The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) is a tribal council representing nine First Nation band governments in the province of

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. The council is based in

Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan Meadow Lake is a city in the boreal forest of northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is about northeast of Lloydminster and north of North Battleford. Founded as a trading post in 1799, it became a village in 1931 and a town in 1 ...

Services

MLTC provides and coordinates health care, education, and social services. It also provides some policing services for member nations. It owns a series of companies which are intended to provide employment for members and economic opportunities for the communities it serves. The First Nation members are scattered around northern Saskatchewan. During the

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, MLTC received a $387,000 grant from the

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's Immunization Partnership Fund to increase rates of

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and decrease

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among Meadow Lake First Nation communities.

Members

Birch Narrows First Nation Birch Narrows Dene Nation ( chp, K'ı́t'ádhı̨ká) is a Dene First Nation band government in the boreal forest region of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is affiliated with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC). Demographics In 1972, Turnor ...

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Turnor Lake, Saskatchewan Turnor Lake is a community on the southern shore of Turnor Lake. From Highway 155 it is accessible by Highway 909. The community includes the Northern Hamlet of Turnor Lake and Turnor Lake 193B of the Birch Narrows First Nation. The combined ...

Buffalo River Dene Nation The Buffalo River Dene Nation ( chp, Ɂëjëre dësché) is a Dene First Nations band government in Saskatchewan, Canada. The band's main community, Dillon, is located on the western shore of Peter Pond Lake at the mouth of the Dillon River, and ...

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Dillon, Saskatchewan Dillon is an unincorporated community in the taiga, boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the western shore of Peter Pond Lake at the mouth of the Dillon River. The community is the administrative headquarters of the Bu ...

* Canoe Lake Cree Nation see Canoe Narrows, Saskatchewan *

Clearwater River Dene Nation The Clearwater River Dene Nation ( chp, Tı̨tëlase tué) is a Dene First Nations band government in the boreal forest area of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It maintains offices in the village of Clearwater River situated on the eastern shore ...

English River Dene Nation The English River Dene Nation is a Dene First Nation band government in Patuanak, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserve is in the northern section of the province. Its territories are in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield. This First Nation ...

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Patuanak, Saskatchewan Patuanak is a community in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dene First Nations reserve near Churchill River and the north end of Lac Île-à-la-Crosse. In Dene, it sounds similar to ''Boni Cheri'' (Bëgh ...

Flying Dust First Nation The Flying Dust First Nation ( cr, ᑳ ᐅᐦᐹᐘᐦᑳᐢᑕᕽ ''kâ-ohpâwahkâstahk'') is a Cree First Nation band government located adjacent to the city of Meadow Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. Highway 55 The following highways are ...

* Island Lake First Nation *

Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Makwa Sahgaiehcan is a Cree First Nation band government in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their reserve is northeast of Lloydminster. The English translation of "Makwa Sahgaiehcan" is from Plains Cree language Plains Cree ( endonym: ) is ...

Waterhen Lake First Nation Waterhen Lake First Nation ( cr, ᓯᐦᑭᐦᑊ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ''sihkihp sâkahikanihk'') is a Cree First Nation band government located in northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. As of October 2018 the total membership of the Waterhen Lake F ...

References

External links

MLTC home page
First Nations governments in Saskatchewan Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-stub