Kakisa

Kakisa
K'ágee
First Nation - Designated Authority
(Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation)
Kakisa
Coordinates: 60°56′24″N 117°24′51″W / 60.94000°N 117.41417°W / 60.94000; -117.41417Coordinates: 60°56′24″N 117°24′51″W / 60.94000°N 117.41417°W / 60.94000; -117.41417
Country  Canada
Territory Northwest Territories
Region South Slave Region
Constituency Deh Cho
Census division Region 4
Settled 1962
Government
  Chief Lloyd Chicot
  Council Manager Ruby Landry
  MLA Michael McLeod
Area[1]
  Land 94.80 km2 (36.60 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 45
  Density 0.5/km2 (1/sq mi)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
  Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
Canadian Postal code X0E 1G4A
Area code(s) 867
Telephone exchange 825
- Living cost 132.5B
Sources:
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[2]
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[3]
Canada Flight Supplement[4]
^A Postal code shared with Hay River
^B 2009 figure based on Edmonton = 100[5]

Kakisa (Slavey language: K’agee; between the willows) is a "Designated Authority"[6] in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on a lake of the same name, and is southeast of Fort Providence. Originally located at Tathlina Lake, the community moved, in 1962, to the present location in order to be closer to the Mackenzie Highway and is linked by a 13 km (8.1 mi) all weather road.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
200140    
200457+42.5%
200553−7.0%
200652−1.9%
200952+0.0%
201145−13.5%

Population is 45 according to the 2011 Census a decrease of 13.5% from the 2006 Census.[1] The majority of the community reported First Nations status. The main languages in the community are South Slavey and English. In 2012 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 54 and that 78.6% spoke an aboriginal language.[5]

Services

Royal Canadian Mounted Police services are provided through Fort Providence and no health services are available. There is a single grocery store, the "River Front Convenience Store-Motel" which serves visitors to the nearby Lady Evelyn Falls. Education, up to Grade 9, is provided by Kakisa Lake School.[8][9]

First Nations

The Dene of the community are represented by the Ka’agee Tu First Nation and belong to the Dehcho First Nations.[10][11]

References

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