Sagkeeng First Nation

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The Sagkeeng First Nation is an Anishinaabe First Nation which holds territory east of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. Sagkeeng, which was once called Fort Alexander, has an on-reserve population of approximately 3,000 people. Ojibway is the name of the tribe that lives in Sagkeeng.

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[edit] Chiefs

  • Phil Fontaine (1973-1977)
  • Ken Courchene
  • Jerry Fontaine (1989-1998)
  • Ron Fontaine (1998-2001)
    • Ron Fontaine became acting chief following Jerry Fontaine's resignation in September 1998, and was subsequently elected to the position.[1] He was in office during the Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation Scandal (see below), and blamed the resulting controversy on a "white media agenda" designed to undermine aboriginal self-government.[2] He was defeated in 2001.
  • Garry Swampy (2001-2004)
  • Joe Daniels (interim) (2004-2005)
  • Joan Linda Twoheart (2005-)

[edit] Virginia Fontaine Addictions Foundation Scandal

On October 18, 2000, Canadian Press organization reported that the Director of the Foundation, Perry Fontaine and 74 other persons attended a cruise to the Caribbean that was termed a "Staff Retreat". The cost of this trip was reported later to be over 135,000 dollars. Health Canada eventually investigated the financial books of the Center and found massive fraud and kickback schemes.

Sagkeeng First Nation now hosts a family treatment centre. Though there is still stigma attached to this community, the program has been successfully running for a few years.

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First Nations in Southern Manitoba

Barren Lands First Nation | Birdtail Sioux First Nation | Brokenhead Ojibway Nation | Buffalo Point First Nation | Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation | Crane River First Nation | Dakota Plains First Nation | Dakota Tipi First Nation | Dauphin River First Nation | Ebb and Flow First Nation | Fairford First Nation | Gamblers First Nation | Keeseekoowenin First Nation | Lake Manitoba First Nation | Lake St. Martin First Nation | Little Saskatchewan First Nation | Mathias Colomb First Nation | Northlands First Nation | Pinaymootang First Nation | Pine Creek First Nation | Rolling River First Nation | Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation | Sagkeeng First Nation | Sandy Bay First Nation | Sapotaweyak Cree Nation | Sioux Valley Dakota Nation | Swan Lake First Nation | Tootinaowaziibeeng First Nation | Waterhen Lake First Nation | Waywayseecappo First Nation

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Kevin Rollason, "Chief's quitting heartens protest Fontaine to focus on race to lead Grits", Winnipeg Free Press, 2 September 1998, A6.
  2. ^ Bill Redekop, "Sagkeeng chief decries 'white media agenda'", Winnipeg Free Press, 25 November 2000, A4.
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