Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation explained

Band Name:Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation
Band Number:351
Endonym:Gánį Kóé
People:Denesųłiné
Treaty:Treaty 8
Headquarters:Fond du Lac
Province:Saskatchewan
Reserve:
Area:368.121
Pop Year:2019
On Reserve:1133
Off Reserve:995
Tribal Council:Prince Albert Grand Council
Website:fonddulac.ca
Footnotes:[1]
Official Name:Fond du Lac
Native Name:Gánį Kóé
Nickname:fdl
Pushpin Map:Canada Saskatchewan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Fond du Lac in Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Leader Title:Chief
Leader Name1:Buckley Belanger
Leader Title2:MP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Leader Name2:Georgina Jolibois
Area Total Km2:138.26
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:874
Population Density Km2:6.3
Timezone:Central Standard Time
Utc Offset:−6
Utc Offset Dst:−5
Coordinates:59.3202°N -107.1964°W
Postal Code Type: Postal code
Postal Code:S0J 0W0
Footnotes:[3] [4] [5]

Fond du Lac Dene Nation (Chipewyan; Dene Suline: Gánį Kóé) is a Dene First Nation located in the boreal forest area of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The main settlement is Fond-du-Lac, situated on the east side of Lake Athabasca. It is a remote fly-in community. The population in 2011 was 874, mainly of Dene and Métis descent. 705 residents selected Dene as their mother tongue in 2011.

Fond du Lac is a geographic name meaning "far end of the lake" in the French language (literally it translates as "bottom of the lake").[6] [7]

History

Founded as a community over 150 years ago, by Denesuline First Nations in pursuit of furs, fishing, hunting and trapping the community has seen little changes. Many in the community can trace their ancestral roots to the early 19th century. "Living off the land" is still a way of life in Fond-du-Lac.[8]

Many of the residents are descendants of the Maurice's Band who signed an adhesion to Treaty 8 in 1899. The Maurice's Band (Chief Maurice Piche's Band) split in 1949 forming the Fond-du-Lac Band and the Black Lake Band.[8]

Reserves

Fond du Lac Dene Nation is a First Nation band government with 6 territories around the eastern area of Lake Athabasca.[9] [10]

Fond du Lac had a total registered membership of 1,895 with 1,066 members residing on-reserve and 829 members residing at locations off-reserve in September 2013.[11] The Fond du Lac First Nation is a member of the Prince Albert Grand Council.[12]

Economy

The main enterprise today in Fond du Lac is working in the mineral and other resource extraction business. Others follow a tradition of fishing, hunting, and trapping as well as providing guide services to the many fishing camps in the area.

Transportation

There are minimal roads within the community and no year-round roads to the community. It is only accessible by air (through the Fond-du-Lac Airport), inland water transport and snowmobile.[13] Common transportation for community members includes driving large trucks and ATVs better known as four wheelers. In the winter there is a seasonal ice road with access to Uranium City and Stony Rapids (with the latter community in turn connected to the rest of the province via another ice road). The community greatly relies on aircraft and barges for supplies and services. In the winter the occasional truck will venture in on the ice road with supplies.

Climate

Fond-du-Lac has a typical northern Saskatchewan subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with long, frigid winters and short, mild to warm summers.

References

59.3167°N -118°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Nation Detail. September 10, 2019. Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. November 14, 2008 . Government of Canada.
  2. Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2013-04-05 . December 26, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A . dead .
  3. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2013-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php . 2006-10-06 .
  4. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2013-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx . 2016-01-15 .
  5. Web site: Commissioner of Canada Elections . Chief Electoral Officer of Canada . Elections Canada On-line . 2005 . 2013-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp . 2007-04-21.
  6. Web site: Dictionary of Wisconsin History . Wisconsin Historical Society . 2008-10-20 . 2011-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611120454/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=161&search_term=fond+du+lac . dead .
  7. Web site: Fond du Lac: Links to our Past . 2007-03-20 . Clorissa Swingen . Spring 1988 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100607175912/http://www.uwgb.edu/wisfrench/study/research/fondlac.htm . 2010-06-07 . dead .
  8. Web site: Prince Albert Grand Council (Fond-du-Lac) . 2013-03-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130503090541/http://eculture.pagc.sk.ca/eculture.php?pid=COMMUNITIES&tp=lnk&language=&ver= . 2013-05-03.
  9. Web site: AANDC (First Nation Detail) . . November 14, 2008 . Government of Canada . 2013-10-15 .
  10. Web site: Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Query by Geographical Name). 2015-02-04.
  11. Web site: AANDC (Registered Population) . . November 14, 2008 . Government of Canada . 2012-10-17 .
  12. Web site: Prince Albert Grand Council . 2013-03-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212123739/http://www.pagc.sk.ca/pagc.asp?ID=3 . 2012-02-12.
  13. Web site: Google Maps. 2013-03-02 .