Long Lake 58 First Nation

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Long Lake 58 First Nation (informally the Little Long Lake First Nation) is a small Anishinaabe (Ojibway) First Nation located in Northern Ontario, located approximately 40 km east of Geraldton, Ontario, Canada, on the northern shore of Long Lake, immediately north of Ginoogaming First Nation and west of the community of Longlac, Ontario. As of January, 2008, their total registered population was 1,248 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 427.

Contents 1 Long Lake Blockade 2 Government 2.1 Governance 2.2 Services 2.3 Official address 3 External links

[edit] Long Lake Blockade

In 1990, members of Long Lake 58 First Nation blocked the Canadian National Railway tracks passing through Long Lake 58, a 537-acre Indian Reserve occupied by the Nation. In conducting the blockade, Canada had to prove if it had legal basis for its claims on Indian lands, then why was the government not litigating against the First Nation and proving its legal title in court? And which nation's laws should govern the dispute?

The Canadian government maintains that the First Nation ceded their lands to the British Crown at the 1850 Robinson-Superior Treaty. The First Nation maintains they were not represented in the Robinson-Superior Treaty that ceded the Lake Superior watershed as they were in the Hudson Bay watershed, and the latter was ceded by Treaty 9, which the First Nation was also not represented. Regardless of land ownership, clearcutting and overfishing had left the community impoverished and polluted.

Once the Canadian National Railway dismissed trespassing charges against the members of the First Nation, and allowed the people to camp and occupy the railway compound, the blockade ended.

[edit] Government

[edit] Governance

The leadership of the First Nation is determined through the Act Electoral System. The current Chief is Allen Towegijick, who is serving along with twelve Councillors: Judy Desmoulin, Scott Desmoulin, Max Finlayson, Narcisse Kakegabon, Patrick Kakegabon, Anthony Legarde, Herbert Legarde, Frank Onabigon, Arthur Shebagabow, Rosanna Shebagabow, Ervin Waboose Jr. and Mary Waboose. Their two-year elected terms began on January 22, 2008.

The First Nation is a member of Matawa First Nations, a Regional Chiefs Council, which in turn is a member of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a Tribal Political Organization representing many of the First Nations in northern Ontario.

[edit] Services

Government services are provided by the First Nation, the Matawa First Nations and by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Services include:

• Eagle Nest Elementary School (Migizi Wazisin Elementary School)
• Long Lake #58 General Store
• Subway

[edit] Official address

Long Lake 58 First Nation
PO Box 609 (209 Otter Rd)
Longlac, ON P0T 2A0

Phone: 1-807-876-2292

Fax: 1-807-876-2757

[edit] External links

• INAC profile
• FirstNation.ca profile

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