Lac La Croix First Nation

Lac La Croix First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation located in Rainy River District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of January 2008, the First Nation had a registered population of 398 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 273.

Governance

The First Nation elect their officials through the Act Electoral System, consisting of a Chief and three councillors. The current Chief is Leon Jourdain, whose two-year term began on January 13, 2008. The four councillors are Curtis Atatise, Kalvin Ottertail, Henry Ottertail and Michael Ottertail.

As a signatory to Treaty 3, Lac La Croix First Nation is a member of the Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, a Regional Chiefs Council, and Grand Council of Treaty 3, a Tribal Political Organization that represents many of First Nation governments in northwesternern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba.

Reserve

The First Nation reserved for themselves the 6214.1 ha Neguagon Lake Indian Reserve 25D (formerly known as Lac La Croix Indian Reserve 25D). Originally, the First Nation also had reserved the Sturgeon Lake Indian Reserve 24C but the Ontario Provincial Park Act in 1950 took this second Indian Reserve and made it part of Quetico Provincial Park.

External links

• profile at INAC
• profile at Chiefs of Ontario

Coordinates: 48°23′17″N 92°04′41″W / 48.38806°N 92.07806°W / 48.38806; -92.07806

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