Fox Lake Cree Nation ( cr, ᒪᐦᑫᓯᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, Makaso Sakahigan (mahkêsiw sâkahikan)) (formerly Gillam Band) is a
First Nation
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band government whose
reserve
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is located in Fox Lake, Bird,
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, Canada.
The Fox Lake Training Centre, offers courses and programs delivered by the
University College of the North
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History
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History
In 1947, Canada recognized the Gillam Band as an independent
band
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and renamed it as the ''Fox Lake'' Band in 1949.
On November 8, 2007, Fox Lake Cree Nation dedicated a monumental statue in
Gillam, Manitoba
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. This was to honor the Fox Lake Cree Nation members who died during the development of
Manitoba Hydro
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in Fox Lake Cree Nation's territory and did not live to see the signing of an Impact Settlement Agreement between Fox Lake Cree Nation, Manitoba Hydro, and the Government of Manitoba in 2004.
Indian Reserves
Fox Lake Cree Nation's primary reserve is called Bird located in Northern Manitoba, around
Gillam, Manitoba
Gillam is a town on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada. It is situated between Thompson and Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway line.
Many residents of Gillam are employed by Manitoba Hydro at one of their many facilities or support ...
. The band is in charge of the following reserves:
*A Kwis Ki Mahka Indian Reserve — 1.30 ha.
*Fox Lake Indian Reserve No. 1 — 192 km northeast of
Thompson
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561.70 ha.
*Fox Lake Indian Reserve No. 2, — all portions of unsurveyed TWP 86, Range 21 E OF WPM 39.50 ha.
*Fox Lake Indian Reserve No. 3 — TWP 77 & 78, Ranges 4&5, EPM 1138.80 ha.
*Gillam Indian Settlement — 0 ha.
See also
*
Cree
References
External links
Map of Fox Lake 2 at Statcan
Keewatin Tribal Council
First Nations governments in Manitoba
Cree governments
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First Nations in Northern Region, Manitoba