Bearskin Lake First Nation
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Bearskin Lake First Nation (Template:Langx)[1] is an Oji-Cree First Nation reserve in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada, located Script error: No such module "convert". north of Sioux Lookout. Bearskin First Nation's total registered population since March 2014[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was 900, of which their on-reserve population was 461.
Three settlements make up the Bearskin Lake First Nation. Originally located on Bearskin Lake Script error: No such module "convert". to the southwest, their main community moved to its present site on Michikan Lake ("Fish Trap Lake") in the 1930s and is accessible only by air from Bearskin Lake Airport or winter road. The main village is situated on the west shore of the lake[2] and all three settlements are linked to one another by all weather gravel roads. The First Nation still retains the Script error: No such module "convert". Bearskin Lake Indian Reserve[3] in which all three lie. The reserve also contains a segment of the Severn River, into which Michikan Lake flows, and of Severn Lake.
Prior to achieving full Band and reserve status in 1975, Bearskin was a satellite community of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation (Big Trout Lake First Nation), Script error: No such module "convert". to the east. Today, Bearskin Lake First Nation is a member of the Windigo First Nations Council, a regional tribal council that is a member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation.
Bearskin Lake is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.
Governance
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Bearskin First Nation is governed by Chief Rosemary McKay and her Deputy Chief Leonard "Wayne" Brown; their 3-year term began on April 1, 2014. In addition, the First Nation's Council is four councillors: Stuart Kamenawatamin, Gary Kamenawatamin, George Kamenawatamin, and Roderick Kamenawatamin.
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References
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- ↑ Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation - Annual Report 2013-2014, https://nanlegal.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nalsc-annual-report-2013-14.pdf
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