Sandy Lake First Nation
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Sandy Lake 88 ᓀᑲᐤ ᕊᑲᐃᑲᓂᐣ᙮ |
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| Indian reserve | |
| Sandy Lake Indian Reserve No. 88 | |
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 Sandy Lake 88
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| Coordinates: 53°04′N 93°20′W / 53.067°N 93.333°WCoordinates: 53°04′N 93°20′W / 53.067°N 93.333°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| District | Kenora |
| First Nation | Sandy Lake |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Bart Meekis |
| • Deputy chief | Robert Kakegamic |
| • Head councillor | Wayne Kakepetum |
| Area | |
| • Land | 45.69 km2 (17.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,861 |
| • Density | 40.7/km2 (105/sq mi) |
| Website | www.sandylake. firstnation.ca |
Sandy Lake First Nation (or Negaw-zaaga'igani Nitam-Anishinaabe, Oji-Cree: ᓀᑲᐤ ᕊᑲᐃᑲᓂᐣ᙮) is an independent Oji-Cree First Nations band government. The First Nations community, in the west part of Northern Ontario, is located in the Kenora District, 227 kilometres (141 mi) northeast of Red Lake, Ontario. Its registered population in June 2007 was 2,474. As of December 2015 the total registered population reached 3,034. Sandy Lake First Nation maintains an affiliation with Nishnawbe Aski Nation, as a signatory to the Treaty 5.
Sandy Lake is policed by the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, an Aboriginal-based service.
The First Nation's land base is the 4,266 hectare (10541.47 acre) Sandy Lake 88 Reserve. Within this reserve is the community of Sandy Lake, which during the mid-1900s was known as Wabitigweyaang. Associated with the community, the Sandy Lake First Nation maintains seven neighbourhoods grouped into five districts:
Sandy Lake is serviced by a Northern Store owned by the North West Company Inc. The community is a fly-in community, serviced by Wasaya, Superior and Perimeter Airlines, and is linked to the rest of the province by a winter ice road that travels southwest towards Deer Lake and Pikangikum, meeting Red Lake via the Nungesser Road, which is open for approximately six weeks during the winter months.
Sandy Lake's education is maintained by the Sandy Lake Board of Education, and is serviced by three schools: Thomas Fiddler Memorial Elementary School, Thomas Fiddler Memorial High School, and Washtennigun Christian School. There is also an operational Adult Learning Center, with ties to Confederation College and Lakehead University.
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