The Southeast Resource Development Council (SERDC) is a

tribal council A tribal council is an association of First Nations bands in Canada, generally along regional, ethnic or linguistic lines. An Indian band, usually consisting of one main community, is the fundamental unit of government for First Nations in Can ...

in eastern Manitoba, Canada, representing 8 First Nation communities located to the south and east of

Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg () is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its southern end is about north of the city of Winnipeg. Lake Winnipeg is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake and the third- ...

. Seven of the eight band governments of SERDC are signatories to

Treaty 5 ''Treaty Five'' is a treaty between Queen Victoria and Saulteaux and Swampy Cree non-treaty band governments and peoples around Lake Winnipeg in the District of Keewatin. A written text is included in ; see also Much of what is today ce ...

, with one ( Brokenhead) being a signatory to

Treaty 1 ''Treaty 1'' (also known as the "Stone Fort Treaty") is an agreement established on August 3, 1871, between the Crown and the Anishinaabe and Swampy Cree, Canadian based First Nations. The first of a series of treaties called the Numbered Treatie ...

Members

The SERDC represents 8

First Nations First nations are indigenous settlers or bands. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to: Indigenous groups *List of Indigenous peoples *First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...

communities: * Berens River First Nation — Berens River * Black River First Nation — O'Hanley * Bloodvein First Nation — Bloodvein * Brokenhead Ojibway Nation — Scanterbury *

Hollow Water First Nation Hollow Water First Nation ( also spelt as ''Wanipigow'') is an Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) First Nation located on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, north of Pine Falls, Manitoba, and north of Winnipeg. The main economic base of the community ...

— Wanipigow *

Little Grand Rapids First Nation Little Grand Rapids First Nation () is a remote Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nation community in northeast Manitoba, located approximately northeast of Winnipeg. It is a fly-in community. On 4 October 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak was d ...

— Little Grand Rapids *

Pauingassi First Nation Pauingassi First Nation ()Translate Ojibwe Online dictionary - "Pauingassihttps://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/Pauingassi/ref> is an Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwa) First Nations in Canada, First Nation community located app ...

— Pauingassi * Poplar River First Nation — Negginan

Demographics

, the total registered population of the 8 member communities was 14,897, including 9,356 members on-reserve and 5,537 residing off-reserve.

Ojibway The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

Saulteaux The Saulteaux (pronounced , or in imitation of the French pronunciation , also written Salteaux, Saulteau and Ojibwa ethnonyms, other variants), otherwise known as the Plains Ojibwe, are a First Nations in Canada, First Nations band governm ...

is the dominant language used in the SERDC communities, though

Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...

is also spoken.

Geography

The 8 member communities are located in eastern Manitoba, to the south and east of

, with a majority within the Precambrian Shield region. Together, the communities comprise a total land base of approximately .

Amenities

* Berens River Airport *

Bloodvein River Airport Bloodvein River Airport is located adjacent to Bloodvein River, Manitoba, Canada and serves the Bloodvein First Nation. Airlines and destinations See also * List of airports in Manitoba This is a list of airports in Manitoba. It in ...

* Little Grand Rapids Airport * Southeast Collegiate (Winnipeg), owned by SERDC

References

External links

* {{First Nations in Manitoba First Nations tribal councils in Manitoba First Nations in Eastman Region, Manitoba First Nations in Southern Manitoba