Lac La Croix First Nation

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Lac La Croix First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation located in Rainy River District in northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota boarder. It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of January 2008, the First Nation had a registered population of 398 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 273.

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[edit] Governance

The First Nation elect their officials through the Act Electoral System, consisting of a Chief and three councillors. The current Chief is Leon Jourdain, whose two-year term began on January 13, 2008. The three councillors are Robert Atatise, Clayton Ottertail and Henry Ottertail.

As a signatory to Treaty 3, Lac La Croix First Nation is a member of the Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, a Regional Chiefs Council, and Grand Council of Treaty 3, a Tribal Political Organization that represents many of First Nation governments in northwesternern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba.

[edit] Reserve

The First Nation have reserved for themselves the 6214.1 ha Neguagon Lake Indian Reserve 25D (formerly known as Lac La Croix Indian Reserve 25D). Originally, the First Nation also had reserved the Sturgeon Lake Indian Reserve 24C but the Ontario Provincial Park Act in 1950 took this second Indian Reserve and made it part of Quetico Provincial Park.

[edit] Official address

Lac La Croix First Nation
PO Box 640
Fort Frances, ON P9A 3M9

Phone: 1-807-485-2431
Fax: 1-807-485-2583

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Coordinates: 48°23′17″N, 92°04′41″W