Sandy Lake First Nation

Sandy Lake 88 ᓀᑲ^ᐤ ᕊᑲᐃᑲᓂᐣ^᙮
Indian reserve
Sandy Lake Indian Reserve No. 88

Sandy Lake 88
Coordinates: 53°04′N 93°20′W / 53.067°N 93.333°W / 53.067; -93.333Coordinates: 53°04′N 93°20′W / 53.067°N 93.333°W / 53.067; -93.333
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
District	Kenora
First Nation	Sandy Lake
Government
• Chief	Bart Meekis
• Deputy chief	Robert Kakegamic
• Head councillor	Wayne Kakepetum
Area^[1]
• Land	45.69 km² (17.64 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,861
• Density	40.7/km² (105/sq mi)
Website	www.sandylake. firstnation.ca

Sandy Lake First Nation (or Negaw-zaaga'igani Nitam-Anishinaabe, Oji-Cree: ᓀᑲ^ᐤ ᕊᑲᐃᑲᓂᐣ^᙮) is an independent Oji-Cree First Nations band government. The First Nations community, in the west part of Northern Ontario, is located in the Kenora District, 227 kilometres (141 mi) northeast of Red Lake, Ontario. Its registered population in June 2007 was 2,474. As of December 2015 the total registered population reached 3034. 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 4,266 hectare (10541.47 acre) Sandy Lake 88 Reserve. Within this reserve is the community of Sandy Lake, which during the mid-1900s was known as Wabitigweyaang. 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 Inc. 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 and 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

Five 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 the western Ojibwe Syllabics.

Government

The Sandy Lake First Nation governed by an elected Chief, a Deputy Chief and (8) eight councilors. The current Chief is Bart Meekis, and the Deputy Chief is Robert Kakegamic. The Head Councillor is Fabian Crowe; the other seven Councillors are Dennis Kakegamic, Russell Kakepetum, Harvey Kakegamic, Allen Rae, Joe Kakegamic, Wayne Kakepetum and Rusty 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.

Robert Fiddler, Sucker clan leader and chief of Deer and Sandy Lake Bands at time of treaties.

Climate

Climate data for Sandy Lake
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−15 (5)	−11 (12)	−3 (27)	7 (45)	15 (59)	21 (70)	24 (75)	23 (73)	16 (61)	7 (45)	−4 (25)	−13 (9)	5.6 (42.2)
Average low °C (°F)	−26 (−15)	−25 (−13)	−17 (1)	−7 (19)	1 (34)	8 (46)	13 (55)	12 (54)	6 (43)	−1 (30)	−12 (10)	−22 (−8)	−5.8 (21.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	20.6 (0.811)	21.5 (0.846)	24.3 (0.957)	22.2 (0.874)	49.0 (1.929)	78.1 (3.075)	97.0 (3.819)	79.4 (3.126)	67.1 (2.642)	58.6 (2.307)	33.9 (1.335)	25.8 (1.016)	577.5 (22.737)
Average precipitation days	16	13	12	10	16	18	20	19	19	19	18	16	196
Source: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Sandy-Lake-weather-averages/Ontario/CA.aspx

Famous people

References

1 2 "Sandy Lake 88 census profile". 2011 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links

Unorganized Kenora

Sandy Lake 88

Sandy Lake
Unorganized Kenora

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Independent First Nations Alliance	Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Pikangikum Whitesand

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council	Deer Lake Fort Severn Keewaywin McDowell Lake North Spirit Lake Poplar Hill

Matawa First Nations	Aroland Constance Lake Eabametoong Ginoogaming Hornepayne Long Lake 58 Marten Falls Neskantaga Nibinamik Webequie

Mushkegowuk Council	Attawapiskat Chapleau Cree Fort Albany Kashechewan Missanabie Cree Moose Cree Taykwa Tagamou Weenusk

Shibogama First Nations Council	Kasabonika Lake Kingfisher Wapekeka Wawakapewin Wunnumin Lake

Wabun Tribal Council	Beaverhouse Brunswick House Chapleau Ojibway Flying Post Matachewan Mattagami Wahgoshig

Windigo First Nations Council	Bearskin Lake Cat Lake Koocheching North Caribou Lake (Weagamow Lake) Sachigo Lake Slate Falls Whitewater

Independent NAN Communities	Mishkeegogamang Mocreebec Council Sandy Lake

The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Five

Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11

Manitoba	Berens River First Nation Black River First Nation Bloodvein First Nation Bunibonibee Cree Nation Chemawawin Cree Nation Cross Lake First Nation Fisher River Cree Nation Fox Lake Cree Nation Garden Hill First Nation God's Lake First Nation Grand Rapids First Nation Hollow Water First Nation Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation Little Grand Rapids First Nation Manto Sipi Cree Nation Mosakahiken Cree Nation Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Norway House Cree Nation Opaskwayak Cree Nation Pauingassi First Nation Poplar River First Nation Red Sucker Lake First Nation St. Theresa Point First Nation Sayisi Dene First Nation Shamattawa First Nation Tataskweyak Cree Nation War Lake First Nation Wasagamack First Nation York Factory First Nation

Saskatchewan	Cumberland House First Nation Red Earth First Nation Shoal Lake First Nation

Ontario	Deer Lake First Nation North Spirit Lake First Nation Pikangikum First Nation Poplar Hill First Nation Sandy Lake First Nation

Kenora District, Ontario

Cities	Dryden Kenora

Towns	Red Lake Sioux Lookout

Townships	Ear Falls Ignace Machin Pickle Lake Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls

First Nations	Animakee Wa Zhing 37 Asubpeeschoseewagong Attawapiskat Bearskin Lake Big Grassy Buffalo Point Cat Lake Deer Lake Eabametoong Eagle Lake Fort Albany Fort Severn Iskatewizaagegan 39 Kasabonika Lake Kashechewan Keewaywin Kingfisher Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Marten Falls Mishkeegogamang Muskrat Dam Lake Naongashiing Naotkamegwanning Neskantaga North Caribou Lake North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33 Obashkaandagaang Bay Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining Onigaming Pikangikum Poplar Hill Sachigo Lake Sandy Lake Shoal Lake 40 Slate Falls Wabaseemoong Wabauskang Wabigoon Lake Wapekeka Wauzhushk Onigum Wawakapewin Webequie Weenusk Wunnumin Lake

Indian reserves	Agency 30 Attawapiskat 91 Attawapiskat 91A Bearskin Lake Cat Lake 63C The Dalles 38C Deer Lake Eagle Lake 27 English River 21 Fort Albany 67 (part) Fort Hope 64 Fort Severn 89 Kasabonika Lake Kee-Way-Win Kenora 38B Kingfisher 2A Kingfisher 3A Kingfisher Lake 1 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84 Lac Seul 28 Lake of the Woods 31B Lake of the Woods 31C Lake of the Woods 31G Lake of the Woods 37 Marten Falls 65 Muskrat Dam Lake Neskantaga North Spirit Lake Northwest Angle 33B Osnaburgh 63B Pikangikum 14 Poplar Hill Rat Portage 38A Sabaskong Bay 35C (part) Sabaskong Bay 35D Sachigo Lake 1 Sandy Lake 88 Shoal Lake 31J Shoal Lake 34B2 Shoal Lake 39A (part) Shoal Lake 40 (part) Wabaseemoong Wabauskang 21 Wabigoon Lake 27 Wapekeka 1 Wapekeka 2 Wawakapewin Weagamow Lake 87 Webequie Winisk 90 Whitefish Bay 32A Whitefish Bay 33A Whitefish Bay 34A Wunnumin 1 Wunnumin 2

Indian settlements	Kashechewan Kee Way Win Lansdowne House McDowell Lake Peawanuck Slate Falls Summer Beaver

Unorganized areas	Unorganized Kenora

See also Communities in Kenora District Census divisions of Ontario

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