Lac Seul First Nation

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 2,837 persons in April of 2008, of which the on-reserve population was 774. 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 400 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.

Governance

The First Nation is governed by Chief Clifford Bull and eight Councillors: Elvis Trout, Mervin Ningewance, Thomas Peetwayway, Jerry Soutwind, Stanley Littledeer, Leroy Quoquat Sr, Karen Ningewance, and Norman Thomas. Of the Councillors, four are from Frenchman's Head, three are from Kejick Bay and one from Whitefish Bay.

Official address

Lac Seul First Nation
PO Box 100
Hudson, ON P0V 1X0
[http://www.lacseul.firstnation.ca/ website]

Frenchman's Head (main) office:
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Whitefish Bay office:
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Kejick Bay office:
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Notable people

* Patricia Ningewance Nadeau

ettlements

* Frenchmen's Head, Ontario ("Wemitigoozhiiwitigwaaning")
* Kejick Bay, Ontario
* Whitefish Bay, Ontario

External links

* [http://sdiprod2.inac.gc.ca/fnprofiles/FNProfiles_DETAILS.asp?BAND_NUMBER=205 profile from INAC]
* [http://www.ifna.ca/lac_seul.html profile from Independent First Nations Alliance]