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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sandy Lake 88
| official_name = Sandy Lake Indian Reserve No. 88
| native_name = {{lang|ojs|ᓀᑲᣞ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓃᐣᐠ}}<br>Negaw-zaaga'iganiing Nitam-Anishinaabe
| settlement_type = [[Indian reserve]]
| image_skyline = File:Sandy Lake 2.jpg
| image_flag =
| image_seal =
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_mapsize = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|53|05|05|N|093|17|43|W|region:CA-ON|notes=<ref>{{Cite cgndb|FETBC|Sandy Lake 88}}</ref>|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = Ontario
| subdivision_type2 = [[Census divisions of Ontario|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kenora District|Kenora]]
| subdivision_type3 = First Nation
| subdivision_name3 = Sandy Lake
| established_title =
| established_date =
| government_type =
| leader_title = Chief
| leader_name = Delores Kakegamic
| leader_title1 = Deputy chief
| leader_name1 = Marcel Linklater
| leader_title2 = Head councillor
| leader_name2 = Wayne Kakepetum
| area_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011"/>
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 = 45.69
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref name="cp2011">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3560071&Geo2=CD&Code2=3560&Data=Count&SearchText=s&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=35&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |title=Sandy Lake 88 census profile |publisher=Statistics Canada |work=[[Canada 2011 Census|2011 Census of Population]] |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
| population_total = 1861
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = 40.7
| website = [http://www.sandylake.firstnation.ca/ www.sandylake.<br>firstnation.ca]
| footnotes =
}}

'''Sandy Lake First Nation''' (or '''ᓀᑲᣞ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓃᐣᐠ, Negaw-zaaga'iganiing Nitam-Anishinaabe''') is an independent [[Oji-Cree]] First Nations [[band government]]. The [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] community, in the west part of [[Northern Ontario]], is located in the [[Kenora District]], {{cvt|227|km}} northeast of [[Red Lake, Ontario|Red Lake]], [[Ontario]]. Its registered population in June 2007 was 2,474. As of December 2015 the total registered population reached 3,034. Sandy Lake First Nation maintains an affiliation with [[Nishnawbe Aski Nation]], as a signatory to the [[Treaty 5]].

Sandy Lake is policed by the [[Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service]], an Aboriginal-based service.

==Reserve==
The First Nation's land base is the {{cvt|4266|ha|adj=on}} Sandy Lake 88 Reserve ([[Oji-Cree language|Oji-Cree]]:{{em|ᓀᑲᣞ ᕌᑲᐦᐃᑲᓃᐣᐠ}} ({{em|Negaw-zaaga'iganiing}}). Within this reserve is the community of Sandy Lake, which during the mid-1900s was known as {{em|Waabitigweyaang}} ({{em|ᐙᐱᑎᑴᔮᐠ}}) which translates to ''White River''. Associated with the community, the Sandy Lake First Nation maintains seven neighbourhoods grouped into five districts:
* Airport / Centre
* Big Rock / Ghost Point
* Old Sawmill
* River
* Roman Catholic

Sandy Lake is serviced by a Northern Store owned by [[The North West Company]]. The community is a fly-in community, serviced by Wasaya, Superior and Perimeter Airlines, and is linked to the rest of the province by a winter ice road that travels southwest towards [[Deer Lake First Nation|Deer Lake]] and [[Pikangikum First Nation|Pikangikum]], meeting Red Lake via the Nungesser Road, which is open for approximately six weeks during the winter months.

Sandy Lake's education is maintained by the Sandy Lake Board of Education, and is serviced by three schools: Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School, Thomas Fiddler Memorial High School, and Washtennigun Christian School. There is also an operational Adult Learning Center, with ties to [[Confederation College]] and [[Lakehead University]].

==Clans==
[[File:Ca-Ta-Wa-Beta, Chief of the Sandy Lake Chippewa Sault Museum PN.0.128.tif|thumb|left|Chief Katawabeda]]
Five ''[[Anishinaabe clan system|doodem]]'' are found at Sandy Lake First Nation; these five clans are the: Suckers, Pelicans, Crane, Caribou and Sturgeon.

==Language==
The Sandy Lake First Nation speaks the [[Oji-Cree language]] and uses a variant western [[Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics|Ojibwe Syllabics]].

==Government==
The Sandy Lake First Nation governed by an elected Chief, a Deputy Chief and eight councillors. The current Chief is Delores Kakegamic, and the Deputy Chief is Marcel Linklater. The Head Councillor is Michelle Goodman; the other seven Councillors are John McKay, Allan Rae, Fabian Crowe, Russell Kakepetum, Dennis Kakegamic, Wayne Kakepetum, and Cynthia (Cyndi) Fiddler.

In addition to the Governance Council, the Sandy Lake First Nation maintains an Elder Council to advise the Governance Council. Working with the Governance Council, six boards carry out the Council's operations: Community Development Services, Education, Health, Housing, Radio Station, and Recreation.

==Climate==
Sandy Lake has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Dfc]]) with cold winters and mild summers.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
|location=Sandy Lake
|Jan high C=-15
|Feb high C=-11
|Mar high C=-3
|Apr high C=7
|May high C=15
|Jun high C=21
|Jul high C=24
|Aug high C=23
|Sep high C=16
|Oct high C=7
|Nov high C=-4
|Dec high C=-13
|Jan low C=-26
|Feb low C=-25
|Mar low C=-17
|Apr low C=-7
|May low C=1
|Jun low C=8
|Jul low C=13
|Aug low C=12
|Sep low C=6
|Oct low C=-1
|Nov low C=-12
|Dec low C=-22
|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm=20.6
|Feb precipitation mm=21.5
|Mar precipitation mm=24.3
|Apr precipitation mm=22.2
|May precipitation mm=49.0
|Jun precipitation mm=78.1
|Jul precipitation mm=97.0
|Aug precipitation mm=79.4
|Sep precipitation mm=67.1
|Oct precipitation mm=58.6
|Nov precipitation mm=33.9
|Dec precipitation mm=25.8
|Jan precipitation days=16
|Feb precipitation days=13
|Mar precipitation days=12
|Apr precipitation days=10
|May precipitation days=16
|Jun precipitation days=18
|Jul precipitation days=20
|Aug precipitation days=19
|Sep precipitation days=19
|Oct precipitation days=19
|Nov precipitation days=18
|Dec precipitation days=16
|source=http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Sandy-Lake-weather-averages/Ontario/CA.aspx
}}

==Transportation==
[[Sandy Lake Airport]] serves the community.

Sandy Lake has the ice/winter road during the winter months for people to drive in and out of the community. It starts at the end of Nungesser Road, goes through North Spirit Lake FN and next is the junction where the road splits into two, one going to Deer Lake FN and the other coming to Sandy Lake FN.

==Notable people==
*[[Aysanabee]]
*[[Abe Kakepetum]]
*[[Norval Morrisseau]]
*[[Carl Ray]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070828044902/http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCProfile_en/485.html First Nation Connectivity ]

{{Geographic location
| Center = Sandy Lake 88
| North = [[Unorganized Kenora District|Unorganized Kenora]]
| East = [[Unorganized Kenora District|Unorganized Kenora]]
| South = ''Sandy Lake''<br>[[Unorganized Kenora District|Unorganized Kenora]]
| West = [[Unorganized Kenora District|Unorganized Kenora]]
}}
{{Nishnawbe Aski Nation}}
{{Anishinaabe}}
{{Numbertreaty|treaty=5}}
{{Kenora District}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Communities in Kenora District]]
[[Category:Nishnawbe Aski Nation]]
[[Category:Hudson's Bay Company trading posts]]

Sandy Lake First Nation - Revision history

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