Serpent River First Nation Explained

Band Name:Serpent River First Nation
Band Number:201
Endonym:Genabaajing Anishinaabek
People:Ojibwe
Treaty:Robinson Huron
Headquarters:195 Village Road, Cutler
Province:Ontario
Main Reserve:Serpent River 7
Area:108.79
Pop Year:2024
On Reserve:375
On Other Land:27
Off Reserve:1219
Total Pop:1621
Chief:Wilma Johnston
Council:Shirley Ahwanaquot
Kerri Commanda
Richard Measwasige
Michelle Owl
John Trudeau
Tribal Council:Anishinabek Nation
Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council
Website:https://serpentriverfn.com/
Footnotes:[1]
Serpent River 7
Official Name:Serpent River First Nations Reserve No. 7
Settlement Type:First Nations reserve
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:46.1833°N -115°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Algoma
Subdivision Type3:First Nation
Subdivision Name3:Serpent River
Area Land Km2:79.03
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:373
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:4.7
Website:serpentriverfn.ca

The Serpent River First Nation (Ojibwa: Genabaajing Anishinaabek),[3] a signatory to the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850, is an Anishinaabe First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, located midway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury along the North Channel of Lake Huron.

The First Nation's provisional territory extends from this waters of the North Channel of Lake Huron, Serpent River Basin; north beyond the city of Elliot Lake.[4] The Serpent River nation has a provisional land base of 5250 square kilometers.[5] It occupies the Serpent River 7 reserve.

The First Nation was impacted significantly by uranium mining at Elliot Lake, including through contamination of the Serpent River.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Serpent River First Nation - First Nation Detail. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 19 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Serpent River 7 census profile . Statistics Canada . . 8 February 2012 . 20 June 2015.
  3. Serpant River First Nation, Our History, "Serpent River First Nation has a long history starting with the migration from the East Coast in 900AD, to who we are today as Genabaajing in the 21st Century." https://serpentriverfn.com/meetup/our-history/
  4. Web site: HOME UNION OF ONTARIO INDIANS - Anishinabek Nation.
  5. Web site: SRFN - Main . 2009-11-30 . 2010-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100313021732/http://www.serpentriverfirstnation.ca/main.html . dead .
  6. News: Smith . Kelly Anne . 2022-04-11 . Serpent River First Nation remains resilient in fight for toxic injustice . Anishinabek News . 2023-06-19.
  7. http://www.ccca.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=2006 "Bonnie Devine."