Chapleau Cree First Nation ( cr, ᔕᑊᓗ ᐃᓂᓂᐗᐠ, ''šaplo ininiwak'') is a Mushkegowuk

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

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located by Chapleau Township,

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, Canada. The First Nation have

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for themselves the Chapleau 75 Indian Reserve and the

Chapleau Cree Fox Lake Chapleau Cree Fox Lake ( cr, ᔓᑊᓗ ᐠᕆ ᒪᑫᔑᐤ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ, ''"shaplo kri makishiw sakahikan"'') is a First Nations reserve close to Chapleau, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the reserves of the Chapleau Cree First Nation Chapleau ...

Indian Reserve. , their on-reserve population was 57 compared to 2011 with 79 and 2006 with 92. The flag of the tribe bears the text in cr, "ᔓᑊᓗ ᐠᕆ ᒪᑫᔑᐤ ᓴᑲᐃᑲᐣ" (''"šaplo kri makishiw sakahikan"''), which refers to its main reserve,

. Chapleau Cree First Nation is

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d by the

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), also occasionally known as the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (without a hyphen) is the police agency for Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). As of July 2020, NAPS has 34 detachments in NAN communities across the ...

, an Aboriginal-based service.

Governance

The First Nation is led by a Chief and five Councillors. Chapleau Cree First Nation is member of

Mushkegowuk Council Mushkegowuk Council (pointed: ᐅᒪᐡᑫᑯ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᐎᐣ (''omashkeko okimāwiwin''); unpointed: ᐅᒪᐡᑫᑯ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᐎᐣ), or officially as the Mushkegowuk Tribal Council, is a non-profit regional chiefs' council representing Cre ...

, a regional tribal council affiliated with the

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Nishnawbe Aski Nation (ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᑲᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒫᐎᓐ (''Anishinaabe-aski Ishkoniganan Ogimaawin''), unpointed: ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ ᐊᔅᑭ ᐃᔥᑯᓂᐊᓇᓐ ᐅᑭᒪᐎᓐ; NAN for short) is a political orga ...

References

External links

Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation profile
Communities in Sudbury District Nishnawbe Aski Nation {{NorthernOntario-geo-stub