brunswick House • Chapleau Ojibway • Matachewan • Mattagami • Wahgoshig |
| Windigo First Nations Council | Bearskin Lake • Cat Lake • Koocheching • North Caribou • Sachigo • Slate Falls • Whitewater |
| Independent NAN Communities | Flying Post • Mishkeegogamang • Mocreebec Council • Sandy Lake |
Grand Council of Treaty 3 | |
|---|---|
| Anishinabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council | Big Grassy • Naongashiing (Big Island) • Northwest Angle 33 • Northwest Angle 37 • Onigaming • Wauzhushk Onigum |
| Bimose Tribal Council | Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) • Eagle Lake • Iskatewizaagegan 39 • Lac Des Mille Lacs • Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) • Obashkaandagaang Bay • Shoal Lake 40 • Wabaseemoong (White Dog) • Wabauskang • Wabigoon Lake |
| Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services | Couchiching • Lac La Croix • Naicatchewenin • Nicickousemenecaning • Rainy River • Seine River • Stanjikoming |
| non-member Treaty 3 First Nations | Buffalo Point • Lac Seul • Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining • Sagkeeng (Fort Alexander) • Saugeen |
